Oregon's 12th Senate district

District 12 of the Oregon State Senate comprises parts of Yamhill and Polk counties centered around Dallas, McMinnville, and Newberg. It is composed of Oregon House districts 23 and 24. It is currently represented by Republican Brian Boquist of Dallas.

Oregon's 12th Senate District as of September 27, 2021

Election results

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District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, senators before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. From 1993 until 2003, the district covered parts Clackamas County; from 2003 until 2013, it shifted to cover rural western Benton, Polk, and Yamhill counties plus a small panhandle in southern Marion County and a small part of Linn County to cover the small town of Jefferson; and from 2013 until 2023, it lost some rural land in western Polk and Yamhill counties while adding parts of southern Washington County stretching north to southern Hillsboro.

The current district was consolidated slightly from its previous iterations, losing all of its land in Benton, Marion, and Washington counties while regaining almost all of Polk and Yamhill counties stretching to their western borders.

The results are as follows:[1]

Year Candidate Party Percent Opponent Party Percent
1982 Walt Brown Democratic 63.1% Larry Burright Republican 36.8%
1986 Bill Kennemer Republican 52.2% Walt Brown Democratic 47.8%
1990 Bill Kennemer Republican 57.0% Bob Johnson Democratic 43.0%
1994 Bill Kennemer Republican 54.3% Dave McTeague Democratic 45.7%
1998 Verne Duncan Republican 57.9% Monroe Mark Sweetland Democratic 42.1%
2004 Gary George Republican 58.7% Hank Franzoni Democratic 41.3%
2008 Brian Boquist Republican 60.6% Kevin C. Nortness Democratic 39.1%
2012 Brian Boquist Republican 60.0% Annette Frank Democratic 39.8%
2016 Brian Boquist Republican 62.9% Ross Swartzendruber Democratic 36.9%
2020 Brian Boquist Republican 58.3% Bernadette Hansen Democratic 41.6%

References

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  1. ^ "OR State Senate 12". Our Campaigns. Retrieved August 7, 2017.