2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon, one from each of the state's six congressional districts. Primaries for these seats were held on May 17, 2022. The elections coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices.

District boundaries were redrawn to ensure that the districts are apportioned based on data from the 2020 United States census, which added a sixth seat to Oregon's delegation. Democrats won the new sixth district, but Republicans gained Oregon's fifth district, leaving the Congressional delegation with a 4 to 2 party split in favor of the Democrats. This was the first time since 1994 that Republicans won more than one House seat in Oregon.

Redistricting
Ahead of the 2022 elections, Oregon redrew its congressional districts as part of the 2020 United States redistricting cycle. Oregon gained a sixth congressional district during this cycle. On September 20, 2021, the Oregon State Senate passed new congressional maps that were favored by Democrats on a party-line vote, along with state legislative maps. The congressional map contained 5 Democratic-leaning districts and 1 Republican-leaning district. Tina Kotek, the Democratic speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, had negotiated a deal with Republicans to give them equal say on redistricting matters, but she abandoned the deal after the Senate passed its maps. House Democrats made changes to the proposed congressional map that made it less favorable towards Democrats, but Republicans still opposed the map. In response, House Republicans skipped a floor session, which denied House Democrats a quorum and blocked them from being able to pass their maps. On September 27, the legislature's deadline to approve new maps, most House Republicans showed up to vote. The House's proposed congressional map passed the House and Senate on party-line votes, and was approved by governor Kate Brown the same day.

District 1
From 2012 to 2020, the 1st district was located in northwestern Oregon and included the western Portland metro area, including the Portland suburbs of Beaverton and Hillsboro, and parts of Portland west of the Willamette River. The district was kept largely the same despite redistricting, exchanging Yamhill County for Tillamook County and taking in more of Portland. The incumbent was Democrat Suzanne Bonamici, who was re-elected with 64.6% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Suzanne Bonamici, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Scott Phillips
 * Christian Robertson

Nominee

 * Christopher Mann

Eliminated in primary

 * Armidia "Army" Murray, former UPS worker and candidate for this seat in 2020

District 2
From 2012 to 2020, the 2nd district was the largest of Oregon's districts and covered roughly two-thirds of the state east of the Cascades, encompassing the central, eastern, and southern regions of the state, including Bend and Medford. The district was kept mostly the same during redistricting, but it did lose Bend to the 5th district and Hood River County to the 3rd, while taking in all of Josephine County and about half of Douglas County. The incumbent was Republican Cliff Bentz, who was elected with 59.9% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Cliff Bentz, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Mark Cavener, producer and nonprofit executive
 * Katherine Gallant, political commentator

Nominee

 * Joseph Yetter III, retired U.S. Army colonel, physician and farmer

Eliminated in primary

 * Adam Prine, farmhand

District 3
From 2012 to 2020, the 3rd district encompassed the eastern Portland metro area, covering Portland and Gresham. The district was kept largely the same despite redistricting, though it did take in Hood River County, and lost some of Portland to the 1st district. The incumbent was Democrat Earl Blumenauer, who was re-elected with 73.0% of the vote in 2020.

Nominee

 * Earl Blumenauer, incumbent U.S. Representative

Eliminated in primary

 * Jonathan E. Polhemus

Nominee

 * Joanna Harbour, attorney and nominee for this district in 2020

District 4
From 2012 to 2020, the 4th district included the southern Willamette Valley and the South Coast, including Eugene, Corvallis, and Roseburg. The district was kept largely the same despite redistricting, though it did gain parts of the central coast previously in the 5th district, making the district more Democratic leaning. The incumbent, Democrat Peter DeFazio, who was re-elected with 51.5% of the vote in 2020, decided to retire, rather than seek a 19th consecutive term in Congress.

