OR360 launches candidate tracker for 2024

Reagan Knopp's candidate tracker will be a subscriber perk for OR360 members.

Photo courtesy Oregon Department of Transportation

Over the past few elections, I have traditionally aggregated information from news, social media, campaign releases, filings with FEC, Oregon Secretary of State, and insider tips about all Oregon candidates running (or not) for federal, statewide, and legislative offices on my website for free. I am bringing back the candidate tracker for the 2024 election cycle for OR360 subscribers. I wanted to explain why:

• The OR360 readership and subscriber base is politically astute and interested in Oregon politics. It’s likely the largest list of folks interested in this kind of information.

• I have considered charging for it in past years, but I have not felt that this project alone justifies charging real money. Adding it to the subscriber only content in the pipeline for the upcoming election felt like something that would provide value that readers have and will be willing to continue to pay for.

I will keep it updated with breaking candidate news as quickly as possible. You can also email me a tip or message me on Twitter (just let me know if you want credit). I’ll send out emails to our subscribers whenever there are significant updates that need to be explained.

This initial version of the candidate tracker if free for everyone in this email. I will continue to update it on this page for subscribers. Bookmark that link whenever you need to check the latest version of the tracker.

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At this point in the calendar, I plan to do monthly updates. Candidates cannot file paperwork to become candidates until September, but they can file paperwork to raise money as a state Political Action Committee (PAC) with the Secretary of State or with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for federal races.

This first update is focused on getting us into starting position for the election. It lists current incumbents, most of whom have not declared their plans yet for the election. There are a handful of places where there is some activity:

• Oregon’s 5th congressional district was key for Republicans flipping the U.S. House and will be targeted by Democrats in an attempt to flip it back.

• Republican state senators who racked up more than 10 unexcused absences are making plans to run for re-election. Democrats believe these Senators will be declared ineligible to run under the prevision of the constitution that came from Measure 113 (2022). Five Senators have declared plans to run again. Two of those are asking for additional information from the Secretary of State around how Measure 113 will be enforced. The Secretary of State’s spokesman expects to deny ballot access which is believed to trigger legal action from the Republicans. The Secretary of State is also waiting for advice from the Attorney General.

Federal

U.S. House

• CD 1 Suzanne Bonamici (D–Incumbent)

• CD 2 Cliff Bentz (R-Incumbent)

• CD 3 Earl Blumenauer (D-Incumbent)

• CD 4 Val Hoyle (D-Incumbent)

• CD 5

  • Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Incumbent) — Running

  • Lynn Peterson (D) — Running

  • Janelle Bynum (D) — Running

  • Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D) — Running

• CD 6 Andrea Salinas (D-Incumbent)

Statewide

Secretary of State

• LaVonne Griffin-Valade (D) — Not Running

• Tobias Read (D) — Rumored

State Treasurer

• Tobias Read (D-Incumbent) — Term Limited

• Daniel Nguyen (D) — Rumored

Attorney General

• Ellen Rosenblum (D-Incumbent)

• Will Lathrop (R) — Running

Oregon Senate

District were rearranged slightly in 2021 redistricting. These are the first elections to take place under the new maps in these districts because Senate seats are a four year term.

• SD 1 David Brock Smith (R-Incumbent)

• SD 2 Art Robinson (R-Incumbent)* — Running

• SD 5 Dick Anderson (R-Incumbent)

• SD 9 Fred Girod (R-Incumbent)

• SD 12 Brian Boquist (I-Incumbent)* — Running

• SD 14 Kate Lieber (D-Incumbent)

• SD 21 Kathleen Taylor (D-Incumbent)

• SD 22 Lew Frederick (D-Incumbent)

• SD 23 — OPEN

  • Michael Dembrow (D-Incumbent) — Not Running

  • Khanh Pham (D) — Potential

• SD 25 Chris Gorsek (D-Incumbent)

• SD 27

  • Tim Knopp (R-Incumbent)* — Running

  • Jason Kropf (D) — Rumored

  • Anthony Broadman (D) — Rumored

• SD 28 Dennis Linthicum (R-Incumbent)* — Running

• SD 29 — OPEN

  • Bill Hansell (R-Incumbent)* — Not Running

  • Andy Huwe (R) — Running

  • Dave Drotzmann (R) — Running

  • Todd Nash (R) — Running

  • Jim Doherty (R) — Running

• SD 30 Lynn Findley (R-Incumbent)* — Undecided

*Denotes Senators who accrued 10 or more unexcused absences who may be barred from running for re-election under Measure 113.

