Oregon's 3rd Senate district
District 3 of the Oregon State Senate comprises southern Jackson County. It contains Oregon House districts 5 and 6. It is currently represented by Democrat Jeff Golden of Ashland.
Election results
[edit]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 Washington and northern Multnomah counties; from 2003 until 2013, the district shifted to cover southern Jackson County; and from 2013 until 2023, the district boundaries only shifted slightly, covering more of Medford, adding the Applegate Valley, and losing Miller Mountain.
The current district is very similar to previous iterations, only losing significant area north of the Applegate River.
The results are as follows:[1]
| Year | Candidate | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Nancy Ryles | Republican | 67.4% | Gerry Brewster | Democratic | 32.6% | No third candidate | ||
| 1986 | Nancy Ryles | Republican | 100.0% | Unopposed | |||||
| 1988 | Bob Shoemaker | Democratic | 51.7% | Bill Bloom | Republican | 48.3% | No third candidate | ||
| 1990 | Bob Shoemaker | Democratic | 53.1% | Sherre L. Calouri | Republican | 46.9% | |||
| 1994 | Tom Hartung | Republican | 58.4% | Bob Shook | Democratic | 41.6% | |||
| 1998 | Tom Hartung | Republican | 53.5% | Brad Avakian | Democratic | 46.4% | |||
| 2002 | Lenn Hannon | Republican | 60.4% | Virginia Lemon | Democratic | 39.6% | |||
| 2004 | Alan C. Bates | Democratic | 51.9% | Jim Wright | Republican | 48.1% | |||
| 2006 | Alan C. Bates | Democratic | 63.7% | Lynn Aiello | Republican | 36.1% | |||
| 2010 | Alan C. Bates | Democratic | 50.2% | Dave Dotterrer | Republican | 49.7% | |||
| 2014 | Alan C. Bates | Democratic | 51.9% | Dave Dotterrer | Republican | 44.7% | Art H. Krueger | Pacific Green | 3.3% |
| 2016[a] | Alan DeBoer | Republican | 50.2% | Tonia Moro | Democratic | 49.6% | No third candidate | ||
| 2018 | Jeff Golden | Democratic | 55.2% | Jessica Gomez | Republican | 44.7% | |||
| 2022 | Jeff Golden | Democratic | 51.9% | Randy Sparacino | Republican | 48.0% | |||
- ^ Off-cycle election after the death in office of Alan Bates.
References
[edit]- ^ "OR State Senate 03". Our Campaigns. Retrieved April 10, 2017.