Oregon's 4th Congressional District

Oregon's 4th Congressional District

Incumbent

Val Hoyle

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Oregon's 4th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Val Hoyle (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Oregon representatives represented an average of 706,917 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 769,721 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2024

Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Val Hoyle defeated Monique DeSpain, Justin Filip, and Dan Bahlen in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Hoyle (D)	51.7	195,862
		Monique DeSpain (R)	43.9	166,430
		Justin Filip (Pacific Green Party)	2.7	10,315
		Dan Bahlen (L)	1.5	5,704
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	454

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 378,765
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Val Hoyle advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Hoyle	98.4	73,444
		Other/Write-in votes	1.6	1,212

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,656
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Monique DeSpain defeated Amy Ryan Courser in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Monique DeSpain	57.8	31,436
		Amy Ryan Courser	41.2	22,418
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	498

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,352
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeff Kubler (R)
• Ibrahim Taher (R)
• Raiph Huber (R)

2022

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Val Hoyle defeated Alek Skarlatos, Levi Leatherberry, Jim Howard, and Michael Beilstein in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Hoyle (D / Working Families Party)	50.5	171,372
		Alek Skarlatos (R)	43.1	146,055
		Levi Leatherberry (Independent Party / L)	2.7	9,052
	Submit photo	Jim Howard (Constitution Party)	1.8	6,075
		Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party)	1.8	6,033
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	490

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 339,077
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Val Hoyle	63.5	56,153
		Doyle Canning	16.1	14,245
		Sami Al-Abdrabbuh	6.9	6,080
		John Selker	5.4	4,738
		Andrew Kalloch	4.9	4,322
	Submit photo	G. Tommy Smith	1.4	1,278
	Submit photo	Jake Matthews	0.7	607
		Steve William Laible	0.3	292
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	663

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 88,378
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zachary Mulholland (D)
• Joshua Welch (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Alek Skarlatos advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 17, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alek Skarlatos	98.3	58,655
		Other/Write-in votes	1.7	1,021

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,676
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Garrett Hoppe (R)
• Jeremy Van Tress (R)

2020

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Peter DeFazio defeated Alek Skarlatos and Daniel Hoffay in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter DeFazio (D / Working Families Party / Independent)	51.5	240,950
		Alek Skarlatos (R)	46.2	216,081
		Daniel Hoffay (Pacific Green Party)	2.2	10,118
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	556

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 467,705
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Peter DeFazio defeated Doyle Canning in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter DeFazio	83.7	96,077
		Doyle Canning	15.4	17,701
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	974

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 114,752
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cassidy Clausen (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Alek Skarlatos defeated Nelson Ijih in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alek Skarlatos	86.4	70,599
	Submit photo	Nelson Ijih	12.6	10,325
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	780

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,704
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Art Robinson (R)
• Jo Rae Perkins (R)

Pacific Green Party convention

Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Daniel Hoffay advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on June 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Daniel Hoffay (Pacific Green Party)

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2018

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Peter DeFazio defeated Art Robinson, Michael Beilstein, and Richard Jacobson in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter DeFazio (D)	56.0	208,710
		Art Robinson (R)	40.9	152,414
		Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green Party)	1.6	5,956
	Submit photo	Richard Jacobson (L)	1.4	5,370
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	443

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 372,893 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Incumbent Peter DeFazio defeated Daniel Arcangel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter DeFazio	92.2	78,575
		Daniel Arcangel	7.8	6,672

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 85,247
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4

Art Robinson defeated Court Boice, Jo Rae Perkins, Michael Polen, and Stefan Strek in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 4 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Art Robinson	45.9	30,384
		Court Boice	23.8	15,773
		Jo Rae Perkins	21.0	13,892
		Michael Polen	6.0	3,970
		Stefan Strek	3.4	2,244

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 66,263
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2016

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Peter DeFazio (D) defeated Art Robinson (R), Gil Guthrie (L), and Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green) in the general election on November 8, 2016. DeFazio defeated Joseph McKinney in the Democratic primary, while Robinson defeated Jo Rae Perkins to win the Republican nomination. The primary elections took place on May 17, 2016.