Oregon House

• HD 1 Court Boice (R-Incumbent)

• HD 2 Virgle Osborne (R-Incumbent)

• HD 3 Lily Morgan (R-Incumbent)

• HD 4 Christine Goodwin (R-Incumbent)

• HD 5 Pam Marsh (D-Incumbent)

• HD 6

  • Kim Wallan (R-Incumbent)

  • John Holm (D) — PAC Filed 7/3

• HD 7 John Lively (D-Incumbent)

• HD 8 Paul Holvey (D-Incumbent)

• HD 9 Boomer Wright (R-Incumbent)

• HD 10 David Gomberg (D-Incumbent)

• HD 11 Jamie Cate (R-Incumbent)

• HD 12

  • Charlie Conrad (R-Incumbent)

  • Primary expected: “Oregon Republicans mount campaign against one of their own while constituents defend him”

• HD 13 Nancy Nathanson (D-Incumbent)

• HD 14 Julie Fahey (D-Incumbent)

• HD 15 Shelly Boshart Davis (R-Incumbent)

• HD 16 Dan Rayfield (D-Incumbent)

• HD 17 Ed Diehl (R-Incumbent)

• HD 18 Rick Lewis (R-Incumbent)

• HD 19 Tom Anderson (D-Incumbent)

• HD 20 Paul Evans (D-Incumbent)

• HD 21 Kevin Mannix (R-Incumbent)

• HD 22 Tracy Cramer (R-Incumbent)

• HD 23 Anna Scharf (R-Incumbent)

• HD 24 Lucetta Elmer (R-Incumbent)

• HD 25 Ben Bowman (D-Incumbent)

• HD 26 Courtney Neron (D-Incumbent)

• HD 27 Ken Helm (D-Incumbent)

• HD 28 Dacia Grayber (D-Incumbent)

• HD 29 Susan McLain (D-Incumbent)

• HD 30 Nathan Sosa (D-Incumbent)

• HD 31

  • Brian Stout (R-Incumbent)

  • Drew Layda (R) — PAC Filed 5/10

• HD 32 Cyrus Javadi (R-Incumbent)

• HD 33 Maxine Dexter (D-Incumbent)

• HD 34 Lisa Reynolds (D-Incumbent)

• HD 35 Farrah Chaichi (D-Incumbent)

• HD 36 Hai Pham (D-Incumbent)

• HD 37 Jules Walters (D-Incumbent)

• HD 38 Daniel Nguyen (D-Incumbent)

• HD 39 — OPEN

  • Janelle Bynum (D-Incumbent) — Running for Congress

• HD 40 Annessa Hartman (D-Incumbent)

• HD 41 Mark Gamba (D-Incumbent)

• HD 42 Rob Nosse (D-Incumbent)

• HD 43 Tawna Sanchez (D-Incumbent)

• HD 44 Travis Nelson (D-Incumbent)

• HD 45 Thuy Tran (D-Incumbent)

• HD 46 Khanh Pham (D-Incumbent)

• HD 47 Andrea Valderrama (D-Incumbent)

• HD 48

  • Hoa Nguyen (D-Incumbent)

  • Andrew Morrison (R) — PAC Filed 4/21

• HD 49 Zach Hudson (D-Incumbent)

• HD 50 Ricki Ruiz (D-Incumbent)

• HD 51 James Hieb (R-Incumbent)

• HD 52 Jeff Helfrich (R-Incumbent)

• HD 53 Emerson Levy (D-Incumbent)

• HD 54 Jason Kropf (D-Incumbent)

• HD 55 E. Werner Reschke (R-Incumbent)

• HD 56 Emily McIntire (R-Incumbent)

• HD 57 Greg Smith (R-Incumbent)

• HD 58 Bobby Levy (R-Incumbent)

• HD 59 Vikki Breese Iverson (R-Incumbent)

• HD 60 Mark Owens (R-Incumbent)

Sources

Head of Portland's Metro council announces bid for Congress — KGW

State Rep. Janelle Bynum Officially Enters 5th Congressional District Race — Willamette Week

LaVonne Griffin-Valade takes over as Oregon secretary of state with pledge to rebuild trust — Oregon Capital Chronicle

Oregon state senators who walked out this year are making reelection plans — OPB

Campaign 2024 in full swing, even if law says it's too early to file — Oregon Capitol Insider