2004 Oregon Senate election

2004 Oregon Senate election
November 2, 2004
17 out of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
LeaderPeter CourtneyTed Ferrioli
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Leader sinceJanuary 3, 2003January 8, 2007
Leader's seatDistrict 11District 30
Last election1515
Seats after1812
Seat changeIncrease 3Decrease 3
Popular vote403,687466,431
Percentage44.69%51.63%
President of the Senate before election

Peter Courtney
Democratic

Elected President of the Senate

Peter Courtney
Democratic

The 2004 Oregon Senate election was held on November 2, 2004, to determine which party would control the Oregon State Senate for the following two years in the 73rd Oregon Legislative Assembly. Seventeen out of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate were up for election and the primary was held on May 18, 2004. Prior to the election, 15 seats were held by Democrats and 15 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Democrats flipping 3 seats, thereby gaining a majority in the State Senate for the first time since 1994.[1][2]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Rothenberg[3]Lean D (flip)October 1, 2004

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 5, 1.44% (gain)
  2. District 3, 3.92% (gain)
  3. District 25, 6.02% (gain)

Results

District 1

District 1 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJeff Kruse 38,866 66.03%
DemocraticBruce W. Cronk19,99233.97%
Total votes58,858 100.0%
Republican hold

District 2

District 2 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanJason Atkinson (incumbent) 45,379 100.0%
Total votes45,379 100.0%
Republican hold

District 3

District 3 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticAlan Bates 32,563 51.96%
RepublicanJim Wright30,10148.04%
Total votes62,664 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 4

District 4 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticFloyd Prozanski 38,211 62.55%
RepublicanNorm Thomas23,87138.45%
Total votes62,082 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 5

District 5 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJoanne Verger 30,460 50.72%
RepublicanAl Pearn29,59949.28%
Total votes60,059 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 9

District 9 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanRoger Beyer (incumbent) 38,891 83.60%
ConstitutionHerman Joseph Baurer7,63116.40%
Total votes46,522 100.0%
Republican hold

District 12

District 12 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanGary George (incumbent) 32,662 58.98%
DemocraticHank Franzoni22,71141.02%
Total votes55,373 100.0%
Republican hold

District 14

District 14 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticRyan Deckert (incumbent) 34,644 64.03%
RepublicanJay Omdahl19,45935.97%
Total votes54,103 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 18

District 18 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticGinny Burdick (incumbent) 37,540 61.40%
RepublicanJohn Wight20,50234.08%
LibertarianRoger F. Garcia2,1203.52%
Total votes60,162 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 21

District 21 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticKate Brown (incumbent) 52,278 87.18%
LibertarianTheresa Reed4,5637.61%
ConstitutionPaul deParrie3,1265.21%
Total votes59,967 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 22

District 22 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticMargaret Carter (incumbent) 46,514 87.18%
Total votes46,514 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 23

District 23 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticAvel Gordly (incumbent) 46,345 87.18%
ConstitutionLou Burbach5,8945.21%
Total votes52,239 100.0%
Democratic hold

District 25

District 25 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticLaurie Monnes Anderson 26,157 53.01%
RepublicanRon Sunseri23,18246.99%
Total votes49,339 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 27

District 27 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanBen Westlund (incumbent) 50,840 83.66%
ConstitutionDon Loyd9,93216.34%
Total votes60,772 100.0%
Republican hold

District 28

District 28 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDoug Whitsett 38,292 70.18%
DemocraticRoss Carroll16,27229.82%
Total votes54,564 100.0%
Republican hold

District 29

District 29 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanDavid Nelson (incumbent) 36,211 100.0%
Total votes36,211 100.0%
Republican hold

District 30

District 30 election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
RepublicanTed Ferrioli (incumbent) 38,576 100.0%
Total votes38,576 100.0%
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "Oregon State Senate elections, 2004". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  2. ^ "Official Results | November 2, 2004". Oregon Secretary of State. Archived from the original on September 10, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
  3. ^ Jacobson, Louis (October 1, 2004). "Handicapping the State Legislatures: A 50-State Preview". The Rothenberg Political Report: 7–10 – via Harvard Dataverse.
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