2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon

none February 2026 September 2023 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon Oregon legislative no 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon 2006 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon 2010 All 5 Oregon seats to the United States House of Representatives 2008 11 04 Democratic Party (United States) 4 4 1,036,171 61.58% 5.16% Republican Party (United States) 1 1 435,920 25.91% 15.16% 280px District results 280px County results Democratic #B9D7FF 40–50% #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% #0645B4 80–90% Republican #F2B3BE 40–50% #CC2F4A 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #a80000 80–90% right|thumbnail|Oregon's United States congressional districts The 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 4, 2008, to determine who will represent the state of Oregon in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms those elected will be serving in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009, until January 3, 2011. Oregon has five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Its 2007–2008 congressional delegation consisted of four Democrats and one Republican. This remains unchanged although CQ Politics had forecasted district 5 to be at some risk for the incumbent party earlier in the year. A primary election for Democrats and Republicans was held on May 20. To be eligible for the primaries, candidates had to file for election by March 11.https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state/elections/voting.aspx Voting and Voter Registration Oregon Blue Book 2008-02-08 Other parties had other procedures for nominating candidates. 2 Overview United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2008http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electioninfo/2008election.pdf#page=55 Lorraine C. Miller Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 2008 Clerk of the United States House of Representatives July 10, 2009 November 21, 2016PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/– Democratic 1,036,171 61.58% 4 — Republican 435,920 25.91% 1 — Constitution 69,680 4.14% — Independent 65,109 3.87% — Pacific Green 50,293 2.99% — Libertarian 15,806 0.94% — write-ins 9,530 0.57% — Totals 1,682,509 100 5 — District 1 thumb Oregon's 1st congressional district Democratic incumbent David Wu has represented Oregon's 1st congressional district since 1998 and is the Democratic nominee in 2008, defeating Will Hobbs and Mark Welyczko in the primary.Mayes Steve Erickson beats Mannix in contest turned nasty The Oregonian 2008-05-21 A06 Hobbs, a political novice, earned some attention late in the race, by winning the endorsements of major newspapers The Oregonian and Willamette Week.December 2021 He won 16.7% of the vote to Wu's 78.0%.Oregon Secretary of State unofficial election results. Retrieved May 23, 2008. In the Republican primary, Joel Haugen defeated pathologist Claude W. Chappell IV,http://home.comcast.net/~jthaugen/Haugen_for_Congress.html Haugen for Congress 2008-05-21 but later withdrew his acceptance of the Republican nomination after his endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama for president drew objections from Republican party leaders.Republican nominee withdraws acceptance 2008-08-30 D01 The Oregonian Cole Michelle Democratic primary Candidates Results Democratic Primary resultshttp://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873621 Official Results - May 20, 2008 Primary Election Oregon Secretary of State November 21, 2016 October 11, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191011223539/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873621 dead Democratic Party (United States) David Wu (incumbent) 91,466 77.92 Democratic Party (United States) Will Hobbs 19,659 16.75 Democratic Party (United States) Mark Welyczko 5,982 5.10 write-ins 285 0.24 117,392 100 Republican primary Candidates Results Republican Primary results Republican Party (United States) Joel Haugen 29,658 68.95 Republican Party (United States) Claude William Chappell IV 12,524 29.12 write-ins 829 1.93 43,011 100 General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report2008 Competitive House Race Chart http://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house/competitive_2008-11-04_13-32-49.php House: Race Ratings The Cook Political Report 6 November 2006 20 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20081106112035/http://www.cookpolitical.com/charts/house/competitive_2008-11-04_13-32-49.php 6 November 2008Safe D November 6, 2008 Rothenberg2008 House Ratings http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2008/11/2008-house-ratings.html House Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report 2 November 2006 20 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20081106133426/http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/2008/11/2008-house-ratings.html 6 November 2008Safe D November 2, 2008 Sabato's Crystal Ball2008 House http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2008/house/ Sabato's Crystal Ball 6 November 2008 20 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20081106144620/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2008/house/ 6 November 2008Safe D November 6, 2008 Real Clear