Oregon's 16th Senate district

District 16 of the Oregon State Senate comprises all of Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook counties as well as western portions of Multnomah and Washington counties and a small sliver of northern Yamhill County.[1] It consists of Oregon House districts 31 and 32. It is currently represented by Republican Suzanne Weber.

Oregon's 16th Senate District as of September 27, 2021

Election results

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District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, senators before 2013 may not represent the same constituency as today. From 1993 until 2003, the district covered parts of the Salem metropolitan area; from 2003 until 2013, it shifted to cover northwest Oregon, including all of Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook counties, western Washington County, and northwestern Multnomah County; and from 2013 until 2023, it lost the southern half of Tillamook County while gaining parts of Bethany.

The current district is very similar to the previous iteration, losing parts of northwest Portland south of Sauvie Island and all of Bethany while gaining North Plains and a small sliver of Yamhill County near Gaston and regaining all of Tillamook County.

The results are as follows:[2]

Year Candidate Party Percent Opponent Party Percent Opponent Party Percent Opponent Party Percent
1982 L. B. Day Republican 51.9% Jack Sumner Democratic 48.1% No third candidate No fourth candidate
1986 Jim Hill Democratic 73.6% Frank Day Republican 26.4%
1990 Jim Hill Democratic 61.6% Terry Kay Republican 38.4%
1994 Gene Derfler Republican 68.0% Mike Montgomery Democratic 32.0%
1998 Gene Derfler Republican 58.5% Lloyd Kumley Democratic 39.0% Della Smith Socialist 2.1%
2002 Joan Dukes Democratic 56.4% Don Fell Republican 38.3% Helen McDaniel Libertarian 5.3%
2006 Betsy Johnson Democratic 63.6% Don Fell Republican 33.3% Robert J. Simmering Constitution 3.0%
2010 Betsy Johnson Democratic 54.4% Bob Horning Republican 45.3% No third candidate
2014 Betsy Johnson Democratic 70.0% Andrew Kaza Independent 13.5% Bob Ekstrom Constitution 12.2% Perry Roll Libertarian 3.9%
2018 Betsy Johnson Democratic 82.0% Ray Biggs Constitution 17.3% No third candidate No fourth candidate
2022 Suzanne Weber Republican 56.5 Melissa Busch Democratic 43.4

References

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  1. ^ "State of Oregon Blue Book". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
  2. ^ "OR State Senate 16". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 4, 2017.