2020 Oregon State Senate election ← 2018 November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03 ) 2022 →
16 of 30 seats in theOregon State Senate 16 seats needed for a majorityResults of the elections: Democratic gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican hold No election
The2020 Oregon State Senate election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election being held on May 19, 2020. Voters in 16 of the 30Oregon State Senate districts elected their state senators. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including forU.S. President .
TheDemocratic Party kept their majority.[ 1] TheOregon State Senate does not have term limits.
Democrats had held the Oregon Senate since 2002 and the chamber was not considered competitive in 2020.
Members of the Oregon State Senate are elected fromsingle-member districts byfirst-past-the-post voting to four-year terms with staggered elections. Contested nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for each district were determined by anopen primary election . Minor-party andindependent candidates were nominated by petition, andwrite-in candidates had to file a request with theSecretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted.
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
District 10 (special), 0.74% (gain)District 27, 1.63% District 5, 2.85% (gain)District 25, 3.99% Results by district [ edit ]
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