Oregon's 1st Senate district
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District 1 of the Oregon State Senate comprises all of Curry County as well as southern Coos County and central Douglas County. It is composed of Oregon House districts 1 and 2. It is currently represented by Republican David Brock Smith of Port Orford, who was appointed to the seat on January 11, 2023 after the resignation of Dallas Heard.
Election results
[edit]District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, senators before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. From 1993 until 2003, the district covered part of Northwest Oregon; from 2003 through 2013, it covered a similar region as today plus northern parts of Jackson and Josephine counties; and from 2013 through 2023, it covered the same areas as previously mentioned while adding more territory in western Josephine county. The current district adds more of eastern Douglas County compared to the previous iteration while losing southern Douglas County as well as all parts of Jackson and Josephine counties previously included in the district.
The results are as follows:[1]
Year | Candidate | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent |
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1982 | Charles Hanlon | Democratic | 53.1% | Ted Bugas | Republican | 47.1% | No third candidate | ||
1986 | Joan Dukes | Democratic | 51.7% | Geoffrey F. Stone | Republican | 40.3% | Michael T. Boothby | Nonpartisan | 8.0% |
1990 | Joan Dukes | Democratic | 67.0% | Sykes Mitchell | Republican | 33.0% | No third candidate | ||
1994 | Joan Dukes | Democratic | 100.0% | Unopposed | |||||
1998 | Joan Dukes | Democratic | 84.5% | Linc Jordan | Libertarian | 15.5% | No third candidate | ||
2004 | Jeff Kruse | Republican | 66.2% | Bruce W. Cronk | Democratic | 33.8% | |||
2008 | Jeff Kruse | Republican | 69.7% | Eldon Rollins | Democratic | 29.9% | |||
2012 | Jeff Kruse | Republican | 71.4% | Eldon Rollins | Democratic | 28.4% | |||
2016 | Jeff Kruse | Republican | 73.4% | Timm Rolek | Democratic | 26.4% | |||
2018[a] | Dallas Heard | Republican | 64.2% | Shannon Souza | Democratic | 35.6% | |||
2020 | Dallas Heard | Republican | 68.6% | Kat Stone | Democratic | 31.2% |
- ^ Off-cycle election due to the resignation of Jeff Kruse. Dallas Heard was the incumbent as he was appointed to the seat.
References
[edit]- ^ "OR State Senate 01". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 10, 2017.