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	Andrea Salinas D–Tigard
Population (2023)	716,584
Median household income	$83,695[1]
Ethnicity	66.7% White 20.8% Hispanic 5.6% Two or more races 3.5% Asian 1.2% Black 0.9% Native American 0.8% Pacific Islander Americans 0.5% other
Cook PVI	D+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]

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:[9]

Clackamas County (4)

Lake Oswego (part; also 5th, shared with Multnomah and Washington counties), Rivergrove, Tualatin (shared with Washington County), Wilsonville (shared with Washington County)

Marion County (16)

Aumsville, Aurora, Brooks (part; also 5th), Butteville, Donald, Four Corners (part; also 5th), Gervais, Hayesville (part; also 5th), Hubbard, Jefferson, Keizer, Marion, Salem (part; also 5th; shared with Polk County), St. Paul, Turner, Woodburn

Polk County (10)

All 10 communities

Washington County (12)

Beaverton (part; also 1st), Bull Mountain (part; also 1st), Durham, Garden Home-Whitford, King City, Lake Oswego (part; also 5th; shared with Clackamas and Multnomah counties), Metzger, Raleigh Hills (part; also 1st), Sherwood, Tigard (part; also 1st), Tualatin (shared with Clackamas County), Wilsonville (shared with Clackamas County)

Yamhill County (12)

All 12 communities

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 119th	Elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–present Polk and Yamhill; parts of Clackamas, Marion, and Washington

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results[10][11][12]
2008	President	Obama 53% - 45%
2012	President	Obama 51% - 49%
2016	President	Clinton 47% - 41%
	Senate	Wyden 53% - 37%
	Governor (Spec.)	Pierce 49% - 46%
	Attorney General	Rosenblum 52% - 45%
2018	Governor	Brown 47.1% - 46.8%
2020	President	Biden 55% - 42%
	Senate	Merkley 55% - 41%
	Secretary of State	Fagan 48% - 46%
	Treasurer	Read 50% - 44%
	Attorney General	Rosenblum 54% - 43%
2022	Senate	Wyden 53% - 44%
	Governor	Drazan 46% - 44%

Election results

2022

See also: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2022 Oregon's 6th congressional district election[13]

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)

2024

See also: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

2024 United States House election: Oregon District 6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andrea Salinas (incumbent)	180,869	53.3
	Republican	Mike Erickson	157,634	46.5
	Write-in		562	0.2
Total votes			339,065	100%

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. https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST41/CD118_OR06.pdf
10. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::9b2b545f-5cd2-4e0d-a9b9-cc3915a4750f
11. Oregon 2022-11-08 results by district (@elium2). docs.google.com (Report).
12. Oregon 2022 gov-by-CD. docs.google.com (Report).
13. "Official Results of November General" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State.