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The 2012 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the
The 2012 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly
The 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions, and on for its second session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for elec ...
. The Republican
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and Democratic primary elections were on May 15, 2012, and the general election was on November 6, 2012. Sixteen of the Oregon State Senate's 30 seats were up for election, as were all 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives.
In the Senate, the Democrats kept a 16–14 majority, identical to their advantage in the previous legislative session. In the House, Democrats took a 34–26 majority, up from a 30–30 split in the previous session.
Oregon Senate
In the previous session, Democrats controlled the Senate with a 16–14 majority. Of the 16 seats up for election, eight were previously held by Democrats, and eight by Republicans.
Open seats
*District 2: RepublicanJason Atkinson
Jason Atkinson (born November 6, 1970) is an American politician in the US state of Oregon. The Republican grew up in the Southern Oregon city of Ashland. He served as a senator in the Oregon State Senate from 2001 to 2013. He ran unsuccess ...
retired.
* District 5: Democrat Joanne Verger retired.
* District 27: Republican Chris Telfer was defeated in the District 27 primary by Tim Knopp, the vice president of the Central Oregon Builders Association and a former state Representative.
* District 29: Republican David Nelson retired.
Results
House of Representatives
In the House, all 60 seats up for re-election. In the previous session, the house was evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, 30–30.Open seats
*District 9: DemocratArnie Roblan
Arnold L. "Arnie" Roblan (born April 8, 1948) is an American former educator and a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 9th district, which spans the southern Oregon Coast. He also served ...
won an open state senate seat in District 5.
*District 10: Democrat Jean Cowan
Jean Cowan (born 1947) is an American Democratic politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2007 until 2013.
Career
Cowan served as city councillor and mayor of Elgin, and then as a Lincoln County Commissioner for 12 ye ...
retired.
*District 12: Democrat Terry Beyer retired.
*District 26: Republican Matt Wingard won the Republican primary, but dropped his re-election bid following a scandal.
* District 36: Democrat Mary Nolan ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Portland City Council.
*District 40: Democratic Dave Hunt ran unsuccessfully for chairman of the Clackamas County Board of County Commissioners.
*District 47: Democratic Jefferson Smith ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Portland.
*District 48: Democrat Mike Schaufler lost in the Democratic primary to Jeff Reardon.
* District 56: Republican Bill Garrard
Bill Garrard (May 10, 1940 – November 28, 2022) was a Republican politician who served as state representative for District 56 of the Oregon House of Representatives
The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon ...
retired.
Results
See also
*76th Oregon Legislative Assembly
The 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions. All 60 seats of the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 state senate seats were up for election in 2010. The general election for those s ...
(2011–2012)
* 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly
The 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions, and on for its second session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for elec ...
(2013–2014)
Sources Oregon Secretary of State - November 6, 2012, General Election Abstract of Votes
References
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