2024 Oregon House of Representatives election

The 2024 Oregon House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. All of the 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives were to be elected. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for State Senate, as part of the 2024 Oregon elections. Democrats gained one seat, earning a three-fifths supermajority for the first time since the 2020 House election.

In total, 9 freshman representatives were elected in 2024 (5 Democrats and 4 Republicans). Out of these, 6 were elected to seats vacated by retirements, 2 (both Republicans) defeated primary challengers, and 1 flipped a seat held by the opposing party.

Retirements

Six incumbents did not seek re-election.

Republicans

Two Republicans did not seek re-election.

1. District 4: Christine Goodwin retired to run for State Senate.
2. District 31: Brian Stout retired.

Democrats

Four Democrats did not seek re-election.

1. District 8: Paul Holvey retired.
2. District 16: Dan Rayfield retired to run for Attorney General.
3. District 39: Janelle Bynum retired to run for U.S. House.
4. District 46: Khanh Pham retired to run for State Senate.

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

Two incumbent representatives, both Republicans, were defeated in the May 21 primary election.

Republicans

1. District 12: Charlie Conrad lost renomination to Darin Harbick.
2. District 51: James Hieb lost renomination to Christine Drazan.

In general election

One incumbent representative was defeated in the November 5 general election.

Republicans

1. District 22: Tracy Cramer lost to Democrat Lesly Muñoz.

Predictions

Summary of results

Results by district

District 1

Republican primary

Declared

• Court Boice, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Bret Cecil, Veterinary assistant

General

District 2

Republican primary

Declared

• Virgle J. Osborne, incumbent

Democratic primary

General

District 3

Republican primary

Declared

• Dwayne Yunker, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Mark J. Seligman, landscaper
• Dustin Watkins, dishwasher

General

District 4

Republican primary

Declared

• Alek Skarlatos, Former U.S. National Guard soldier and candidate for Oregon's 4th congressional district in 2020 and 2022.

Democratic primary

Declared

• Richard Chasm, Timberland owner

General

District 5

Republican primary

Declared

• Sandra A. Abercrombie, Former Math coach and candidate for 2022.
• Katherine Green, President of V.P. Amitel, Inc

Democratic primary

Declared

• Pam Marsh, incumbent

General

District 6

Republican primary

Declared

• Kim Wallan, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Lilia Caballero, outreach coordinator
• John P. Holm, disabled

General

District 7

Republican primary

Declared

• Cory Burket, Project Manager

Democratic primary

Declared

• John Lively, incumbent
• Ryan Rhoads, laborer

General

District 8

Democratic primary

Declared

• Doyle Canning, environmental activist and candidate for US Congressional District in 2020 and 2022.
• Lisa Fragala, Partnership Coordinator

General

District 9

Republican primary

Declared

• Boomer Wright. incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Erik S. Schuttpelz

General

District 10

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Declared

• David Gomberg, incumbent

General

District 11

Republican primary

Declared

• Jami Cate, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Nina Brenner, retired engineer

General

District 12

Republican primary

Declared

• Darin Harbick, small business owner, member of the McKenzie High School Board, and candidate for US Senate in 2022.
• Charlie Conrad, incumbent

Democratic primary

General

District 13

Republican primary

Declared

• Timothy S. Sutherland, CEO of Ask Insurance

Democratic primary

Declared

• Nancy Nathanson, incumbent

General

District 14

Democratic primary

Declared

• Julie Fahey, incumbent

General

District 15

Republican primary

Declared

• Shelly Boshart Davis, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Terrence Virnig

General

District 16

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Declared

• Sarah Finger McDonald
• Sami Al-Abdrabbuh

General

District 17

Republican primary

Declared

• Ed Diehl, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• David W. Beem

General

District 18

Republican primary

Declared

• Rick Lewis, incumbent

Democratic primary

General

District 19

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Declared

• Tom Andersen, incumbent

General

District 20

Republican primary

Declared

• Kevin S. Chambers

Democratic primary

Declared

• Paul Evans, incumbent

General

District 21

Republican primary

Declared

• Kevin Mannix, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Virginia Stapleton
• Keith Haxton

General

District 22

Republican primary

Declared

• Tracy M. Cramer, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Lesly Muñoz, consultant for the Oregon Education Association

General

District 23

Republican primary

Declared

• Anna M. Scharf, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Kriss Wright

