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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE 2020 General Election Candidates LEGISLATIVE UPDATE 2020 General Election Candidates Oregon State Senate General Election 2020 • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. Office Democratic Republican District 1 Kat Stone Dallas Heard (i) Art Robinson District 2 Jerry Allen (vacated by Herman Baertschiger Jr.) Melissa Cribbins District 5 Dick Anderson (vacated by Arnie Roblan) District 9 Jim Hinsvark Fred Girod (i) District 12 Bernadette Hansen Brian Boquist (i) Kate Lieber District 14 Harmony Mulkey (vacated by Mark Hass) District 18 Ginny Burdick (i) District 21 Kathleen Taylor (i) District 22 Lew Frederick (i) District 23 Michael Dembrow (i) Chris Gorsek District 25 (vacated by Laurie Monnes Justin Hwang Anderson) District 27 Eileen Kiely Tim Knopp (i) District 28 Hugh Palcic Dennis Linthicum (i) District 29 Mildred O'Callaghan Bill Hansell (i) District 30 Carina Miller Lynn Findley (i) 1 Oregon House of Representatives General Election 2020 • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. Office Democratic Republican Other District 1 Calla Felicity David Smith (i) District 2 Charles Lee Gary Leif (i) Lily Morgan District 3 Jerry Morgan (vacated by Carl Wilson) District 4 Mary Middleton Duane Stark (i) District 5 Pam Marsh (i) Sandra Abercrombie District 6 Alberto Enriquez Kim Wallan (i) District 7 Jerry Samaniego Cedric Hayden (i) District 8 Paul Holvey (i) Timothy Aldal Cal Mukumoto District 9 (vacated by Caddy Boomer Wright McKeown) District 10 David Gomberg (i) Max Sherman District 11 Marty Wilde (i) Katie Boshart Glaser District 12 John Lively (i) Ruth Linoz District 13 Nancy Nathanson (i) David J Smith District 14 Julie Fahey (i) Rich Cunningham District 15 Miriam Cummins Shelly Boshart Davis (i) District 16 Dan Rayfield (i) Jason Hughes Jami Cate Tim Dehne (Pacific District 17 Paige Hook (vacated by Sherrie Springer) Green Party) District 18 Jamie Morrison Rick Lewis (i) District 19 Jacqueline Leung Raquel Moore-Green (i) District 20 Paul Evans (i) Selma Pierce District 21 Brian Clem (i) Jack Esp District 22 Teresa Alonso Leon (i) Anna Kasachev Alex Polikoff (Pacific District 23 Sean Scorvo Mike Nearman (i) Green Party) 2 District 24 Lynnette Shaw Ron Noble (i) District 25 Ramiro Navarro Jr. Bill Post (i) District 26 Courtney Neron (i) Peggy Stevens District 27 Sheri Schouten (i) Sandra Nelson Wlnsvey Campos District 28 Daniel Martin (vacated by Jeff Barker) District 29 Susan McLain (i) Dale Fishback District 30 Janeen Sollman (i) Darrell Gulstrom District 31 Bradley Witt (i) Brian Stout Debbie Boothe-Schmidt District 32 Suzanne Weber (vacated by Tiffiny Mitchell) District 33 Maxine Dexter (i) Dick Courter District 34 Ken Helm (i) Dacia Grayber District 35 (vacated by Margaret Bob Niemeyer Doherty) Lisa Reynolds District 36 (vacated by Akasha James Ball Lawrence-Spence) District 37 Rachel Prusak (i) Kelly Sloop District 38 Andrea Salinas (i) Patrick Castles District 39 Tessah Danel Christine Drazan (i) District 40 Mark Meek (i) Josh Howard District 41 Karin Power (i) Michael Newgard District 42 Rob Nosse (i) District 43 Tawna Sanchez (i) District 44 Tina Kotek (i) Margo Logan District 45 Barbara Smith Warner (i) Khanh Pham District 46 (vacated by Alissa Keny- Guyer) District 47 Diego Hernandez (i) Ryan Gardner District 48 Jeff Reardon (i) 3 Zach Hudson (vacated by Chris Gorsek District 49 who is running for Senate Joe Demers seat vacated by Monnes- Anderson) Ricki Ruiz District 50 Amelia Salvador (vacated by Carla Piluso) District 51 Janelle Bynum (i) Jane Hays District 52 Anna Williams (i) Jeffrey Helfrich District 53 Emerson Levy Jack Zika (i) District 54 Jason Kropf Cheri Helt (i) District 55 Barbara Fontaine Vikki Breese-Iverson (i) District 56 Faith Leith E. Werner Reschke (i) District 57 Roland Ruhe Greg Smith (i) District 58 Nolan Bylenga Bobby Levy District 59 Arlene Burns Daniel Bonham (i) District 60 Beth Spell Mark Owens (i) Retiring incumbents Eleven incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Name Party Office Carl Wilson Republican House District 3 Caddy McKeown Democratic House District 9 Sherrie Sprenger Republican House District 17 Jeff Barker Democratic House District 28 Tiffiny Mitchell Democratic House District 32 Margaret Doherty Democratic House District 35 Akasha Lawrence-Spence Democratic House District 36 Alissa Keny-Guyer Democratic House District 46 Chris Gorsek Democratic House District 49 Carla Piluso Democratic House District 50 Greg Barreto Republican House District 58 Source: BallotPedia, July 2020 4 .
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