Oregon's 17th Senate district

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Oregon's 17th Senate District as of September 27, 2021

District 17 of the Oregon State Senate comprises parts of Multnomah and Washington counties encompassing much of northwest Portland and suburbs of Beaverton. It is composed of Oregon House districts 33 and 34. It is currently represented by Democrat Elizabeth Steiner of Portland.

Election results[edit]

District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, senators before 2013 may not represent the same constituency as today. From 1993 until 2003, the district covered parts of the Salem metropolitan area; from 2003 until 2013, it shifted to its current location on the border of Multnomah and Washington counties; and from 2013 until 2023, it moved slightly more south to encompass more of Beaverton.

The current district shifts slightly to the north and east from its previous iterations, losing most of Beaverton but gaining northern Washington County areas such as Bethany, Cedar Hills, Cedar Mill, Five Oaks, and Sylvan as well as almost all of northwest and downtown Portland.

The results are as follows:[1]

Year Candidate Party Percent Opponent Party Percent Opponent Party Percent Opponent Party Percent
1982 C. T. Houck Republican 52.9% Jim Havel Democratic 47.1% No third candidate No fourth candidate
1986 C. T. Houck Republican 52.0% Peter Courtney Democratic 48.0%
1990 Tricia Smith Democratic 54.3% Don Wyant Republican 45.7%
1994 Shirley Stull Republican 55.9% Tricia Smith Democratic 44.1%
1998 Peter Courtney Democratic 57.1% Don Scott Republican 42.9%
2002 Charlie Ringo Democratic 54.6% Bill Witt Republican 45.3%
2006 Brad Avakian Democratic 67.2% Piotr Kuklinski Republican 28.7% Rich Whitehead Libertarian 3.1% John R. Pivarnik Constitution 0.8%
2010 Suzanne Bonamici Democratic 96.9% Unopposed
2012[a] Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Democratic 66.4% John Verbeek Republican 33.4% No third candidate No fourth candidate
2014 Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Democratic 65.8% John Verbeek Republican 33.8%
2018 Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Democratic 97.7% Unopposed
2022 Elizabeth Steiner Hayward Democratic 78.9% John Verbeek Republican 20.9% No third candidate No fourth candidate
  1. ^ Off-cycle election due to the resignation of Suzanne Bonamici upon her election to Congress representing Oregon's 1st congressional district. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward was the incumbent as she was appointed to the seat.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "OR State Senate 17". Our Campaigns. Retrieved November 8, 2017.