General

District 24

Republican primary

Declared

• Lucetta A. Elmer, incumbent

Democratic primary

General

District 25

Republican primary

Declared

• Bob Niemeyer

Democratic primary

Declared

• Ben Bowman, incumbent

General

District 26

Republican primary

Declared

• Jason E. Fields

Democratic primary

Declared

• Courtney Neron, incumbent

General

District 27

Republican primary

Declared

• Sandra Nelson

Democratic primary

Declared

• Ken Helm, incumbent

General

District 28

Republican primary

Declared

• Charles Mengis

Democratic primary

Declared

• Dacia Grayber, incumbent

Endorsements

General

District 29

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Declared

• Susan McLain, incumbent

General

District 30

Democratic primary

Declared

• Nathan Sosa, incumbent

General

District 31

Republican primary

Declared

• Aaron L. Hall
• Darcey Edwards, real estate agent

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Declared

• Jordan Gutierrez

General

District 32

Republican primary

Declared

• Cyrus B. Javadi, incumbent
• Glenn Gaither

Democratic primary

Declared

• Logan C. Laity

General

District 33

Republican primary

Declared

• Dick Courter, forestry consultant
• Stan Baumhofer

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Declared

• Shannon Jones Isadore, investment broker and drug treatment nonprofit founder
• Pete M. Gabriel
• Brian Duty

Endorsements

General

District 34

Republican primary

Declared

• John Verbeek

Democratic primary

Declared

• Lisa Reynolds, incumbent

Endorsements

General

District 35

Republican primary

Declared

• Dan Martin

Democratic primary

Declared

• Farrah Chaichi, intake and conflicts coordinator, incumbent
• Casey Zimmerman

Endorsements

General

District 36

Republican primary

Declared

• Shawn Chummar

Democratic primary

Declared

• Hai Pham, incumbent

General

District 37

Republican primary

Declared

• Ben Edtl

Democratic primary

Declared

• Jules Walters, incumbent
• Brian Maguire, software company CEO

Endorsements

General

District 38

Democratic primary

Declared

• Daniel Nguyen, incumbent

General

District 39

Republican primary

Declared

• Aimee L. Reiner

Democratic primary

Declared

• April Dobson

General

District 40

Republican primary

Declared

• Michael Steven Newgard, Clackamas County Clerk's Office employee
• Sue Leslie, small business owner

Endorsements

Democratic primary

• Annessa Hartman, incumbent

General

District 41

Republican primary

Declared

• Elvis Clark

Democratic primary

Declared

• Mark F. Gamba, incumbent

Endorsements

General

District 42

Democratic primary

Declared

• Rob Nosse, incumbent

General

District 43

Republican primary

Declared

• Tim LeMaster

Democratic primary

Declared

• Tawna Sanchez, incumbent

Endorsements

General

District 44

Democratic primary

Declared

• Travis Nelson, incumbent

Endorsements

General

District 45

Democratic primary

Declared

• Thuy Tran, incumbent

General

District 46

Democratic primary

Declared

• Willy Chotzen, chief public defender
• Mary Lou Hennrich, former CEO of CareOregon and Oregon Public Health Institute

Endorsements

General

District 47

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Declared

• Andrea Valderrama, incumbent

General

District 48

Republican primary

• Andrew Morrison, sales director
• John Masterman

Endorsements

Democratic primary

Declared

• Hoa H. Nguyen, incumbent
• Elizabeth A. Petersen

Endorsements

General

District 49

Republican primary

• Terry A. Tipsord

Democratic primary

Declared

• Zach Hudson, incumbent

General

District 50

Republican primary

Declared

• Paul Drechsler

Democratic primary

Declared

• Ricki Ruiz, incumbent

General

District 51

Republican primary

• Christine Drazan, former state legislator and 2022 gubernatorial candidate
• James Hieb, incumbent

Endorsements

General

District 52

Republican primary

• Jeff Helfrich, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• Nick Walden Poublon

General

District 53

Republican primary

• Keri Lopez

Democratic primary

Declared

• Emerson Levy, incumbent

General

District 54

Democratic primary

Declared

• Jason Kropf, incumbent

General

District 55

Republican primary

Declared

• E. Werner Reschke, incumbent

Democratic primary

Declared

• James Williamson

General

District 56

Republican primary

• Emily G. McIntire, incumbent

General

District 57

Republican primary

Declared

• Greg Smith, incumbent
• Raymond Akers

Democratic primary

General

District 58

Republican primary

Declared

• Bobby Levy, incumbent

Democratic primary

General

District 59

Republican primary

Declared

• Vikki Breese-Iverson, incumbent
• Joseph M. Goodwin
• Austyn Goody

Democratic primary

Declared

• Brian K. Samp

General

District 60

Republican primary

Declared

• Mark Owens, incumbent

Democratic primary

General

See also

• 2024 Oregon Senate election
• 2024 Oregon elections

References