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio Incumbent	55.5%	220,628
	Republican	Art Robinson	39.7%	157,743
	Pacific Green	Michael Beilstein	3.1%	12,194
	Libertarian	Gil Guthrie	1.6%	6,527
	N/A	Misc.	0.1%	476
Total Votes				397,568
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Peter DeFazio Incumbent	92%	113,816
Joseph McKinney	8%	9,894
Total Votes		123,710
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Art Robinson	67.8%	55,557
Jo Rae Perkins	32.2%	26,375
Total Votes		81,932
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

2014

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 4th Congressional District of Oregon held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Peter DeFazio (Democratic, Working Families and Progressive Party), defeated Art Robinson (Republican and Constitution Party), David Chester (L) and Michael Beilstein (Pacific Green Party) in the general election.

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio Incumbent	58.6%	181,624
	Republican	Art Robinson	37.6%	116,534
	Libertarian	David Chester	1.5%	4,676
	Green	Michael Beilstein	2.2%	6,863
	Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous	0.2%	482
Total Votes				310,179
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

2012

See also: Oregon's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012

On November 6, 2012, incumbent Peter DeFazio won re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio Incumbent	59.1%	212,866
	Republican	Art Robinson	39%	140,549
	Libertarian	Chuck Huntting	1.7%	6,205
	Write-In	N/A	0.1%	468
Total Votes				360,088
Source: Oregon Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010

On November 2, 2010, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Art Robinson (R) and Mike Beilstein (Pacific Green) in the general election.

U.S. House, Oregon District 4 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	54.6%	162,416
	Republican	Art Robinson	43.7%	129,877
	Pacific Green	Mike Beilstein	1.8%	5,215
Total Votes				297,508

2008

On November 4, 2008, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jaynee Germond (Constitution) and Mike Beilstein (Pacific Green) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	82.3%	275,143
	Constitution	Jaynee Germond	12.9%	43,133
	Pacific Green	Mike Beilstein	3.9%	13,162
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0.8%	2,708
Total Votes				334,146

2006

On November 7, 2006, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Feldkamp (R) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	62.2%	180,607
	Republican	Jim Feldkamp	37.6%	109,105
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0.2%	532
Total Votes				290,244

2004

On November 2, 2004, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Feldkamp (R), Jacob Boone (L), and Michael Paul Marsh (Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	61%	228,611
	Republican	Jim Feldkamp	37.6%	140,882
	Libertarian	Jacob Boone	0.9%	3,190
	Constitution	Miscellaneous	0.5%	1,799
	N/A		0%	0
Total Votes				374,482

2002

On November 5, 2002, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Liz VanLeeuwen (R) and Chris Bigelow (L) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	63.8%	168,150
	Republican	Liz VanLeeuwen	34.4%	90,523
	Libertarian	Chris Bigelow	1.7%	4,602
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0.1%	206
Total Votes				263,481

2000

On November 7, 2000, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Lindsey (R) and David Duemler (Socialist) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	68%	197,998
	Republican	John Lindsey	30.6%	88,950
	Socialist	David Duemler	1.3%	3,696
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0.1%	421
Total Votes				291,065

1998

On November 3, 1998, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Steve Webb (R) and Karl Sorg (Socialist) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	70.1%	157,524
	Republican	Steve Webb	28.6%	64,143
	Socialist	Karl Sorg	1.2%	2,694
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0.1%	276
Total Votes				224,637