PoliticsBattle for the House of Representatives http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/house/battle_for_the_house_of_representatives.html realclearpolitics.com Real Clear Politics 9 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20081217170047/http://www.realclearpolitics.com:80/epolls/2008/house/battle_for_the_house_of_representatives.html 17 December 2008 7 November 2008Safe D November 7, 2008 CQ PoliticsRace Ratings Chart: House http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-house cqpolitics.com Congressional Quarterly Inc 20 November 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20081106054801/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=ratings-house 6 November 2008Safe D November 6, 2008 Results Oregon's 1st congressional district election, 2008http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873598 Official Results - November 4, 2008 General Election Oregon Secretary of State November 21, 2016 September 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200904091529/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873598 dead Democratic Party (United States) David Wu (incumbent) 237,567 71.50 Independent Party of Oregon Joel Haugen 58,279 17.54 Constitution Party (United States) Scott Semrau 14,172 4.27 Libertarian Party (United States) H. Joe Tabor 10,992 3.31 Pacific Green Party Chris Henry 7,128 2.15 write-ins 4,110 1.24 332,248 100 Democratic Party (United States) District 2 thumb Oregon's 2nd congressional district Incumbent Republican Greg Walden has represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district since 1998 and was unopposed for the Republican nomination in 2008. In the general election, he faced Democrat Noah Lemas, a small business owner,http://www.noahlemas.com/ Noah Lemas for Congress 2008-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20080607042508/http://www.noahlemas.com/ 2008-06-07 usurped Richard Hake of the Constitution Party of Oregon and Pacific Green Party candidate Tristin Mock.http://www.votemock.com/ Tristin Mock for U.S. House of Representatives 2008-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516083652/http://www.votemock.com/ 2008-05-16 dead Democratic primary Candidates Results Democratic Primary results Democratic Party (United States) Noah Lemas 56,980 97.86 write-ins 1,247 2.14 58,227 100 Republican primary Candidates Results Republican Primary results Republican Party (United States) Greg Walden (incumbent) 83,087 99.14 write-ins 721 0.86 83,808 100 General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportSafe R November 6, 2008 RothenbergSafe R November 2, 2008 Sabato's Crystal BallSafe R November 6, 2008 Real Clear PoliticsSafe R November 7, 2008 CQ PoliticsSafe R November 6, 2008 Results Oregon's 2nd congressional district election, 2008 Republican Party (United States) Greg Walden (incumbent) 236,560 69.50 Democratic Party (United States) Noah Lemas 87,649 25.75 Pacific Green Party Tristin Mock 9,668 2.84 Constitution Party (United States) Richard D. Hake 5,817 1.71 write-ins 685 0.20 340,379 100 Republican Party (United States) District 3 thumb Oregon's 3rd congressional district Incumbent Democrat Earl Blumenauer has represented Oregon's 3rd congressional district since 1996 and was the Democratic nominee in 2008, defeating TV co-host John Sweeney and retired utility worker and peace activist Joseph "Lone Vet" Walsh in the primary. In the general election, he faced Republican Delia Lopez, a real estate investor,http://www.dlopezforcongress.com/ Delia Lopez for Congress 2008-05-21 and Pacific Green Party candidate Michael Meo.http://www.meoforcongress.org Michael Meo US House of Representatives 2008-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080828134815/http://www.meoforcongress.org/ 2008-08-28 dead Democratic primary Candidates Results Democratic Primary results Democratic Party (United States) Earl Blumenauer (incumbent) 121,176 86.79 Democratic Party (United States) John Sweeney 9,389 6.72 Democratic Party (United States) Joseph Walsh 8,783 6.29 write-ins 343 0.25 139,691 100 Republican primary Candidates Results Republican Primary results Republican Party (United States) Delia Lopez 22,114 96.88 write-ins 712 3.12 22,826 100 General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportSafe D November 6, 2008 RothenbergSafe D November 2, 2008 Sabato's Crystal BallSafe D November 6, 2008 Real Clear PoliticsSafe D November 7, 2008 CQ PoliticsSafe D November 6, 2008 Results Oregon's 3rd congressional district election, 2008 Democratic Party (United States) Earl Blumenauer (incumbent) 254,235 74.54 Republican Party (United States) Delia Lopez 71,063 20.84 Pacific Green Party Michael Meo 15,063 4.42 write-ins 701 0.21 341,062 100 Democratic Party (United States) District 4 thumb Oregon's 4th congressional district Incumbent Democrat Peter DeFazio has represented Oregon's 4th congressional district since 1986 and was unopposed for the Democratic nomination in 2008. He was being challenged in the general election by Constitution Party member Jaynee Germond and Pacific Green Mike Beilstein, a research chemist.http://www.newmenu.org/mikebeilsteinforcongress Mike Beilstein US House of Representatives 2008-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20080507005325/http://www.newmenu.org/mikebeilsteinforcongress 