Javadi on track to triumph a third time, now as a Democrat

On Tuesday, Nov. 3 — Election Day — Democrat Cyrus Javadi, with 18,361 votes, came in ahead of his Republican competitor, Max Sherman, who had 16,799 votes. While not yet official — the results will not be certified until Dec. 10 — the numbers seem to have secured Javadi’s third term representing Oregon’s House District 32. And, if he maintains a majority of votes, it will also be the first time he will serve a full term as a member of Oregon’s Democratic Party. From Republican to Democrat victories On Sept. 5, 2025, Javadi announced he was leaving the Oregon Republican Party and would run as a Democrat in 2026. The announcement was a surprise to colleagues as well as his constituents, but Javadi maintained he had his reasons. “It was the end of a long session (in June 2025) where I was pretty frustrated with some of the positions colleagues in the Republican Party were advocating for, and the hills they wanted to die on,” he said.

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