The 2014 elections for the
Oregon Legislative Assembly
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determined the composition of both houses of the state legislature for the
78th Oregon Legislative Assembly
The 78th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 14 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2014; the general ele ...
(2015–2016 term). The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 20, 2014 with the general election following on November 4, 2014.
The
Democratic Party increased its 16-14 majority in the Senate to a
supermajority
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of 18–12. In the House, the Democrats added one more seat and now holds a 35-25 majority.
Oregon Senate
16 of the state senate's 30 seats were up for re-election in 2014. Democrats held a 16–14 majority in the 2012 legislative election.
Open seats
*District 13: Republican
Larry George
Larry George (born c. 1968) is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. He was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Oregon State Senate representing District 13 from 2007 to 2015. Before his election, he was the l ...
retired.
Results
The official results are:
Oregon House of Representatives
All 60 seats in the State House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2014. Democrats took a 34-26 majority in the 2012 elections after they picked up a net of four seats.
Open seats
*District 2: Republican
Tim Freeman was elected to the
Douglas County Board of
Commissioners
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.
*District 3: Republican
Wally Hicks retired.
*District 4: Republican
Dennis Richardson is the Republican nominee for
Governor of Oregon
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.
*District 7: Republican
Bruce Hanna
Bruce Hanna (born April 1960) is a Republican politician from Roseburg in the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 7, which spans Lane and Douglas counties. He was the co-speaker of th ...
retired.
*District 16: Democrat
Sara Gelser was the Democratic nominee for state Senate in District 8.
*District 19: Republican
Kevin Cameron resigned when he was appointed to the
Marion County Board of
Commissioners
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*District 20: Republican
Vicki Berger
Vicki Berger (born 1949) is an American businessperson and politician in the state of Oregon. A native Oregonian, she is a Salem civic leader and a former Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives. Her father, Richard Chambers, ca ...
retired.
*District 23: Republican
Jim Thompson was defeated in the primary by Mike Nearman.
*District 25: Republican
Kim Thatcher
Lona Kim Thatcher (born 1964) is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 11th district since 2023. She previously represented the 13th district from 2015 to 2023, and served as a member of the Oreg ...
was the Republican nominee for state Senate in District 13.
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*District 29: Democrat Ben Unger retired.]Multnomah County
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Board of Commissioners
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.Greg Matthews
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retired.Jason Conger
Jason R. R. Conger ( ; born March 27, 1968) is an American attorney and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 54 in Bend, Oregon, from 2011 to 2015. He ran f ...
ran for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Oregon.
Results
See also
* 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly (2013–2014)
* 78th Oregon Legislative Assembly
The 78th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 14 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2014; the general ele ...
(2015–2016)
References
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