Nominee

 * Val Hoyle, Oregon Commissioner of Labor

Eliminated in primary

 * Sami Al-Abdrabbuh, chair of the Corvallis School District Board
 * Doyle Canning, environmental activist and candidate for this district in 2020
 * Andrew Kalloch, Airbnb senior global policy advisor
 * Steve Laible, author and publisher
 * Jake Matthews, community organizer and author
 * John Selker, professor and scientist
 * G. Tommy Smith, personal banker

Withdrew

 * Kevin Easton, political consultant and former executive director of Equity Foundation
 * Joshua Welch, teacher

Declined

 * Melissa Cribbins, Coos County commissioner
 * Peter DeFazio, incumbent U.S. Representative
 * Julie Fahey, state representative from the 14th district (running for re-election)
 * Sara Gelser Blouin, state senator from the 8th district (running for re-election)
 * James Manning Jr., state senator from the 7th district (running for re-election)
 * Dan Rayfield, Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 16th district (running for re-election)
 * Marty Wilde, state representative from the 11th district

Nominee

 * Alek Skarlatos, former Oregon National Guard soldier and nominee for this district in 2020

Withdrew

 * Jeremy Van Tress

District 5
From 2012 to 2020, the 5th district straddled the central coast, and included Salem and the southern Portland suburbs. The new 5th district keeps the southern suburbs of Portland and reaches further into the city, but does not include any coastline, instead stretching southwards through the eastern parts of Marion and Linn counties to Bend.

The incumbent, Democrat Kurt Schrader, was re-elected with 51.9% of the vote in 2020. He lost renomination to Jamie McLeod-Skinner.

Nominee

 * Jamie McLeod-Skinner, attorney, former Santa Clara, California city councillor, nominee for the 2nd district in 2018, and candidate for Oregon Secretary of State in 2020



Eliminated in primary

 * Kurt Schrader, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrew

 * Mark Gamba, Mayor of Milwaukie (endorsed McLeod-Skinner)

Nominee

 * Lori Chavez-DeRemer, former mayor of Happy Valley

Eliminated in primary

 * Jimmy Crumpacker, investor and candidate for OR's 2nd congressional district in 2020
 * John Di Paola, orthopedic surgeon
 * Madison Oatman, building restoration technician
 * Laurel L. Roses, co-owner of a trucking company

Declined

 * Knute Buehler, nominee for Governor of Oregon in 2018
 * Shelly Boshart Davis, state representative from the 15th district (running for re-election)
 * Christine Drazan, former Minority Leader of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 39th district (running for governor)
 * Cheri Helt, former state representative from the 54th district (running for labor commissioner)
 * Tim Knopp, Minority Leader of the Oregon State Senate from the 27th district
 * Tootie Smith, Clackamas County commissioner

Polling

 * Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican

District 6
The 6th district was created following the 2020 census. It consists of Polk County and Yamhill County, in addition to portions of Marion County (including the state capital, Salem), Clackamas County, and Washington County.

Nominee

 * Andrea Salinas, state representative from the 38th district

Eliminated in primary

 * Teresa Alonso Leon, state representative from the 22nd district
 * Ricky Barajas, perennial candidate
 * Carrick Flynn, former Oxford researcher on pandemic preparedness
 * Greg Goodwin
 * Kathleen Harder, chair of the Oregon Medical Board
 * Cody Reynolds, businessman and veteran
 * Loretta Smith, former Multnomah County commissioner
 * Matt West, engineer at Intel

Withdrew

 * Brian Hylland Jr.
 * Derry Jackson, former Portland Public Schools board member

Declined

 * Brian Clem, former state representative from the 21st district
 * Paul Evans, state representative from the 20th district and former mayor of Monmouth (running for re-election)

Nominee

 * Mike Erickson, consultant and nominee for OR's 5th congressional district in 2006 and 2008

Eliminated in primary

 * Jim Bunn, former U.S. Representative for OR's 5th congressional district
 * Amy Ryan Courser, former Keizer city councilor and nominee for OR's 5th congressional district in 2020
 * Ron Noble, state representative from the 24th district
 * Angela Plowhead, clinical psychologist
 * David Russ, Mayor of Dundee
 * Nate Sandvig, U.S. Military Academy graduate

Declined

 * Tootie Smith, Clackamas County commissioner

Polling

 * Aggregate polls


 * Graphical summary


 * Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican