The 78th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 14 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2014; the general election for those seats took place on .
The Democratic Party of Oregon expanded its majority in the Senate to 18–12 and its majority in the House to 35–25. Oregon was the only state where Democrats made net gains in both legislative chambers in the 2014 midterm elections.
Senate Based on the results of the 2014 elections, the Oregon State Senate is composed of 18 Democrats and 12 Republicans.
Senate members
The Oregon State Senate is composed of 18 Democrats and 12 Republicans. Democrats picked up Districts 8 and 15 in the 2014 elections for a net gain of two seats.
Senate President: Peter Courtney (D–11 Salem) President Pro Tem: Ginny Burdick (D–18 Portland) Majority Leader: Diane Rosenbaum (D–21 Portland) Minority Leader: Ted Ferrioli (R–30 John Day)
District Home Senator Party 1 Roseburg Jeff Kruse Republican 2 Grants Pass Herman Baertschiger Jr. Republican 3 Ashland Alan BatesBates died on August 5, 2016. His successor was appointed on August 30, 2016. Democratic Kevin Talbert 4 Eugene Floyd Prozanski Democratic 5 Coos Bay Arnie Roblan Democratic 6 Springfield Lee Beyer Democratic 7 Eugene Chris Edwards Democratic James Manning Jr. 8 Corvallis Sara Gelser Democratic 9 Molalla Fred Girod Republican 10 Salem Jackie Winters Republican 11 Peter Courtney Democratic 12 McMinnville Brian Boquist Republican 13 Keizer Kim Thatcher Republican 14 Beaverton Mark Hass Democratic 15 Hillsboro Chuck Riley Democratic 16 Scappoose Betsy Johnson Democratic 17 Portland Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Democratic 18 Ginny Burdick Democratic 19 Tualatin Richard Devlin Democratic 20 Canby Alan Olsen Republican 21 Portland Diane Rosenbaum Democratic 22 Chip Shields Democratic 23 Michael Dembrow Democratic 24 Rod Monroe Democratic 25 Gresham Laurie Monnes Anderson Democratic 26 Hood River Chuck Thomsen Republican 27 Bend Tim Knopp Republican 28 Klamath Falls Doug Whitsett Republican 29 Pendleton Bill Hansell Republican 30 John Day Ted Ferrioli Republican
House members
Based on the results of the 2014 elections, the Oregon House of Representatives is composed of 35 Democrats and 25 Republicans. Democrats won District 20, which was previously Republican-held, while Republicans picked up no additional seats.
Speaker: Tina Kotek (D–44 Portland) Majority Leader: Val Hoyle (D–14 Eugene) Minority Leader: Mike McLane (R–55 Powell Butte)
District Home Representative Party 1 Gold Beach Wayne Krieger Republican 2 Roseburg Dallas Heard Republican 3 Grants Pass Carl Wilson Republican 4 Duane Stark Republican 5 Ashland Peter Buckley Democratic 6 Medford Sal Esquivel Republican 7 Fall Creek Cedric Ross Hayden Republican 8 Eugene Paul Holvey Democratic 9 Coos Bay Caddy McKeown Democratic 10 Otis David Gomberg Democratic 11 Eugene Phil Barnhart Democratic 12 Springfield John Lively Democratic 13 Eugene Nancy Nathanson Democratic 14 Val Hoyle Democratic 15 Albany Andy Olson Republican 16 Corvallis Dan Rayfield Democratic 17 Scio Sherrie Sprenger Republican 18 Silverton Vic Gilliam Republican 19 Salem Jodi Hack Republican 20 Monmouth Paul Evans Democratic 21 Salem Brian L. Clem Democratic 22 Woodburn Betty Komp Democratic 23 Independence Mike Nearman Republican 24 McMinnville Jim Weidner Republican 25 Keizer Bill Post Republican 26 Wilsonville John Davis Republican 27 Beaverton Tobias Read Democratic 28 Aloha Jeff Barker Democratic 29 Forest Grove Susan McLain Democratic 30 Hillsboro Joe Gallegos Democratic 31 Clatskanie Brad Witt Democratic 32 Cannon Beach Deborah Boone Democratic 33 Portland Mitch Greenlick Democratic 34 Beaverton Ken Helm Democratic 35 Tigard Margaret Doherty Democratic 36 Portland Jennifer Williamson Democratic 37 West Linn Julie Parrish Republican 38 Lake Oswego Ann Lininger Democratic 39 Oregon City Bill Kennemer Republican 40 Gladstone Brent Barton Democratic 41 Portland Kathleen Taylor Democratic 42 Rob Nosse Democratic 43 Lew Frederick Democratic 44 Tina Kotek Democratic 45 Barbara Smith Warner Democratic 46 Alissa Keny-Guyer Democratic 47 Jessica Vega Pederson Democratic 48 Happy Valley Jeff Reardon Democratic 49 Troutdale Chris Gorsek Democratic 50 Gresham Carla Piluso Democratic 51 Clackamas Shemia Fagan Democratic 52 Hood River Mark Johnson Republican 53 Sunriver Gene Whisnant Republican 54 Bend Knute Buehler Republican 55 Powell Butte Mike McLane Republican 56 Klamath Falls Gail Whitsett Republican 57 Heppner Greg Smith Republican 58 Cove Greg Barreto Republican 59 The Dalles John Huffman Republican 60 Ontario Cliff Bentz Republican
See also Oregon legislative elections, 2014
References
External links Chronology of regular legislative sessions from the Oregon Blue Book Chronology of special legislative sessions from the Blue Book