Oregon's 6th Congressional District
Oregon's 6th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Andrea Salinas (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Oregon representatives represented an average of 706,917 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 769,721 residents.
This district was one of seven new U.S. House districts created as a result of apportionment after the 2020 census. Click here to read more.
Click here for more information about apportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives after the 2020 census and here for more information about redistricting in Oregon.
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)
Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 6
Incumbent Andrea Salinas defeated Mike Erickson in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andrea Salinas (D / Independent Party) | 53.3 | 180,869 | |
| Mike Erickson (R) | 46.5 | 157,634 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 562 | ||
| Total votes: 339,065 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6
Incumbent Andrea Salinas defeated Steven Cody Reynolds in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andrea Salinas | 87.1 | 52,509 | |
| Steven Cody Reynolds | 12.4 | 7,463 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 330 | ||
| Total votes: 60,302 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6
Mike Erickson defeated David Russ, David Burch, and Conrad Herold in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mike Erickson | 73.7 | 37,497 | |
| David Russ | 21.4 | 10,908 | ||
| David Burch | 2.8 | 1,447 | ||
| Conrad Herold | 1.2 | 628 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 381 | ||
| Total votes: 50,861 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Denyc Boles (R)
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 6
Andrea Salinas defeated Mike Erickson and Larry McFarland in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andrea Salinas (D / Working Families Party / Independent Party) | 50.1 | 147,156 | |
| Mike Erickson (R) | 47.7 | 139,946 | ||
| Larry McFarland (Constitution Party) | 2.1 | 6,073 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 513 | ||
| Total votes: 293,688 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Andrea Salinas | 36.8 | 26,101 | |
| Carrick Flynn | 18.4 | 13,052 | ||
| Steven Cody Reynolds | 11.2 | 7,951 | ||
| Loretta Smith | 10.0 | 7,064 | ||
| Matt West | 8.0 | 5,658 | ||
| Kathleen Harder | 7.8 | 5,510 | ||
| Teresa Alonso Leon | 6.5 | 4,626 | ||
| Ricky Barajas | 0.4 | 292 | ||
| Greg Goodwin | 0.3 | 217 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 508 | ||
| Total votes: 70,979 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Hylland (D)
- Kevin Easton (D)
- Derry Jackson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 6 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mike Erickson | 34.7 | 21,675 | |
| Ron Noble | 17.6 | 10,980 | ||
| Amy Ryan Courser | 16.3 | 10,176 | ||
| Angela Plowhead | 13.2 | 8,271 | ||
| Jim Bunn | 10.1 | 6,340 | ||
| David Russ | 3.8 | 2,398 | ||
| Nate Sandvig | 3.6 | 2,222 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 432 | ||
| Total votes: 62,494 | ||||
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District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed a new congressional map into law on September 27, 2021. The map was approved by the Oregon House of Representatives 33-16, and approved in the Oregon State Senate 18-6.[1] This was the third time the Oregon State Legislature successfully enacted a congressional redistricting map since 1910 without gubernatorial veto, court ordered re-drawing, or authority for map drawing being passed to the secretary of state.[2] This map took effect for Oregon’s 2022 congressional elections.
Before the maps were approved, all but one House Republican did not attend the special session on Sept. 25, expressing dissatisfaction with the process and proposed maps. Sixteen of the twenty-three House Republicans returned when the session resumed on Sept. 27, meaning the House was able to reach a quorum and move forward with the redistricting votes. Rep. Suzanne Weber (R) said "Many of us [Republicans] are only here because we don’t trust the secretary of state Shemia Fagan (D) to draw these maps."[3]
The Oregonian said the map created three safe Democratic seats, one safe Republican seat, one seat that leans Democratic, and one seat that is a toss-up.[3]
How does redistricting in Oregon work? In Oregon, congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. District lines are subject to veto by the governor.[4]
If the legislature fails to establish a redistricting plan for state legislative districts, it falls to the secretary of state to draw the boundaries.[4]
State law requires that congressional and state legislative districts meet the following criteria:[4]
- Districts must be contiguous.
- Districts must "utilize existing geographic or political boundaries."
- Districts should not "divide communities of common interest."
- Districts should "be connected by transportation links."
- Districts "must not be drawn for the purpose of favoring a political party, incumbent or other person."
Oregon District 6
starting January 3, 2023
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District analysis
2022
Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Oregon's 6th the 172nd most Democratic district nationally.[5]
See also
- Redistricting in Oregon
- Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
- Oregon's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon State Legislature, "SB 881 Enrolled," accessed Sept. 28, 2021
- ↑ OPB, "Oregon lawmakers pass plans for new political maps, after Republicans end boycott," September 27, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Oregonian, "Oregon’s redistricting maps official, after lawmakers pass them, Gov. Kate Brown signs off," September 27, 2021
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 All About Redistricting, "Oregon," accessed April 28, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
