District 17 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 includes portions of Linn and Marion counties. The district includes Turner, Aumsville, Detroit, Lyons, Sublimity, Stayton, Mill City and eastern Salem as well as Corban University, the Santiam State Forest, and Mt. Jefferson. The current representative for the district is Republican Ed Diehl of Stayton.[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 | Write-in percentage | ||||||||||
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| 2000 | Gary Hansen | Democratic | 88.49% | Thomas Albright | Socialist | 11.51% | No third candidate | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Jeff Kropf | Republican | 68.78% | Donald Beale | Democratic | 31.00% | 0.22% | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Jeff Kropf | Republican | 82.69% | Unopposed | 17.31% | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Fred Girod | Republican | 59.06% | Dan Thackaberry | Democratic | 40.49% | No third candidate | 0.45% | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 60.26% | Dan Thackaberry | Democratic | 39.46% | 0.28% | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 73.25% | Richard Harisay | Democratic | 26.46% | 0.29% | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 69.52% | Richard Harisay | Democratic | 30.20% | 0.28% | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 73.68% | Richard Harisay | Democratic | 25.82% | 0.50% | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 78.27% | Jeff Goodwin | Independent | 21.10% | 0.63% | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 71.18% | Renee Windsor-White | Democratic | 28.58% | 0.24% | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Jami Cate | Republican | 69.22% | Paige Hook | Democratic | 28.81% | Timothy Dehne | Pacific Green Party | 1.82% | 0.16% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Ed Diehl | Republican | 96.7% | Unopposed | 3.3% | |||||||||||||||