2022 Oregon State Senate election should not be confused with 2022 United States Senate election in Oregon.
| Election Name: | 2022 Oregon State Senate election |
| Country: | Oregon |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Oregon State Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Oregon State Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Seats For Election: | 16 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 16 |
| Image1: | File:Rob Wagner.jpg |
| Leader1: | Rob Wagner |
| Party1: | Democratic Party of Oregon |
| Leader Since1: | May 22, 2020 |
| Leaders Seat1: | District 19 (Lake Oswego) |
| Last Election1: | 18 seats, 54.0% |
| Seats Before1: | 18 |
| Seats1: | 17 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 541,049 |
| Percentage1: | 55.85% |
| Swing1: | 1.84% |
| Leader2: | Tim Knopp |
| Party2: | Oregon Republican Party |
| Leader Since2: | October 22, 2021 |
| Leaders Seat2: | District 27 (Bend) |
| Last Election2: | 12 seats, 44.4% |
| Seats Before2: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
| Popular Vote2: | 410,990 |
| Percentage2: | 42.43% |
| Swing2: | 1.93% |
| Image3: | Brian Boquist.jpg |
| Leader3: | Brian Boquist |
| Party3: | Independent Party of Oregon |
| Leader Since3: | January 15, 2021 |
| Leaders Seat3: | District 12 (Dallas) |
| Last Election3: | Did not participate |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 5,599 |
| Percentage3: | 0.58% |
| Swing3: | New |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| President of the Senate | |
| Before Election: | Peter Courtney |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party of Oregon |
| After Election: | Rob Wagner |
| After Party: | Democratic Party of Oregon |
The 2022 Oregon State Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8, 2022, to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate of the 82nd Oregon Legislature, along with one special election.
A primary election was held in several districts on May 17, 2022.[1] The election coincided with the election of the other house of the Legislative Assembly, the Oregon House of Representatives, and other elections.
The last election in 2020 resulted in the Democratic Party retaining a majority of seats,[2] after winning a majority and ending a split State Senate sixteen years earlier in the 2004 election. All-Democratic control of the legislature (and a state trifecta) has persisted since 2012.[3]
The 15 members of the Senate up for election were elected from single-member districts via first-past-the-post voting for four-year terms.
Contested nominations of recognized major parties (Democratic and Republican) for each district were determined by a primary election on May 17, 2022.
Minor party candidates were nominated by petition. Write-in candidates must file a request with the Secretary of State's office for votes for them to be counted. Candidates for the state Senate in 2022 were required to file to run from September 10, 2021, to March 8, 2022.[4]
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||||
| Democratic | 15 | 541,049 | 55.85 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Republican | 15 | 410,990 | 42.43 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Independent | 1 | 5,599 | 0.58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Libertarian | 1 | 9,295 | 0.96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Write-in | N/A | 1,801 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 968,734 | 100.00 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 30 | ||||
| District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Jeff Golden | Dem | Jeff Golden | Dem | |||
| 4th | Floyd Prozanski | Dem | Floyd Prozanski | Dem | |||
| 6th | Lee Beyer | Dem | Cedric Ross Hayden | Rep | |||
| 7th | James Manning Jr. | Dem | James Manning Jr. | Dem | |||
| 8th | Sara Gelser Blouin | Dem | Sara Gelser Blouin | Dem | |||
| 10th | Deb Patterson | Dem | Deb Patterson | Dem | |||
| 11th | Peter Courtney[6] | Dem | Rep | ||||
| Rep | |||||||
| 13th | None | Aaron Woods | Dem | ||||
| 15th | Janeen Sollman | Dem | Janeen Sollman | Dem | |||
| 16th | Rachel Armitage | Dem | Suzanne Weber | Rep | |||
| 17th | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | Dem | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | Dem | |||
| Akasha Lawrence-Spence | Dem | Wlnsvey Campos | Dem | ||||
| 19th | Rob Wagner | Dem | Rob Wagner | Dem | |||
| 20th | Bill Kennemer | Rep | Mark Meek | Dem | |||
| 24th | Kayse Jama | Dem | Kayse Jama | Dem | |||
| 26th | Chuck Thomsen | Rep | Daniel Bonham | Rep | |||
Districts where the margin of victory was under 10%:
| align=center | District 3 • District 4 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 10 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 24 • District 26 |
Special Election (2-year term)