The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the six
U.S. representatives from the
state
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of
Oregon
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, one from each of the state's six
congressional districts
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. Primaries for these seats were held on May 17, 2022. The elections coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices.
District boundaries were redrawn to ensure that the districts are
apportioned based on data from the
2020 United States census, which added a sixth seat to Oregon's delegation.
[ Democrats won the new sixth district, but Republicans gained Oregon's fifth district, leaving the Congressional delegation with a four to two party split in favor of the Democrats. This was the first time since ]1994
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that Republicans won more than one House seat in Oregon.
Redistricting
Ahead of the 2022 elections, Oregon redrew its congressional districts as part of the 2020 United States redistricting cycle
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. Oregon gained a sixth congressional district during this cycle.Oregon State Senate
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passed new congressional maps that were favored by Democrats on a party-line vote, along with state legislative maps. The congressional map contained 5 Democratic-leaning districts and 1 Republican-leaning district. Tina Kotek
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, the Democratic speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
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, had negotiated a deal with Republicans to give them equal say on redistricting matters, but she abandoned the deal after the Senate passed its maps. House Democrats made changes to the proposed congressional map that made it less favorable towards Democrats, but Republicans still opposed the map. In response, House Republicans skipped a floor session, which denied House Democrats a quorum
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and blocked them from being able to pass their maps. On September 27, the legislature's deadline to approve new maps, most House Republicans showed up to vote. The House's proposed congressional map passed the House and Senate on party-line votes, and was approved by governor Kate Brown
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the same day.
District 1
From 2012 to 2020, the 1st district was located in northwestern Oregon and included the western Portland metro area, including the Portland
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suburbs of Beaverton and Hillsboro, and parts of Portland west of the Willamette River
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. The district was kept largely the same despite redistricting, exchanging Yamhill County for Tillamook County
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and taking in more of Portland. The incumbent was Democrat Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Marie Bonamici ( ; born October 14, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district, a seat she was first elected to in a 2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district speci ...
, who was re-elected with 64.6% of the vote in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Suzanne Bonamici
Suzanne Marie Bonamici ( ; born October 14, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district, a seat she was first elected to in a 2012 Oregon's 1st congressional district speci ...
, incumbent U.S. representative
= Eliminated in primary
=
*Scott Phillips
Endorsements
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Christopher Mann[
]
= Eliminated in primary
=
*Armidia "Army" Murray, former UPS worker and candidate for this seat in 2020
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Results
Independents
Candidates
General election
Predictions
Results
District 2
From 2012 to 2020, the 2nd district was the largest of Oregon's districts and covered roughly two-thirds of the state east of the Cascades, encompassing the central, eastern
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, and southern regions of the state, including Bend and Medford. The district was kept mostly the same during redistricting, but it did lose Bend to the 5th district and Hood River County to the 3rd, while taking in all of Josephine County
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and about half of Douglas County. The incumbent was Republican Cliff Bentz
Cliff Stewart Bentz (born January 12, 1952) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district since 2021. He previously served in the Oregon Sen ...
, who was elected with 59.9% of the vote in 2020.
Republican primary
Candidates
= Nominee
=
*Cliff Bentz
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, incumbent U.S. representative[
]
= Eliminated in primary
=
*Mark Cavener, producer and nonprofit executive
Endorsements
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Joseph Yetter III, retired U.S. Army
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colonel, physician and farmer
=Eliminated in primary
=
*Adam Prine, farmhand
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Results
General election
Predictions
Results
District 3
From 2012 to 2020, the 3rd district encompassed the eastern Portland metro area, covering Portland
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and Gresham. The district was kept largely the same despite redistricting, though it did take in Hood River County, and lost some of Portland to the 1st district. The incumbent was Democrat Earl Blumenauer
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, who was re-elected with 73.0% of the vote in 2020.
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Earl Blumenauer
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, incumbent U.S. representative
=Eliminated in primary
=
*Jonathan E. Polhemus[
]
Endorsements
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Joanna Harbour, attorney and nominee for this district in 2020
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[
]
Results
General election
Predictions
Results
District 4
From 2012 to 2020, the 4th district included the southern Willamette Valley
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and the South Coast, including Eugene
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, Corvallis, and Roseburg. The district was kept largely the same despite redistricting, though it did gain parts of the central coast previously in the 5th district, making the district more Democratic leaning. The incumbent, Democrat Peter DeFazio
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, who was re-elected with 51.5% of the vote in 2020,
Democratic primary
Candidates
=Nominee
=
*Val Hoyle
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, Oregon Commissioner of Labor
=Eliminated in primary
=
*Sami Al-Abdrabbuh, chair of the Corvallis School District Board
*Doyle Canning, environmental activist and candidate for this district in 2020
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*Andrew Kalloch, Airbnb
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senior global policy advisor[
*Jake Matthews, community organizer and author][
*G. Tommy Smith, personal banker][
]
=Withdrew
=
*Kevin Easton, political consultant and former executive director of Equity Foundation[
*Joshua Welch, teacher]
=Declined
=
*Melissa Cribbins, Coos County commissioner[
*]Peter DeFazio
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, incumbent U.S. representativeJulie Fahey
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, state representative
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from the 14th district ''( running for re-election)''[
* Sara Gelser Blouin, ]state senator
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from the 8th district ''( running for re-election)''[
* James Manning Jr., ]state senator
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from the 7th district ''( running for re-election)''[
*]Dan Rayfield
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