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{{Short description|Lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}}

{{Use American English|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox legislature

| background_color = {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}

| name = Oregon House of Representatives

| legislature = Oregon Legislative Assembly

| coa_pic = Seal of the Oregon House of Representatives.jpg

| term_limits = None

| new_session = January 21, 2025

| session_room = OregonHouseCenter.jpg

| house_type = Lower house

| leader1_type = Speaker

| leader1 = Julie Fahey (D)

| election1 = March 7, 2024

| leader2_type = Speaker pro tempore

| leader2 = David Gomberg (D)

| election2 = January 13, 2025

| leader3_type = Majority Leader

| leader3 = Ben Bowman (D)

| election3 = March 21, 2024

| leader4_type = Minority Leader

| leader4 = Christine Drazan (R)

| election4 = January 13, 2025

| term_length = 2 years

| authority = Article IV, Oregon Constitution

| salary = $21,612/year + per diem

| members = 60

|structure1 = 2025 Oregon House Composition.svg

| structure1_res = 250px

| political_groups1 =

Majority

  • {{Color box|#0000FF|border=darkgray}} Democratic (36)

Minority

  • {{Color box|#FF0000|border=darkgray}} Republican (24)

| last_election1 = November 5, 2024
(60 seats)

| next_election1 = November 3, 2026
(60 seats)

| redistricting = Legislative Control

| meeting_place = House of Representatives Chamber
Oregon State Capitol
Salem, Oregon

| website = [http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/house Oregon House of Representatives]

}}

File:Oregon State House.png

The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, the upper house being the Oregon State Senate. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of approximately 65,000. The House meets in the west wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.

Members of the House serve two-year terms without term limits. In 2002, the Oregon Supreme Court struck down Oregon Ballot Measure 3 (1992), that had restricted State Representatives to three terms (six years) on procedural grounds.{{cite news | last = Green | first = Ashbel S. |author2=Lisa Grace Lednicer | title = State high court strikes term limits | work = Oregonian | pages = A1 | publisher = Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing | date = January 17, 2006}}

In the current legislative session, Democrats have 36 seats, a slim supermajority by one seat, while the Republicans have a minority of 24 seats.

Current session

{{main|83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly#House}}

{{see also|List of current members of the Oregon House of Representatives}}

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|+82nd Oregon House Leadership{{Cite web |title=House Democratic Caucus members |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/housedemocrats/Pages/members.aspx |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.oregonlegislature.gov}}{{Cite web |title=House Republican Caucus leaders |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/houserepublicans/Pages/leaders.aspx |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=www.oregonlegislature.gov}}

!Position

!Representative

!District

!Party

!Residence

Speaker of the House

|Julie Fahey

|14

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|Eugene

Speaker pro Tempore

|David Gomberg{{cite news |last1=Botkin |first1=Ben |last2=Shumway |first2=Julia |date=January 13, 2025 |title=Oregon lawmakers sworn into office on Monday |url=https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/01/13/oregon-lawmakers-sworn-into-office-on-monday/ |work=Oregon Capital Chronicle |access-date=January 13, 2025}}

|10

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|Otis

Majority Leader

|Ben Bowman

|25

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|Tigard

Majority Whip

|Andrea Valderrama

|47

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|Portland

rowspan="3" |Assistant Majority Leaders

|Pam Marsh

|5

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|Ashland

Hai Pham

|36

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|Hillsboro

Annessa Hartman

|40

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic

|Gladstone

Minority Leader

|Christine Drazan

|51

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|Canby

Deputy Minority Leader

|Lucetta Elmer

|24

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|McMinnville

Minority Whip

|Virgle Osborne

|2

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|Roseburg

rowspan="3" |Assistant Minority Leaders

|Shelly Boshart Davis

|15

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|Albany

Mark Owens

|60

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|Crane

Emily McIntire

|56

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican

|Eagle Point

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! District !! Representative !! Party !! Residence !! Assumed office

