Oregon's 5th congressional district represents Oregon's central coast through

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, north to the southern

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suburbs – including a sliver of Portland itself – and east to the summit of

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. It includes Lincoln, Marion, and Polk Counties; most of Clackamas and Tillamook Counties; and parts of

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and Multnomah Counties. The district is currently represented by Republican

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, who was elected in

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to replace Kurt Schrader who lost renomination. This marked the first time in the district's history that a new representative had the same party affiliation as the outgoing representative. On May 17, 2022, attorney Jamie McLeod-Skinner defeated Schrader in the Democratic congressional primary. Every single representative from this district since its creation after the

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has been divorced while in office.

History

The district was created in 1982 when Oregon was granted a new congressional district as a result of reapportionment from the

. Denny Smith, who had represented

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in the previous Congress, was re-elected in the 5th district in 1982 after it absorbed most of the western portion of the old 2nd. In 2002, the district shrank slightly in area due to redistricting. About half of the portion of the district that had been in Benton County was moved into the

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and portions of west-central

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were moved into the 3rd district. At the same time, small portions of northern Clackamas and southern Multnomah County that had previously been part of the

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were moved into the 5th district.Almanac of American Politics, 2002 and 2006 editions. While the district has been in Democratic hands since 1997, it is one of the few in the country that is not safe for either party on paper. Since the 1990s, congressional races here have usually been very competitive.

List of members representing the district

Recent presidential elections

Election results

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Elections History
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Historical district boundaries

When created in 1983, the district was an inland district focused around the Willamette Valley, and consisted of all of Clackamas and Marion counties, as well as small parts of the counties of

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, and Polk. In 1993, the district gained a large coastal portion from the

, gaining all of Tillamook and Lincoln counties as well as the rest of Polk, whilst part of Clackamas County was lost to the 3rd district. In the 2003 and 2013 redistrictings, the changes were only minor, as the district gained a small portion of Multnomah County from the 3rd district in 2003 but lost it again in 2013, while it lost a portion of northern Clackamas County to the 3rd district in both 2003 and 2013. In the 2023 redistricting, the district underwent major boundary changes, as it gained all of Linn County, some of Multnomah and Clackamas counties, and parts of

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including Bend, but it lost the entire coastal section it had gained in 1993 as well as the area in Polk and Benton counties to the 1st,

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, and

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districts. Parts of western Marion County, including the city of

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References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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