Oregon's 6th congressional district

Oregon's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Population (2024)
720,968
Median household income
$90,927
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+6

Oregon's 6th congressional district is a congressional district created after the 2020 United States census. It consists of Polk and Yamhill Counties, in addition to portions of Marion, Clackamas, and Washington Counties. It takes in all of urban Salem, the state's capital, as well as the southwestern suburbs of Portland.

The district elected a member of the United States House of Representatives beginning with the 2022 elections. There were originally sixteen candidates that entered in the race, more than for any other congressional seat in the state in 2022.

History

On September 27, 2021, Oregon adopted a redistricting plan to be used in the 2022 elections onwards. That plan carved a new 6th congressional district out of parts of the former first and fifth districts. The district had a PVI rating of D+6, as of April 2025.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:

Clackamas County (4)

Lake Oswego (part; also 5th, shared with Multnomah and Washington counties), Rivergrove, Tualatin (shared with Washington County), Wilsonville (shared with Washington County)

Marion County (16)

Aumsville, Aurora, Brooks (part; also 5th), Butteville, Donald, Four Corners (part; also 5th), Gervais, Hayesville (part; also 5th), Hubbard, Jefferson, Keizer, Marion, Salem (part; also 5th; shared with Polk County), St. Paul, Turner, Woodburn

Polk County (10)

All 10 communities

Washington County (12)

Beaverton (part; also 1st), Bull Mountain (part; also 1st), Durham, Garden Home-Whitford, King City, Lake Oswego (part; also 5th; shared with Clackamas and Multnomah counties), Metzger, Raleigh Hills (part; also 1st), Sherwood, Tigard (part; also 1st), Tualatin (shared with Clackamas County), Wilsonville (shared with Clackamas County)

Yamhill County (12)

All 12 communities

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Term Cong
ress		 Electoral history District location
District established January 3, 2023

Andrea Salinas
(Tigard)		 Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present		 118th
119th		 Elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.		 2023–present
Polk and Yamhill; parts of Clackamas, Marion, and Washington

Recent election results from statewide races

Year Office Results
2008 President Obama 53% - 45%
2012 President Obama 51% - 49%
2016 President Clinton 47% - 41%
Senate Wyden 53% - 37%
Governor (Spec.) Pierce 49% - 46%
Attorney General Rosenblum 52% - 45%
2018 Governor Brown 47.1% - 46.8%
2020 President Biden 55% - 42%
Senate Merkley 55% - 41%
Secretary of State Fagan 48% - 46%
Treasurer Read 50% - 44%
Attorney General Rosenblum 54% - 43%
2022 Senate Wyden 53% - 44%
Governor Drazan 46% - 44%
2024 President Harris 54% - 42%
Secretary of State Read 53% - 44%
Treasurer Steiner 47% - 45%
Attorney General Rayfield 52% - 48%

Election results

2022

2022 Oregon's 6th congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrea Salinas 147,156 50.0
Republican Mike Erickson 139,946 47.5
Constitution Larry McFarland 6,762 2.3
Write-in 513 0.2
Total votes 294,377 100.0
Democratic win (new seat)

2024

2024 United States House election: Oregon District 6
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrea Salinas (incumbent) 180,869 53.3
Republican Mike Erickson 157,634 46.5
Write-in 562 0.2
Total votes 339,065 100%

References

  1. ↑ "My Congressional District: Congressional District 6 (119th Congress), Oregon". United States Census Bureau.
  2. 1 2 "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)". Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ Buchanan, Corey (September 2, 2022). "Lake Oswego-area residents vie for United States Congress seat". Lake Oswego Review. Archived from the original on September 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ VanderHart, Dirk (April 26, 2021). "Oregon to get 6th seat in Congress". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  5. ↑ Stites, Sam (May 3, 2022). "Oregon's new Congressional district draws a big field of candidates and big spending". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Archived from the original on May 3, 2022.
  6. ↑ Lehman, Chris (April 27, 2022). "New district draws lots of candidates with no clear favorites". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on April 29, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Oregon State Redistricting Information". www.oregonlegislature.gov. Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
  8. ↑ https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST41/CD118_OR06.pdf
  9. ↑ "DRA 2020". davesredistricting.org. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Official Results of November General" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State.