}

| 1

Court Boice{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanGold Beach2023{{efn|name=appointedr|Representative was originally appointed.}}
2Virgle Osborne{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanRoseburg2023
3Dwayne Yunker{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanGrants Pass2023{{efn|name=appointedr}}
4Alek Skarlatos{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanCanyonville2025
5Pam Marsh{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticAshland2017
6Kim Wallan{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMedford2019
7John Lively{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticSpringfield2013
8Lisa Fragala{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticEugene2025
9Boomer Wright{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanReedsport2021
10David Gomberg{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticOtis2013
11Jami Cate{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanLebanon2021
12Darin Harbick{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanEastern Lane County2025
13Nancy Nathanson{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democraticrowspan="2" |Eugene2007
14Julie Fahey{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic2017
15Shelly Boshart Davis{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanAlbany2019
16Sarah Finger McDonald {{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticCorvallis2025
17Ed Diehl{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanStayton2023
18Rick Lewis{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanSilverton2017
19Tom Andersen{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticSalem2023
20Paul Evans{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticMonmouth2015
21Kevin Mannix{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanSalem2023{{efn|Previously served in House from 1989 to 2001.}}
22Lesly Muñoz {{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticWoodburn2025
23Anna Scharf{{Party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanAmity2021{{efn|name=appointedr}}
24Lucetta Elmer{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMcMinnville2023
25Ben Bowman{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic|Tigard2023
26Sue Rieke Smith{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic2025{{efn|name=appointedr}}
27Ken Helm{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticBeaverton2015
28Dacia Grayber{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticPortland2021
29Susan McLain{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticForest Grove2015
30Nathan Sosa{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticHillsboro2022
31Darcey Edwards{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanBanks2025
32Cyrus Javadi{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanTillamook2023
33Shannon Jones Isadore{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticPortland2024{{efn|name=appointedr}}
34Mari Watanabe{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticBeaverton

|2025{{efn|name=appointedr}}

35Farrah Chaichi{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticAloha2023
36Hai Pham{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticHillsboro2023
37Jules Walters{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticWest Linn2023
38Daniel Nguyen{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticLake Oswego2023
39April Dobson{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticHappy Valley2025
40Annessa Hartman{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticGladstone2023
41Mark Gamba{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticMilwaukie2023
42Rob Nosse{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democraticrowspan="7" |Portland2014{{efn|name=appointedr}}
43Tawna Sanchez{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic2017
44Travis Nelson{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic2022{{efn|name=appointedr}}
45Thuy Tran{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic2023
46Willy Chotzen{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic2025
47Andrea Valderrama{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic2021{{efn|name=appointedr}}
48Hoa Nguyen{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Democratic2023
49Zach Hudson{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticTroutdale2021
50Ricki Ruiz{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticGresham2021
51Christine Drazan{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanCanby2025
52Jeff Helfrich{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanHood River2023{{efn|Previously served in House from 2017 to 2019.}}
53Emerson Levy{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticBend2023
54Jason Kropf{{Party shading/Democratic}} |DemocraticBend2021
55E. Werner Reschke{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanMalin2017
56Emily McIntire{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanEagle Point2023
57Greg Smith{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanHeppner2001
58Bobby Levy{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanEcho2021
59Vikki Breese-Iverson{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanPrineville2019{{efn|name=appointedr}}
60Mark Owens{{Party shading/Republican}} |RepublicanCrane2020{{efn|name=appointedr}}

Composition

{{main|Political party strength in Oregon}}

The Republican Party held the majority in the House for many years until the Democratic Party gained a majority following the 2006 elections.

After losing several seats in the 2010 elections, resulting in a split control between both parties for one legislative term, Democrats regained their majority in the 2012 elections. The Oregon State Senate has been under continuous Democratic control since 2005. On June 10, 2021, Republican Mike Nearman was expelled from the house by a 59–1 vote for intentionally letting armed protesters into the Oregon State Capitol to protest against health restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Oregon.{{Cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Danny |last2=Balick |first2=Lisa |date=January 7, 2021 |title=Kotek: GOP's Nearman let right-wing protesters into Capitol |work=KOIN |url=https://www.koin.com/news/civic-affairs/speaker-kotek-ore-rep-nearman-let-right-wing-protesters-in-oregon-capitol/ |access-date=January 7, 2021}}{{Cite news |last=Borrud |first=Hillary |date=January 7, 2021 |title=Oregon Rep. Mike Nearman let right-wing protesters into the Oregon Capitol last month |language=en |newspaper=The Oregonian |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/01/republican-rep-mike-nearman-let-right-wing-protesters-into-oregon-capitol-house-speaker-tina-kotek-says.html |access-date=January 7, 2021}} This was the first time a member of the legislature has been expelled in the state's history.{{cite web |last=VanderHart |first=Dirk |date=June 10, 2021 |title=Oregon House expels state Rep. Mike Nearman, plotter of Capitol incursion |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/10/oregon-house-of-representatives-vote-mike-nearman-expulsion-state-capitol-incursion/ |access-date=June 10, 2021 |website=www.opb.org |publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting |quote=}} The lone no vote was by Nearman himself.

