Oregon's 5th congressional district represents Oregon's central coast through Salem, north to the southern Portland suburbs (including a sliver of Portland itself), and east to the summit of Mount Hood. It includes Lincoln, Marion, and Polk counties, most of Clackamas and Tillamook counties, plus parts of Benton and Multnomah counties.

Oregon's 5th congressional district
Oregon's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Kurt Schrader D–Canby
Area	5,362 sq mi (13,890 km2)
Distribution	80.34% urban 19.66% rural
Population (2021)	849,712
Median household income	$73,192[1]
Ethnicity	75.9% White 16.0% Hispanic 3.1% Two or more races 2.7% Asian 1.3% other 1.0% Black
Occupation	60.6% White-collar 24.5% Blue-collar 14.9% Gray-collar
Cook PVI	D+2[2]

The district is currently represented by Democrat Kurt Schrader, who was elected in 2008 to replace the retiring Darlene Hooley. This marked the first time in the district's history that a new representative had the same party affiliation as the outgoing representative. On May 17, 2022, attorney Jamie McLeod-Skinner defeated Schrader in the Democratic congressional primary.[3]

Every single representative from this district since its creation after the 1980 census has been divorced while in office.[4][5]

History

The district was created in 1982 when Oregon was granted a new congressional district as a result of reapportionment from the 1980 census. Denny Smith, who had represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district in the previous Congress, was re-elected in the 5th district in 1982 after it absorbed most of the western portion of the old 2nd.

In 2002, the district shrank slightly in area due to redistricting. About half of the portion of the district that had been in Benton County was moved into the 4th district and portions of west-central Clackamas County were moved into the 3rd district. At the same time, small portions of northern Clackamas and southern Multnomah County that had previously been part of the 1st district were moved into the 5th district.[6]

While the district has been in Democratic hands since 1997, it is one of the few in the country that is not safe for either party on paper. Since the 1990s, congressional races here have usually been very competitive.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created January 3, 1983
Denny Smith (Salem)	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1991	98th 99th 100th 101st	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.
Mike Kopetski (Keizer)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995	102nd 103rd	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
Jim Bunn (Gleneden Beach)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.
Darlene Hooley (West Linn)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.
Kurt Schrader (Canby)	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – present	111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Lost renomination.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (Happy Valley)	Republican	January 3, 2023 –		Elected in 2022

Recent presidential elections

Election results

Sources (official results only):

• Elections History from the Oregon Secretary of State website
• Election Statistics from the website of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

Historical district boundaries

When created in 1983, the district was an inland district focused around the Willamette Valley, and consisted of all of Clackamas and Marion counties, as well as small parts of the counties of Benton, Linn, and Polk. In 1993, the district gained a large coastal portion from the 1st district, gaining all of Tillamook and Lincoln counties as well as the rest of Polk, whilst part of Clackamas County was lost to the 3rd district.

In the 2003 and 2013 redistrictings, the changes were only minor, as the district gained a small portion of Multnomah County from the 3rd district in 2003 but lost it again in 2013, while it lost a portion of northern Clackamas County to the 3rd district in both 2003 and 2013.[7][8]

In the 2023 redistricting, the district underwent major boundary changes, as it gained all of Linn County, some of Multnomah and Clackamas counties, and parts of Deschutes County including Bend, but it lost the entire coastal section it had gained in 1993 as well as the area in Polk and Benton counties to the 1st, 4th, and 6th districts. Parts of western Marion County, including the city of Salem, were also lost to the new 6th district.

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  1983–1993
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  1993–2003
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  2003–2013
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  2013–2023

See also

• Oregon's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

Specific

General

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present