The2024 Oregon State Senate election was held in theU.S. state ofOregon on November 5, 2024, to elect 15 of the 30 members of theState Senate to the83rd Oregon Legislature .
Primary elections were held in several districts on May 21, 2024.[ 1] The election coincided with theelection of the other house of theLegislative Assembly , theOregon House of Representatives , andother elections .[ 2]
The Democrats regained the three-fifths supermajority in the Senate they had lost in the2022 elections .[ 3]
On August 8, 2023,Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade announced that as per the recently passedOregon Ballot Measure 113 , 10Republican senators who participated in walkouts earlier in the year are not eligible for re-election for the next term. Six of these senators are up for election in 2024.[ 4] Some of the senators filed a lawsuit against the secretary of state,[ 5] with theOregon Supreme Court eventually ruling unanimously that they could not be placed on the ballot in 2024 and 2026.[ 6]
The 15 members of the Senate up for election were elected fromsingle-member districts viafirst-past-the-post voting for four-year terms.
Contested nominations of recognized major parties (Democratic andRepublican ) for each district were determined by aprimary election on May 21, 2024.
Minor party candidates were nominated by petition.Write-in candidates must file a request with theSecretary of State 's office for votes for them to be counted. Candidates for the state Senate in 2024 were required to file to run from September 14, 2023, to March 12, 2024.[ 7]
Outgoing incumbents [ edit ] Summary by district [ edit ]
Democratic primary results[ 13] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Tracy Thompson 6,047 97.4 Write-in 162 2.6 Total votes 6,209 100.00
Democratic primary results Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Jo Beaudreau 12,848 98.9 Write-in 142 1.1 Total votes 12,990 100.00
Democratic primary results[ 13] Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Scott Hooper 8,366 97.9 Write-in 180 2.1 Total votes 8,546 100.00
Republican primary results[ 13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Shane Bolton 3,000 97.6 Write-in 74 2.4 Total votes 3,074 100.00
Republican primary results[ 13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Brian Pierson 4,338 98.7 Write-in 58 1.3 Total votes 4,396 100.00
Republican primary results[ 13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Michael Saperstein 1,036 95.4 Write-in 50 4.6 Total votes 1,086 100.00
Republican primary results[ 13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Raymond Love 4,977 98.5 Write-in 77 1.5 Total votes 5,054 100.00
Republican primary results[ 13] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Matthew Summers 9,657 98.9 Write-in 105 1.1 Total votes 9,762 100.00
^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates" .www.ncsl.org . RetrievedMarch 25, 2024 .^ "Oregon elections, 2024" .Ballotpedia . RetrievedSeptember 12, 2023 .^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Carlos Fuentes | The (November 10, 2024)."Oregon Democrats regain supermajority in state Senate but appear to fall short in House" .oregonlive . RetrievedNovember 24, 2024 . ^ Shapiro, Ari ; VanderHart, Dirk; Mohammad, Lina; Brown, Ashley; Westervelt, Eric (May 15, 2023)."Oregon Republicans' walkouts trigger a new state law on reelection" .NPR .^ VanderHart, Dirk (August 25, 2023)."Republican senators sue Oregon secretary of state, saying walkout doesn't block them from seeking reelection" .Oregon Public Broadcasting . RetrievedSeptember 26, 2023 . ^a b c d e Shumway, Julia (February 1, 2024)."Oregon Supreme Court bars Republican senators who participated in walkout from reelection" .Oregon Capital Chronicle . RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024 . ^ "Public Elections Calendar | data.oregon.gov | Oregon's Open Data Portal | Oregon.gov" .data.oregon.gov . RetrievedMarch 25, 2024 .^ "24 OR Forecast" .projects.cnalysis.com . RetrievedMarch 26, 2024 .^ "State Rep. Khanh Pham Will Run for Oregon Senate" .Willamette Week . September 29, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 26, 2023 .^ Shumway, Julia (March 2, 2023)."Longtime eastern Oregon Sen. Bill Hansell plans to retire in 2024" .Oregon Capital Chronicle . ^a b Shumway, Julia (February 1, 2024)."Oregon Supreme Court bars Republican senators who participated in walkout from reelection • Oregon Capital Chronicle" .Oregon Capital Chronicle . RetrievedSeptember 14, 2024 . ^ Shumway, Julia (January 31, 2024)."Oregon Supreme Court to rule Thursday in Republican Senate walkout case" .Oregon Capital Chronicle . RetrievedFebruary 1, 2024 . ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "May 21, 2024, Primary Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF) .Oregon Secretary of State . RetrievedJanuary 26, 2025 .^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "November 5, 2024, General Election Abstract of Votes" .Oregon Secretary of State . RetrievedJanuary 26, 2025 .^a b c "The Mercury Primary Endorsements May 2024 Cheat Sheet!" .Portland Mercury . May 3, 2024. RetrievedMay 6, 2024 .
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