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! rowspan="2" |Affiliation

! colspan="2" |Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

! rowspan="2" |Total

! rowspan="2" |Vacant

style="height:5px"

! style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | Democratic

! style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | Republican

nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 73rd (2005–2006)

| 27

| {{party shading/Republican}} | 33

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 74th (2007–2008)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 31

| 29

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 75th (2009–2010)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 36

| 24

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 76th (2011–2012)

| {{party shading/Coalition}} | 30

| {{party shading/Coalition}} | 30

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 77th (2013–2014)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 34

| 26

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 78th (2015–2016)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35

| 25

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 79th (2017–2018)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35

| 25

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 80th (2019–2020)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 38

| 22

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 81st (2021–2022)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 37

| 23

! 60

|0

colspan="5" |
nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 82nd (2023–2024)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35

| 25

! 60

|0

nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" | 83rd (2025–2026)

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | 35

| 24

! 59

|1

Latest voting share

! {{party shading/Democratic}} |{{percentage|35|60|0}}

!{{percentage|24|60|0}}

! colspan="2" |

Milestones

  • 1914: Marian B. Towne became the first woman elected to the Oregon House
  • 1972: Bill McCoy became the first Black person to serve in the House
  • 1985: Margaret Carter became the first Black woman elected to the House
  • 1986: Rocky Barilla became the first Latino elected to the House
  • 1991: Gail Shibley became the first openly gay person to serve in the House
  • 2013: Jessica Vega Pederson became the first Latina woman to serve in the House
  • 2013: Tina Kotek became the first openly gay person to serve as Speaker of the House (both in Oregon as well as in the United States)
  • 2021: Mike Nearman became the first person to be expelled from the Legislature
  • 2022: Janelle Bynum became the first Black person to receive votes for Speaker of the House{{cite news |last1=Radnovich |first1=Connor |date=February 2, 2022 |title=First day of session: Call for empathy, then a public protest |work=Register-Guard}}
  • 2022: Travis Nelson became the first openly gay person of color to serve in the House

Officers

File:Julie Fahey Official Head Shot (cropped).jpg (D-Eugene) is the current Speaker of the House]]

= Speaker =

= Chief Clerk =

"The Chief Clerk of the House is the administrative officer elected for a two-year term by the membership of the House of Representatives to be responsible for ensuring that the chamber's business and proceedings run smoothly. The Chief Clerk's Office is therefore responsible for a multiplicity of duties including the processing of the official business of the House, providing the proper setting for consideration and enactment of Oregon laws, maintaining the Rules of the House of Representatives, and advising presiding officers and other members on the proper interpretation of chamber rules and protocols." {{cite web |title=Chief Clerk |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/chief-clerk |website=OregonLegislature.gov}}

The Office of the Chief Clerk also comprises a Deputy Chief Clerk, Journal Clerk, Measure History Clerk, Reading Clerk, and a Sergeant-at-Arms.

Party leaders

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Ben Bowman (D-Tigard)

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Christine Drazan (R-Canby)

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!Session

!Democratic leader

!{{Small|Majority party}}

Speaker

!Republican leader

! rowspan="21" |

!Governor

1999

| rowspan="2" |Kitty Piercy

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|Republican majority}}

Lynn Snodgrass

| rowspan="2" |Steve Harper

| rowspan="4" |John Kitzhaber

1999 Sp.
2001

| rowspan="2" |Dan Gardner

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|Republican majority}}

Mark Simmons

| rowspan="2" |Karen Minnis

2001 Sp.
2003

|Deborah Kafoury

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|Republican majority}}

Karen Minnis

|Tim Knopp

| rowspan="5" |Ted Kulongoski

2005

|Jeff Merkley

| rowspan="2" |Wayne Scott

rowspan="2" |2007

| rowspan="2" |Dave Hunt

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|Democratic majority}}

Jeff Merkley

rowspan="2" |Bruce Hanna
2009

|Mary Nolan

|{{Small|Democratic majority}}

Dave Hunt

rowspan="2" |2011

|Dave Hunt

|{{Small|Split house}}

Arnie Roblan

| rowspan="2" |Kevin Cameron

| rowspan="3" |John Kitzhaber

Tina Kotek

|{{Small|Split house}}

Bruce Hanna

2013

|Val Hoyle

| rowspan="6" |{{Small|Democratic majority}}

Tina Kotek

| rowspan="3" |Mike McLane

2015

| rowspan="2" |Jennifer Williamson

| rowspan="5" |Kate Brown

2017
rowspan="2" |2019

| rowspan="3" |Barbara Smith Warner

|Carl Wilson

Christine Drazan
2021

|Vikki Breese-Iverson

2022 Sp.

| rowspan="2" |Julie Fahey

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|Democratic majority}}

Dan Rayfield

| rowspan="2" |Jeff Helfrich

| rowspan="3" |Tina Kotek

2023
2025

|Ben Bowman

|{{Small|Democratic majority}}

Julie Fahey

|Christine Drazan

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/house Oregon House of Representatives]
  • [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state/legislative/district-maps.aspx Map of House Districts]
  • [https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/legislators_guide.aspx Lists of legislators and legislative staff] going back to pre-statehood Oregon

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