District 16 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2021, the boundary for the district is entirely within Benton County. The district is centered around Corvallis and includes Oregon State University. The current representative for the district is Democrat Dan Rayfield of Corvallis.[1] [2]
District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, representatives before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. General election results from 2000 to present[3] [4] are as follows:
| Year | Candidate | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Write-in percentage | |||||||||||||
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| 2000 | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 83.54% | David Tillemans | Pacific Green | 16.46% | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Kelley Wirth | Democratic | 68.29% | Scott Bisson | Republican | 31.47% | 0.23% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Kelley Wirth | Democratic | 62.51% | Don Gist | Republican | 34.78% | Jared Ellefson | Libertarian | 2.70% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Sara Gelser | Democratic | 67.37% | Robin Brown | Republican | 32.45% | No third candidate | 0.18% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Sara Gelser | Democratic | 97.00% | Unopposed | 3.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Sara Gelser | Democratic | 68.77% | Rose Cook | Republican | 30.94% | No third candidate | No third candidate | 0.29% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Sara Gelser | Democratic | 69.96% | Andrew Decker | Republican | 26.58% | Rachel Feigner | Libertarian | 3.17% | 0.29% | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Dan Rayfield | Democratic | 72.12% | Jacob Vandever | Republican | 27.39% | No third candidate | 0.19% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Dan Rayfield | Democratic | 58.05% | Judson McClure | Republican | 20.97% | Sami Al-AbdRabbuh | Progressive | 15.98% | Andrew Freborg | Libertarian | 4.81% | 0.19% | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Dan Rayfield | Democratic | 97.44% | Unopposed | 2.56% | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Dan Rayfield | Democratic | 75.86% | Jason Hughes | Republican | 23.87% | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | 0.27% | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Dan Rayfield | Democratic | 75.17% | Keith Lembke | Republican | 24.61% | 0.22% | |||||||||||||||||||