Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2008

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Elections for the Oregon House of Representatives are taking place in 2008. The primary election took place on 20 May 2008 and the general election will be held on 4 November 2008. All sixty seats are up for election.

The House of Representatives currently contains 31 Democrats and 29 Republicans, making it one of the most evenly-balanced in the country.

[edit] General election candidates

Incumbents are shown in italics. Except where footnoted, candidates were unopposed in their party's primary.

District Candidate (Party)
1 Richard (Rick) Goche (D)

Wayne Krieger (R)

2 Tim J. Freeman (R)[1]

Harry McDermott (D)

3 Ron Maurer (R)

Julie Rubenstein (D)

4 Dennis Richardson (R)[2]
5 Peter Buckley (D)
6 Sal Esquivel (R)

Lynn Howe (D)

7 Bruce Hanna (R)

Donald Nordin (D)[3]

8 Paul Holvey (D)
9 Al Pearn (R)

Arnie Roblan (D)

10 Jean Cowan (D)
11 Phil Barnhart (D)
12 Elizabeth Terry Beyer (D)
13 Sean MP VanGordon (R)

Nancy Nathanson (D)

14 Chris Edwards (D)
15 Dick Olsen (D)

Andy Olson (R)

16 Sara Gelser (D)

Rockne Roll (R)

17 Sherrie Sprenger (R)[4]

Dan Thackaberry (D)

18 Jim Gilbert (D)

Vic Gilliam (R)

19 Kevin Cameron (R)

Hanten (HD) Day (D)

20 Vicki Berger (R)

Richard Riggs (D)

21 Brian Clem
22 Tom M. Chereck, Jr. (R)

Betty Komp (D)

23 Jason Brown (D)[5]

Jim Thompson (R)[6]

24 Bernt (Al) Hansen (D)

Jim Weidner (R)[7]

25 Kim Thatcher (R)
26 Jessica Adamson (D)

Matt Wingard (R)

27 Russell McAlmond (R)

Tobias Read (D)

28 Jeff Barker (D)

Greg Steiert (R)

29 Jeff Duyck (R)

Chuck Riley

30 David Edwards

Andy Meyer (R)

31 Brad Witt (D)
32 Deborah Boone (D)
33 Mitch Greenlick (D)
34 Suzanne Bonamici (D)

Piotr Kuklinski (R)

35 Larry Galizio (D)

Tony Marino (R)

36 Mary Nolan (D)

Steve Oppenheim (R)

37 Scott Bruun (R)

Michele Eberle (D)

38 Chris Garrett (D)[8]

Steve Griffith (R)

39 Toby Forsberg (D)

Bill Kennemer (R)

40 Dave Hunt (D)
41 Carolyn Tomei (D)

Randy Uchytil (R)

42 Jules Kopel-Bailey (D)[9]
43 Chip Shields (D)
44 Tina Kotek (D)
45 Michael E. Dembrow (D)[10]
46 Ben Cannon (D)
47 Jefferson Smith (D)
48 Mike Schaufler (D)
49 Nick Kahl (D)[11]

John Nelsen (R)

50 John Lim (R)

Greg Matthews (D)

51 Brent Barton (D)

Linda Flores (R)

52 Matt Lindland (R)[12]

Suzanne Van Orman (D)[13]

53 Conrad Ruel (D)

Gene Whisnant (R)

54 Chuck Burley (R)

Judy Stiegler (D)

55 George Gilman (R)
56 Bill Garrard (R)
57 Jerry Sebestyen (D)[14]

Greg Smith

58 Bob Jenson (R)

Ben Talley (D)[15]

59 Mike Ahern (D)

John E. Huffman (R)

60 Cliff Bentz[16]

[edit] See also

[edit] Source

ORESTAR, the online elections system of the Oregon Secretary of State's Elections Division

  1. ^ Defeated Jim Fox in the Republican primary.
  2. ^ Defeated Ronald Schutz in the Republican primary.
  3. ^ Defeated G. Nick McKibbin in the Democratic primary.
  4. ^ Defeated Bruce Cuff, Marc Lucca, and Cliff Wooten in the Republican primary.
  5. ^ Defeated Wesley West in the Democratic primary.
  6. ^ Defeated Craig Pope in the Republican primary.
  7. ^ Defeated Jim Bunn and Edward (Ed) Glad in the Republican primary.
  8. ^ Defeated Linda Brown in the Democratic primary.
  9. ^ Defeated Regan Felice Gray, Gordon Hillesland, and Teddy Keizer in the Democratic primary.
  10. ^ Defeated Cyreena Boston and Jon Coney in the Democratic primary.
  11. ^ Defeated Barbara Kyle in the Democratic primary.
  12. ^ Defeated Phyllis Thiemann in the Republican primary.
  13. ^ Defeated Steve Richkind in the Democratic primary.
  14. ^ Write-in candidate (not yet certified): Wright, Phil. "La Grande teacher enters race for House", The East Oregonian, 2008-04-23. 
  15. ^ Defeated Barbara Ann Wright in the Democratic primary.
  16. ^ Defeated Tim K. Smith in the Republican primary.