2026 Oregon State Senate election

2026 Oregon State Senate election

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15 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Rob Wagner Bruce Starr
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 9, 2023 September 15, 2025[1]
Leader's seat 19Lake Oswego 12Dundee
Last election 18 seats 12 seats

The 2026 Oregon Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026, alongside the other 2026 United States elections.[2] Voters will elect half the members of the Oregon Senate in the U.S. state of Oregon to serve a four-year term.[3]

Disqualification

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Due to the 2023 Oregon Senate walkout, these Republican Senators are barred from running for state legislative office in this election:

  1. Sen. Cedric Ross Hayden from District 6
  2. Sen. Kim Thatcher from District 11
  3. Sen. Suzanne Weber from District 16

Electoral system

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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 are determined by a primary election on May 19, 2026.

Minor party candidates are 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 2026 are required to file to run from September 11, 2025, to March 10, 2026.[4]

District overview

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District Incumbent Party Margin of victory Elected Senator Party
3rd Jeff Golden Dem 3.86% TBD
4th Floyd Prozanski Dem 64.11% TBD
6th Cedric Hayden Rep 30.62% TBD
7th James Manning Jr. Dem 29.08% TBD
8th Sara Gelser Blouin Dem 19.65% TBD
10th Deb Patterson Dem 6.93% TBD
11th Kim Thatcher Rep 5.15% TBD
13th Courtney Neron Misslin Dem 16.15% TBD
15th Janeen Sollman Dem 11.12% TBD
16th Suzanne Weber Rep 13.13% TBD
17th Lisa Reynolds Dem 57.98% TBD
19th Rob Wagner Dem 32.18% TBD
20th Mark Meek Dem 0.81% TBD
24th Kayse Jama Dem 17.55% TBD
26th Christine Drazan Rep 18.31% TBD

References

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  1. ^ VanderHart, Dirk. "Oregon Senate Republicans have a new leader". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  2. ^ Booker, Brakkton (2025-07-29). "The 2026 midterms are officially underway". POLITICO. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  3. ^ "Oregon State Senate elections, 2026". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  4. ^ "Public Elections Calendar | data.oregon.gov | Oregon's Open Data Portal | Oregon.gov". data.oregon.gov. Retrieved November 9, 2025.