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Oregon's 5th congressional district
Oregon's 5th congressional district
	Oregon's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	Lori Chavez-DeRemer; R–Happy Valley
Area	5,362 sq mi (13,890 km2)
Distribution	80.34% urban; 19.66% rural;
Population (2023)	709,945
Median household; income	$92,055
Ethnicity	78.8% White; 10.1% Hispanic; 5.9% Two or more races; 3.0% Asian; 1.4% other; 0.9% Black;
Occupation	60.6% White-collar; 24.5% Blue-collar; 14.9% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	D+2

Oregon's 5th congressional district stretches from the Southeast corner of Portland through the eastern half of the Willamette Valley and then reaches across the Cascades to take in Sisters and Bend. It includes a sliver of Multnomah County, the majority of Clackamas County, the rural eastern portion of Marion County, most of Linn County, a very small section of southwest Jefferson County, and the populated northwest portion of Deschutes County. It was significantly redrawn when Oregon gained a 6th congressional district after the 2020 census.

The district is currently represented by Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who was elected in 2022 to replace Kurt Schrader, who lost renomination to attorney Jamie McLeod-Skinner in the Democratic primary.^[3] Schrader's election marked the first time in the district's history that a new representative had the same party affiliation as the outgoing representative. It was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.

Following its creation after the 1980 census, the first five members to represent the district all got divorced while in office, a pattern that has brought the district to media attention.^[4]^[5]

History

The district was created in 1982 when Oregon was granted a new congressional district as a result of reapportionment from the 1980 census. Denny Smith, who had represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district in the previous Congress, was re-elected in the 5th district in 1982 after it absorbed most of the western portion of the old 2nd.

In 2002, the district shrank slightly in area due to redistricting. About half of the portion of the district that had been in Benton County was moved into the 4th district and portions of west-central Clackamas County were moved into the 3rd district. At the same time, small portions of northern Clackamas and southern Multnomah County that had previously been part of the 1st district were moved into the 5th district.^[6]

Following the 2020 census and the subsequent redistricting, the 5th was redrawn significantly. It lost its western and coastal portions, including the urban portion of Salem, as well as all of Polk, Lincoln, and Tillamook counties. It gained all of Linn County and the most populated portions of Deschutes County. It is the most evenly divided district in partisan terms in Oregon, and has been through many iterations.

For the first time since the 1994 election, the 5th is represented by a Republican, freshman Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established January 3, 1983
Denny Smith (Salem)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	98th 99th 100th 101st	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.
Mike Kopetski (Salem)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995	102nd 103rd	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
Jim Bunn (Gleneden Beach)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.
Darlene Hooley (West Linn)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.
Kurt Schrader (Canby)	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2023	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Lost renomination.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Happy Valley)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022. Lost re-election.
Janelle Bynum (elected) (Happy Valley)	Democratic	January 3, 2025		Elected in 2024.

Recent statewide election results

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2004	President	W. Bush 50 - 49%
2008	President	Obama 54 - 43%
2012	President	Obama 51 - 47%
2016	President	Clinton 48 - 44%
2020	President	Biden 53 - 43%

Election results

Sources (official results only):

Elections History from the Oregon Secretary of State website
Election Statistics from the website of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

1996

1996 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Darlene Hooley	139,521	51.24
Republican	Jim Bunn (incumbent)	125,409	46.06
Libertarian	Lawrence Knight Duquesne	5,191	1.91
Socialist	Trey Smith	2,124	0.78
Misc.	Misc.	39	0.00

1998

1998 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Darlene Hooley (incumbent)	124,916	54.71
Republican	Marylin Shannon	92,215	40.38
Pacific Green	Michael Donnelly	3,637	1.59
Libertarian	Blaine Thallheimer	2,979	1.30
Natural Law	Jim Burns	2,971	1.30
Socialist	Ed Dover	1,378	0.60
Misc.	Misc.	248	0.11

2000

2000 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Darlene Hooley (incumbent)	156,315	56.77
Republican	Brian Boquist	118,631	43.08
Misc.	Misc.	402	0.15

2002

2002 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Darlene Hooley (incumbent)	137,713	54.75
Republican	Brian Boquist	113,441	45.10
Misc.	Misc.	383	0.15

2004

2004 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Darlene Hooley (incumbent)	184,833	52.86
Republican	Jim Zupancic	154,993	44.33
Libertarian	Jerry Defoe	6,463	1.84
Constitution	Joseph H. Bitz	2,971	0.84
Misc.	Misc.	374	0.10