2008-05-07 dead CQ Politics forecasted the race as 'Safe Democrat'. Democratic primary Candidates Results Democratic Primary results Democratic Party (United States) Peter A. DeFazio (incumbent) 119,366 99.21 write-ins 955 0.79 120,321 100 Republican primary Candidates Results Republican Primary results Democratic Party (United States) Peter A. DeFazio (write-in) 906 27.87 write-ins 2,345 72.13 3,251 100 General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportSafe D November 6, 2008 RothenbergSafe D November 2, 2008 Sabato's Crystal BallSafe D November 6, 2008 Real Clear PoliticsSafe D November 7, 2008 CQ PoliticsSafe D November 6, 2008 Results Oregon's 4th congressional district election, 2008 Democratic Party (United States) Peter DeFazio (incumbent) 275,143 82.34 Constitution Party (United States) Jaynee Germond 43,133 12.91 Pacific Green Party Mike Beilstein 13,162 3.94 write-ins 2,708 0.81 334,146 100 Democratic Party (United States) District 5 thumb Oregon's 5th congressional district Opinion polling for the United States House of Representatives elections, 2008#Oregon In February 2008, Democrat Darlene Hooley, who had represented Oregon's 5th congressional district since 1996, announced that she would not seek re-election in 2008.Rep. Hooley will not run for re-election Kosseff Jeff Jeff Kosseff Charles Pope The Oregonian February 7, 2008 http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/02/hooley_will_not_run_for_reelec.html The race to replace her was expected to be one of the most competitive in the nation, since the district contained about 2,000 more Republicans than Democrats at that time.https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/electionsstatistics.aspx#2008-stats Voter Registration by Congressional District: February 2008 Oregon Secretary of State February 2008 2008-07-31 8http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002667542 Tossup House Race Emerges as Oregon Democrat Hooley Retires Kapochunas Rachel February 7, 2008 2008-02-08 CQPolitics.com https://web.archive.org/web/20081129021839/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002667542 November 29, 2008 dead mdy-all There were two major factors for the competitiveness of the race: first, the demographics of the district had changed dramatically. In June, there were 20,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans in the district, a net swing of 22,000 voters since February.https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/electionsstatistics.aspx#2008-stats Voter Registration by Congressional District: June 2008 Oregon Secretary of State June 2008 2008-07-31 8 Secondly, Republican nominee Erickson won a contentious primary in which an opponent, Kevin Mannix, raised an allegation that Erickson paid for a former girlfriend's abortion. The girlfriend subsequently went public with the information, but Erickson denied knowledge of the event.Erickson relationship detailed by woman 2008-06-23 Har Janie Mayes Steve The Oregonian A01 Mannix refused to endorse Erickson in the general election.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mannix-refuses-to-endorse-erickson/ Mannix refuses to endorse Erickson 2008-06-10 Kraushaar Josh CBSNews.com 2008-05-21 Democratic nominee Kurt Schrader won against Republican nominee Mike Erickson, 166,070 (54.3%) to 116,418 (38.3%). Also competing were Libertarian nominee Steve Milligan, Constitution nominee Douglas Patterson, Pacific Green nominee Alex Polikoff, and Independent Sean Bates. Democratic primary Candidates Results Democratic Primary results Democratic Party (United States) Kurt Schrader 51,980 53.84 Democratic Party (United States) Nancy Moran 18,597 19.26 Democratic Party (United States) Steve Marks 17,643 18.27 Democratic Party (United States) Andrew Foster 6,104 6.32 Democratic Party (United States) Richard Nathe 1,748 1.81 write-ins 482 0.50 96,554 100 Republican primary Candidates Results Republican Primary results Republican Party (United States) Mike Erickson 37,217 47.94 Republican Party (United States) Kevin Mannix 36,005 46.38 Republican Party (United States) Richard "RJ" Wilson 4,110 5.29 write-ins 302 0.39 77,634 100 General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportLikely D November 6, 2008 RothenbergSafe D November 2, 2008 Sabato's Crystal BallLean D November 6, 2008 Real Clear PoliticsSafe D November 7, 2008 CQ PoliticsLikely D November 6, 2008 Results Oregon's 5th congressional district election, 2008 Democratic Party (United States) Kurt Schrader 181,577 54.25 Republican Party (United States) Mike Erickson 128,297 38.33 Independent Party of Oregon Sean Bates 6,830 2.04 Constitution Party (United States) Douglas Patterson 6,558 1.96 Pacific Green Party Alex Polikoff 5,272 1.58 Libertarian Party (United States) Steve Milligan 4,814 1.44 write-ins 1,326 0.40 334,674 100 Democratic Party (United States) See also United States House of Representatives elections, 2008 United States presidential election in Oregon, 2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, 2008 Oregon state elections, 2008 References 30em External links U.S. Congress candidates for Oregon at Project Vote Smart Oregon U.S. House Races from 2008 Race Tracker Campaign contributions for Oregon congressional races from OpenSecrets 2008 Oregon United States House of Representatives