Oregon's 6th congressional district is a congressional district created after the
2020 United States census. It consists of
Polk
Polk may refer to:
People
* James K. Polk, 11th president of the United States
* Polk (name), other people with the name
Places
*Polk (CTA), a train station in Chicago, Illinois
* Polk, Illinois, an unincorporated community
* Polk, Missouri ...
and
Yamhill Counties, in addition to portions of
Marion,
Clackamas, and
Washington Counties.
It takes in all of urban
Salem
Salem may refer to: Places
Canada
Ontario
* Bruce County
** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie
** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce
* Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, part ...
, as well as the southwestern suburbs of
Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
.
The district elected a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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beginning with the
2022 elections
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* 2022 United Nations Security Council election
* 2022 national electoral calendar
* 2022 local ele ...
. There were originally sixteen candidates that entered in the race, more than for any other congressional seat in the state in 2022.
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
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Arts and media Music
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and
fifth
Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five.
Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash that ...
districts.
The district had a
PVI rating of D+4, as of October 2021.
List of members representing the district
Recent presidential elections
Election results
2022
References
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Constituencies established in 2023
2023 establishments in Oregon