1996

On November 5, 1996, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Newkirk (R), William Bonville (Reform), Allan Opus (Pacific), Tonie Nathan (L), and David Duemler (Socialist) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	65.8%	177,270
	Republican	John Newkirk	28.4%	76,649
	Libertarian	Tonie Nathan	1.8%	4,919
	Reform	William Bonville	1.4%	3,690
	Socialist	David Duemler	0.5%	1,373
	Pacific	Allan Opus	0.5%	1,311
	N/A	Miscellaneous	1.6%	4,374
Total Votes				269,586

1994

On November 8, 1994, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Newkirk (R) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	66.8%	158,981
	Republican	John Newkirk	33.2%	78,947
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0.1%	221
Total Votes				238,149

1992

On November 3, 1992, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Richard Schulz (R) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	71.4%	199,372
	Republican	Richard Schulz	28.5%	79,733
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0.1%	194
Total Votes				279,299

1990

On November 6, 1990, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tonie Nathan (L) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	85.8%	162,494
	Libertarian	Tonie Nathan	14%	26,432
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0.2%	426
Total Votes				189,352

1988

On November 8, 1988, Peter DeFazio won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jim Howard (R) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio incumbent	72%	108,483
	Republican	Jim Howard	28%	42,220
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0%	32
Total Votes				150,735

1986

On November 4, 1986, Peter DeFazio won election to the United States House. He defeated Bruce Long (R) in the general election.

U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon District 4, General Election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter DeFazio	54.3%	106,697
	Republican	Bruce Long	45.7%	89,795
	N/A	Miscellaneous	0%	56
Total Votes				196,548

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Oregon after the 2020 census

Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed a new congressional map into law on September 27, 2021. The map was approved by the Oregon House of Representatives 33-16, and approved in the Oregon State Senate 18-6. This was the third time the Oregon State Legislature successfully enacted a congressional redistricting map since 1910 without gubernatorial veto, court ordered re-drawing, or authority for map drawing being passed to the secretary of state. This map took effect for Oregon’s 2022 congressional elections.

Before the maps were approved, all but one House Republican did not attend the special session on Sept. 25, expressing dissatisfaction with the process and proposed maps. Sixteen of the twenty-three House Republicans returned when the session resumed on Sept. 27, meaning the House was able to reach a quorum and move forward with the redistricting votes. Rep. Suzanne Weber (R) said "Many of us [Republicans] are only here because we don’t trust the secretary of state Shemia Fagan (D) to draw these maps."

The Oregonian said the map created three safe Democratic seats, one safe Republican seat, one seat that leans Democratic, and one seat that is a toss-up.

How does redistricting in Oregon work? In Oregon, congressional and state legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature. District lines are subject to veto by the governor.

If the legislature fails to establish a redistricting plan for state legislative districts, it falls to the secretary of state to draw the boundaries.

State law requires that congressional and state legislative districts meet the following criteria:

• Districts must be contiguous.
• Districts must "utilize existing geographic or political boundaries."
• Districts should not "divide communities of common interest."
• Districts should "be connected by transportation links."
• Districts "must not be drawn for the purpose of favoring a political party, incumbent or other person."

Oregon District 4
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Oregon District 4
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2010-2011

This is the 4th Congressional District prior to the 2010 redistricting.

See also: Redistricting in Oregon after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Oregon State Legislature approved a new map of the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census. It was the first time in 60 years the Oregon legislature agreed on a bipartisan redistricting map.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Oregon's 4th the 173rd most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 55.1%-42.3%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Oregon's 4th the 174th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 55.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 42.3%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was EVEN. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were within 1 percentage point of the national average. This made Oregon's 4th Congressional District the 197th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.94. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.94 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Oregon
• Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2024
• Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
• Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
• Oregon's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 4

Footnotes

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Oregon's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jeff Merkley (D)

Ron Wyden (D)

Representatives

District 1

Suzanne Bonamici (D)

District 2

Cliff Bentz (R)

District 3

Maxine Dexter (D)

District 4

Val Hoyle (D)

District 5

Janelle Bynum (D)

District 6

Andrea Salinas (D)

Democratic Party (7)

Republican Party (1)