Oregon's 21st Senate district

Oregon's 21st Senate district
Oregon's 21st Senate district
Senate district
	District map
Country	United States
State	Oregon
Government
• State Senator	Kathleen Taylor (D)

District 21 of the Oregon State Senate comprises parts of Clackamas and Multnomah counties, including parts of southeast Portland, as well as Milwaukie and Oak Grove. It is currently represented by Democrat Kathleen Taylor of Portland.

List of members representing the districts[]

Member	Party	Years	District Home	Electoral history
Edward Fadeley	Democratic	1963-1987	Eugene	Elected in 1963 Re-elected multiple times Resigned
	Democratic	1987-1993	Springfield	Elected in 1986 Re-elected in 1990 Resigned
	Democratic	1993-1999	Eugene	Elected in 1992 Re-elected in 1994 Resigned
Lee Beyer	Democratic	1999-2003	Springfield	Elected in 1998 Resigned to take position in the Oregon Public Utility Commission
Kate Brown	Democratic	2005-2009	Portland	Elected in 2004 Resigned when elected Secretary of State
Diane Rosenbaum	Democratic	2009-2017	Portland	Elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2012 Retired
Kathleen Taylor	Democratic	2017-present	Portland	Elected in 2016 Incumbent

Election results[]

District boundaries have changed over time, therefore, senators before 2013 may not represent the same constituency as today. From 1993 until 2003, the district covered parts of the Eugene metropolitan area, and from 2003 until 2013 it covered a slightly different area in the southern Portland metropolitan area.

In 2012, local businessman Cliff Hutchison announced that he would challenge incumbent Senator Rosenbaum.

In 2016, three candidates ran to replace the retiring Senator Rosenbaum. Democratic State Representative Kathleen Taylor; Oregon Progressive Party candidate James Ofsink, a health analyst; and accountant Josh Howard running on the Libertarian ticket. Ofsink ran as a more progressive alternative to Taylor while Howard represented both Libertarians and Republicans in the district.

Year	Candidate	Party	Percent	Opponent	Party	Percent	Opponent	Party	Percent
1982	Edward Fadeley	Democratic	64.5%	Mike Cross	Republican	35.5%
1986		Democratic	62.1%	Jack Roberts	Republican	37.9%
1990	Larry Hill	Democratic	70.2%	Ralf Walters	Republican	29.8%
1992		Democratic	82.7%	Tonie Nathan	Libertarian	17.3%
1994	Bill Dwyer	Democratic	76.2%	Kathy Sniezko	Nonpartisan	23.8%
1998	Lee Beyer	Democratic	62.9%	Bill Lioio	Republican	28.2%	Tonie Nathan	Libertarian	8.9%
2004	Kate Brown	Democratic	86.5%	Theresa A. Reed	Libertarian	7.6%	Paul deParrie	Constitution	5.2%
2008	Diane Rosenbaum	Democratic	97.7%	Unopposed
2012	Diane Rosenbaum	Democratic	84.3%	Cliff Hutchison	Republican	15.4%
2016	Kathleen Taylor	Democratic	84.3%	James Ofsink	Progressive	14.6%	Josh Howard	Libertarian	8.2%
2020	Kathleen Taylor	Democratic	TBD

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References[]

^ "OR State Senate 21". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

[1] "OR State Senate 21". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 23, 2017.

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