Oregon Democrats on track to take historic number of state House seats

If current leads hold, Oregon Democrats are on track to hold a record number of seats in the Oregon House in 2027. Democrats led in 39 of the 60 House races, with double-digit leads in some of the state’s most competitive races. If those leads hold, they’re set to surpass their previous record of 38 seats won in 1974, another year where Democrats nationwide made huge gains nationwide. Voters in Salem, Springfield, the North Coast and Clackamas County wielded outsized power in the future makeup of the state House. Results so far show that in those races, Republicans’ desire to make gains in the House by taking several seats formerly held by Democrats have gone unmet, and the Oregon House is slated to benefit from a nationwide shift to the left among voters upset with President Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

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