Oregon's 17th House district
Appearance
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District 17 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2021, the boundary for the district includes portions of Linn and Marion counties. The district includes Turner, Aumsville, Detroit, Lyons, Sublimity, Stayton, Mill City and eastern Salem as well as Corban University, the Santiam State Forest, and Mt. Jefferson. The current representative for the district is Republican Ed Diehl of Stayton.[1][2]
Election results
[edit]District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, representatives before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. General election results from 2000 to present[3][4] are as follows:
Year | Candidate | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Write-in percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Gary Hansen | Democratic | 88.49% | Thomas Albright | Socialist | 11.51% | No third candidate | |||
2002[a] | Jeff Kropf | Republican | 68.78% | Donald Beale | Democratic | 31.00% | 0.22% | |||
2004 | Jeff Kropf | Republican | 82.69% | Unopposed | 17.31% | |||||
2006 | Fred Girod | Republican | 59.06% | Dan Thackaberry | Democratic | 40.49% | No third candidate | 0.45% | ||
2008[b] | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 60.26% | Dan Thackaberry | Democratic | 39.46% | 0.28% | |||
2010 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 73.25% | Richard Harisay | Democratic | 26.46% | 0.29% | |||
2012 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 69.52% | Richard Harisay | Democratic | 30.20% | 0.28% | |||
2014 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 73.68% | Richard Harisay | Democratic | 25.82% | 0.50% | |||
2016 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 78.27% | Jeff Goodwin | Independent | 21.10% | 0.63% | |||
2018 | Sherrie Sprenger | Republican | 71.18% | Renee Windsor-White | Democratic | 28.58% | 0.24% | |||
2020 | Jami Cate | Republican | 69.22% | Paige Hook | Democratic | 28.81% | Timothy Dehne | Pacific Green Party | 1.82% | 0.16% |
2022 | Ed Diehl | Republican | 96.7% | Unopposed | 3.3% |
- ^ Jeff Kropf was the incumbent in this election. He previously represented District 37, but was moved to this district due to redistricting following the 2000 United States Census.[5]
- ^ Sherrie Sprenger was the incumbent in this election. She was appointed to this seat on February 1, 2008 to replace Fred Girod, who resigned to take an appointment to the District 9 seat in the Oregon Senate.[6][7][8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "State Representatives by District". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
- ^ "Representative Ed Diehl". Oregon State Legislature. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
- ^ "OR State House 17 - History". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Election History: Oregon Statewide Election Results". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ^ "Kropf, Jeff". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Girod, Fred". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ "Girod moves to upper-chamber" Archived December 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Oregon Legislative Assembly, January 30, 2008.
- ^ "OR State House 17 - Appointment". Our Campaigns. Retrieved May 13, 2019.