Oregon's 6th congressional district

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Oregon's 6th congressional district
Oregon's 6th congressional district from January 3, 2023
(as signed into law by the Governor)
Representative
Population (2023)716,584
Median household
income		$83,695[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+4[2]

Oregon's 6th congressional district is a congressional district created after the 2020 United States census. It consists of Polk and Yamhill Counties, in addition to portions of Marion, Clackamas, and Washington Counties.[3] It takes in all of urban Salem, the state's capital, as well as the southwestern suburbs of Portland.

The district elected a member of the United States House of Representatives beginning with the 2022 elections.[4] There were originally sixteen candidates that entered in the race, more than for any other congressional seat in the state in 2022.[5][6]

History

On September 27, 2021, Oregon adopted a redistricting plan to be used in the 2022 elections onwards. That plan carved a new 6th congressional district out of parts of the former first and fifth districts.[7] The district had a PVI rating of D+4, as of October 2021.[8]

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Term Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District established January 3, 2023

Andrea Salinas
(Tigard) 		Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present 		118th Elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. 		2023–present
Polk and Yamhill; parts of Clackamas, Marion, and Washington

Recent statewide election results

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2020 President Biden 55 - 42%[9]

Election results

2022

See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon
2022 Oregon's 6th congressional district election[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrea Salinas 147,156 50.0
Republican Mike Erickson 139,946 47.5
Constitution Larry McFarland 6,762 2.3
Write-in 513 0.2
Total votes 294,377 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)

References

  1. ^ "My Congressional District: Congressional District 6 (118th Congress), Oregon". United States Census Bureau.
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Buchanan, Corey (September 2, 2022). "Lake Oswego-area residents vie for United States Congress seat". Lake Oswego Review. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022.
  4. ^ VanderHart, Dirk (April 26, 2021). "Oregon to get 6th seat in Congress". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Stites, Sam (May 3, 2022). "Oregon's new Congressional district draws a big field of candidates and big spending". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Archived from the original on May 3, 2022.
  6. ^ Lehman, Chris (April 27, 2022). "New district draws lots of candidates with no clear favorites". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022.
  7. ^ "Oregon State Redistricting Information". www.oregonlegislature.gov. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  8. ^ Wasserman, David (October 1, 2021). "New Maps and 2022 Ratings: Maine, Nebraska, Oregon". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  9. ^ Estimated if it had existed. "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  10. ^ "Official Results of November General" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State.