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2004 Oregon Senate election Oregon Legislative Popular No 2002 Oregon Senate election 2002 2006 Oregon elections 2006 17 out of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate 16 November 2, 2004 150x150px File:Peter_Courtney_Senate_(cropped).jpg Peter Courtney Democratic Party (United States) January 3, 2003 District 11 15 18 3 403,687 44.69% File:3x4.svg Ted Ferrioli Republican Party (United States) January 8, 2007 District 30 15 12 3 466,431 51.63% President of the Senate Peter Courtney Democratic Party (United States) Peter Courtney Democratic Party (United States)
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.https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_State_Senate_elections,_2004 Oregon State Senate elections, 2004 ballotpedia.org December 6, 2025 Official Results | November 2, 2004 http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873503 Oregon Secretary of State December 6, 2025 September 10, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230910004416/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873503 live
Predictions
SourceRankingAs of RothenbergJacobson Louis October 1, 2004 Handicapping the State Legislatures: A 50-State Preview https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/EH6LU0 The Rothenberg Political Report 7–10 Harvard Dataverse
| Lean D (flip) October 1, 2004
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
blue District 5, 1.44% (gain)
blue District 3, 3.92% (gain)
blue District 25, 6.02% (gain)
Results
District 1
District 1 election, 2004
Republican Party (United States)
Jeff Kruse
38,866
66.03%
Democratic Party (United States)
Bruce W. Cronk
19,992
33.97%
58,858
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
District 2
District 2 election, 2004
Republican Party (United States)
Jason Atkinson (incumbent)
45,379
100.0%
45,379
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
District 3
District 3 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Alan Bates
32,563
51.96%
Republican Party (United States)
Jim Wright
30,101
48.04%
62,664
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 4
District 4 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Floyd Prozanski
38,211
62.55%
Republican Party (United States)
Norm Thomas
23,871
38.45%
62,082
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
District 5
District 5 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Joanne Verger
30,460
50.72%
Republican Party (United States)
Al Pearn
29,599
49.28%
60,059
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 9
District 9 election, 2004
Republican Party (United States)
Roger Beyer (incumbent)
38,891
83.60%
Constitution Party (United States)
Herman Joseph Baurer
7,631
16.40%
46,522
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
District 12
District 12 election, 2004
Republican Party (United States)
Gary George (incumbent)
32,662
58.98%
Democratic Party (United States)
Hank Franzoni
22,711
41.02%
55,373
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
District 14
District 14 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Ryan Deckert (incumbent)
34,644
64.03%
Republican Party (United States)
Jay Omdahl
19,459
35.97%
54,103
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
District 18
District 18 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Ginny Burdick (incumbent)
37,540
61.40%
Republican Party (United States)
John Wight
20,502
34.08%
Libertarian Party (United States)
Roger F. Garcia
2,120
3.52%
60,162
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
District 21
District 21 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Kate Brown (incumbent)
52,278
87.18%
Libertarian Party (United States)
Theresa Reed
4,563
7.61%
Constitution Party (United States)
Paul deParrie
3,126
5.21%
59,967
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
District 22
District 22 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Margaret Carter (incumbent)
46,514
87.18%
46,514
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
District 23
District 23 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Avel Gordly (incumbent)
46,345
87.18%
Constitution Party (United States)
Lou Burbach
5,894
5.21%
52,239
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
District 25
District 25 election, 2004
Democratic Party (United States)
Laurie Monnes Anderson
26,157
53.01%
Republican Party (United States)
Ron Sunseri
23,182
46.99%
49,339
100.0%
Democratic Party (United States)
Republican Party (United States)
District 27
District 27 election, 2004
Republican Party (United States)
Ben Westlund (incumbent)
50,840
83.66%
Constitution Party (United States)
Don Loyd
9,932
16.34%
60,772
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
District 28
District 28 election, 2004
Republican Party (United States)
Doug Whitsett
38,292
70.18%
Democratic Party (United States)
Ross Carroll
16,272
29.82%
54,564
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
District 29
District 29 election, 2004
Republican Party (United States)
David Nelson (incumbent)
36,211
100.0%
36,211
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
District 30
District 30 election, 2004
Republican Party (United States)
Ted Ferrioli (incumbent)
38,576
100.0%
38,576
100.0%
Republican Party (United States)
References
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