Oregon's 6th congressional district is a congressional district created after the
2020 United States census
The United States census of 2020 was the twenty-fourth decennial United States census. Census Day, the reference day used for the census, was April 1, 2020. Other than a pilot study during the 2000 census, this was the first U.S. census to of ...
. It consists of
Polk
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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, Missou ...
and
Yamhill Counties, in addition to portions of
Marion Marion may refer to:
People
*Marion (given name)
*Marion (surname)
*Marion Silva Fernandes, Brazilian footballer known simply as "Marion"
*Marion (singer), Filipino singer-songwriter and pianist Marion Aunor (born 1992)
Places Antarctica
* Mario ...
,
Clackamas, and
Washington Counties.
It takes in all of urban
Salem, 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. 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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First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
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* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...
and
fifth 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
