The 2022 Oregon State Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8, 2022, to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate of the 82nd Oregon Legislature, along with one special election.
A primary election was held in several districts on May 17, 2022. The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislative Assembly, the Oregon House of Representatives, and other elections.
Background The last election in 2020 resulted in the Democratic Party retaining a majority of seats, after winning a majority and ending a split State Senate sixteen years earlier in the 2004 election. All-Democratic control of the legislature (and a state trifecta) has persisted since 2012.
Electoral system The 15 members of the Senate up for election were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for four-year terms.
Contested nominations of recognized major parties (Democratic and Republican) for each district were determined by a primary election on May 17, 2022.
Minor party candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted. Candidates for the state Senate in 2022 were required to file to run from September 10, 2021, to March 8, 2022.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Sabato's Crystal Ball May 19, 2022
Overview Party Candidates Votes Seats % Before Up Won After +/– Democratic 15 541,049 55.85 18 13 12 17 1 Republican 15 410,990 42.43 11 3 4 12 1 Independent 1 5,599 0.58 1 0 0 1 Libertarian 1 9,295 0.96 0 0 0 0 Write-in N/A 1,801 0.19 0 0 0 0 Total 968,734 100.00 30 16 16 30
Summary by district District Incumbent Party Elected Senator Party 3rd Jeff Golden Dem Jeff Golden Dem 4th Floyd Prozanski Dem Floyd Prozanski Dem 6th Lee Beyer Dem Cedric Ross Hayden Rep 7th James Manning Jr. Dem James Manning Jr. Dem 8th Sara Gelser Blouin Dem Sara Gelser Blouin Dem 10th Deb Patterson Dem Deb Patterson Dem 11th Peter Courtney Dem Kim Thatcher Rep Kim Thatcher Rep 13th None Aaron Woods Dem 15th Janeen Sollman Dem Janeen Sollman Dem 16th Rachel Armitage Dem Suzanne Weber Rep 17th Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Dem Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Dem 18th Akasha Lawrence-Spence Dem Wlnsvey Campos Dem 19th Rob Wagner Dem Rob Wagner Dem 20th Bill Kennemer Rep Mark Meek Dem 24th Kayse Jama Dem Kayse Jama Dem 26th Chuck Thomsen Rep Daniel Bonham Rep
Close races Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Detailed results District 3 • District 4 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 10 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 24 • District 26__NOTOC__ District 3
District 4
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 10
District 11
District 13
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18 Special Election (2-year term)
District 19
District 20
District 24
District 26
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