2006

2006 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Darlene Hooley (incumbent)	146,973	53.99
Republican	Mike Erickson	116,424	42.77
Pacific Green	Paul Aranas	4,194	1.54
Constitution	Douglas Patterson	4,160	1.53
Misc.	Misc.	483	0.18

2008

2008 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Kurt Schrader	173,413	54.34
Republican	Mike Erickson	122,348	38.34
Independent Party (Oregon)	Sean Bates	6,450	2.02
Constitution	Douglas Patterson	6,180	1.94
Pacific Green	Alex Polikoff	4,955	1.55
Libertarian	Steve Milligan	4,577	1.43
Misc.	Misc.	1,195	0.37

2010

2010 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Kurt Schrader (incumbent)	145,319	51.25
Republican	Scott Bruun	130,313	45.96
Pacific Green	Chris Lugo	7,557	2.67
Misc.	Misc.	367	0.13

2012

2012 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Kurt Schrader (incumbent)	177,229	54.04
Republican	Fred Thompson	139,223	42.45
Pacific Green	Christina Lugo	7,516	2.29
Constitution	Raymond Baldwin	3,600	1.10
Misc.	Misc.	402	0.12

2014

2014 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Kurt Schrader (incumbent)	150,944	53.7
Republican	Tootie Smith	110,332	39.3
Independent Party (Oregon)	Marvin Sannes	7,674	2.7
Constitution	Raymond Baldwin	6,208	2.2
Libertarian	Daniel K. Souza	5,198	1.8
Misc.	Misc.	732	0.3

2016

2016 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Kurt Schrader (incumbent)	199,505	53.5
Republican	Colm Willis	160,443	43.0
Pacific Green	Marvin Sandnes	12,542	3.3
Misc.	Misc.	618	0.2

2018

2018 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Kurt Schrader (incumbent)	197,187	55.0
Republican	Mark Callahan	149,887	41.8
Libertarian	Dan Souza	6,054	1.7
Pacific Green	Marvin Sandnes	4,802	1.3
Misc.	Misc.	539	0.2

2020

2020 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Kurt Schrader (incumbent)	234,863	51.9
Republican	Amy Ryan Courser	204,372	45.1
Libertarian	Matthew Rex	12,640	2.8

2022

2022 United States House election: Oregon District 5
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Lori Chavez-DeRemer	178,813	50.9
Democratic	Jamie McLeod-Skinner	171,514	48.8
Write-in		906	0.3

Historical district boundaries

When created in 1983, the district was an inland district focused around the Willamette Valley, and consisted of all of Clackamas and Marion counties, as well as small parts of the counties of Benton, Linn, and Polk. In 1993, the district gained a large coastal portion from the 1st district, gaining all of Tillamook and Lincoln counties as well as the rest of Polk, whilst part of Clackamas County was lost to the 3rd district.

In the 2003 and 2013 redistrictings, the changes were only minor, as the district gained a small portion of Multnomah County from the 3rd district in 2003 but lost it again in 2013, while it lost a portion of northern Clackamas County to the 3rd district in both 2003 and 2013.^[7]^[8]

In the 2023 redistricting, the district underwent major boundary changes, as it gained all of Linn County, some of Multnomah and Clackamas counties, and parts of Deschutes County including Bend, but it lost the entire coastal section it had gained in 1993 as well as the area in Polk and Benton counties to the 1st, 4th, and 6th districts. Parts of western Marion County, including the city of Salem, were also lost to the new 6th district.

1983–1993
1993–2003
2003–2013
2013–2023
2023-2033

References

Specific

^ "My Congressional District: Congressional District 5 (118th Congress), Oregon". United States Census Bureau.
^ "2022 Cook PV: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
^ Lehman, Chris (May 27, 2022). "Jamie McLeod-Skinner defeats Kurt Schrader in Oregon's 5th District Democratic primary". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
^ "Schraders continue divorce curse of Oregon's 5th District". OregonLive.com. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^ "Oregon District Where Every Member of Congress Divorces While in Office". AllGov. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
^ Almanac of American Politics, 2002 and 2006 editions.
^ Mapes, Jeff (June 29, 2011). "Oregon legislators reach agreement on congressional redistricting". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
^ "Oregon's Congressional Districts (Senate Bill 990)" (PDF). Oregon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved July 27, 2011.

General

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present