Oregon's 8th Senate district explained

District 8 of the Oregon State Senate comprises northwestern Linn County, northeastern Benton County, and southern Marion County centered around Albany and Corvallis. It is composed of Oregon House districts 15 and 16. It is currently represented by Democrat Sara Gelser Blouin of Corvallis.

Election results

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 parts of north Portland, and since 2003, it has covered slightly different areas in Benton and Linn Counties, though maintaining its focus around Albany and Corvallis. The current district differs from the previous iteration by adding more land to the north and south of Corvallis in Benton County while also adding rural exurbs of Salem in southern Marion County.

The results are as follows:^[1]

Year	Candidate	Party	Percent	Opponent	Party	Percent	Opponent	Party	Percent
1984		Bill McCoy		Democratic		78.4%		Francis Chadwick McKenna		Republican		21.6%	No third candidate
1988		Bill McCoy		Democratic		100.0%	Unopposed
1992		Bill McCoy		Democratic		58.2%		Mike Fitz		Republican		41.8%	No third candidate
1996		Thomas A. Wilde		Democratic		64.3%		Mike Fitz		Republican		35.7%
2000		Margaret Carter		Democratic		79.3%		Whitney Smith		Pacific Green		19.3%
2002		Frank Morse		Republican		54.6%		Barbara Ross		Democratic		45.4%
2006		Frank Morse		Republican		58.9%		Mario Magana		Democratic		40.8%
2010		Frank Morse		Republican		55.0%		Dan Rayfield		Democratic		44.7%
2014		Sara Gelser		Democratic		55.3%		Betsy Close		Republican		44.2%
2018		Sara Gelser		Democratic		63.0%		Erik Parks		Republican		34.7%		Brian Eggiman		Libertarian		2.2%
2022		Sara Gelser Blouin		Democratic		59.8%		Valerie Draper Woldeit		Republican		40.1%	No third candidate

Notes and References

1. Web site: OR State Senate 08. Our Campaigns. August 5, 2017.