83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly
BodyOregon Legislative Assembly
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
Meeting placeOregon State Capitol
Term2025–2027
Before82nd Legislative Assembly
Websitewww.oregonlegislature.gov
Chamber 1Oregon State Senate
Membership 130 Senators
Control 1Democratic
Senate PresidentRob Wagner (D)
Majority LeaderKayse Jama (D)[1]
Minority LeaderBruce Starr (R)
Chamber 2Oregon House of Representatives
Membership 260 Representatives
Control 2Democratic
Speaker of the HouseJulie Fahey (D)
Majority LeaderBen Bowman (D)
Minority LeaderLucetta Elmer (R)

The 83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly is the current session of the Oregon Legislature. It began on January 21, 2025.[2][3][4] Democrats netted one seat in both the House and the Senate to win a three-fifths supermajority in both chambers, which is required to pass new taxes or update existing taxes, holding 36 seats in the House and 18 in the Senate after the 2024 election.[5] However, they fell short of the two-thirds majority required to unilaterally meet quorum in both houses, needing 2 more seats in the Senate and 4 more seats in the House.

This majority was later expanded by one to 37–23 in the House prior to the 2026 short session, as Cyrus Javadi of Tillamook switched parties from Republican to Democrat.[6]

Senate

The Oregon State Senate is composed of 30 members. Democrats flipped one seat (SD-27) and hold 18 seats, a three-fifths supermajority, for the first time since the 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly.[7]

There are eight freshman senators in this legislative session, six of them Republicans due in part to the 2023 Senate walkout and the passage of Measure 113 denying legislators with 10 or more unexcused absences from running for re-election.[8]

Senate President: Rob Wagner (D-19 Lake Oswego)
President Pro Tempore: James Manning Jr. (D–7 Eugene)
Majority Leader: Kayse Jama (D-24 Portland)
Minority Leader: Daniel Bonham (R-26 The Dalles) until September 15, 2025; Bruce Starr (R-12 Dundee) after[9]

DistrictSenatorPartyResidenceAssumed office
1David Brock SmithRepublicanPort Orford2023[a]
2Noah RobinsonRepublicanCave Junction2025
3Jeff GoldenDemocraticAshland2019
4Floyd ProzanskiDemocraticEugene2003
5Dick AndersonRepublicanLincoln City2021
6Cedric HaydenRepublicanFall Creek2023
7James Manning Jr.DemocraticEugene2017[a]
8Sara Gelser BlouinDemocraticCorvallis2015
9Fred GirodRepublicanStayton2008[a]
10Deb PattersonDemocraticSalem2021
11Kim ThatcherRepublicanKeizer2015
12Bruce StarrRepublicanDundee2025[b]
13Aaron Woods[c]DemocraticWilsonville2023
Courtney Neron Misslin[10]Democratic2025[a]
14Kate LieberDemocraticBeaverton2021
15Janeen SollmanDemocraticHillsboro2022[a]
16Suzanne WeberRepublicanTillamook2023
17Lisa ReynoldsDemocraticPortland2025[a]
18Wlnsvey CamposDemocraticAloha2023
19Rob WagnerDemocraticLake Oswego2018[a]
20Mark MeekDemocraticGladstone2023
21Kathleen TaylorDemocraticPortland2017
22Lew FrederickDemocratic2017
23Khanh PhamDemocratic2025
24Kayse JamaDemocratic2021[a]
25Chris GorsekDemocraticTroutdale2021
26Daniel Bonham[d]RepublicanThe Dalles2023
Christine Drazan[e]RepublicanCanby2025
27Anthony BroadmanDemocraticBend2025
28Diane LinthicumRepublicanBeatty2025
29Todd NashRepublicanEnterprise2025
30Mike McLaneRepublicanPowell Butte2025[f]

House

The Oregon House of Representatives is composed of 60 members, with Democrats also holding a supermajority of 36 seats.[5]

Retirements, vacant seats, and election losses led to 11 freshman members of the House during this legislative session.[11] Only one of these new members was due to an incumbent being defeated by a challenger from an opposing party, with Democrats gaining one seat from the previous session due to Lesly Muñoz defeating incumbent Republican Tracy Cramer by just 161 votes.[12] However, two Republican legislators (Charlie Conrad and James Hieb) were defeated in their party's primary elections. They were replaced by Darin Harbick and Christine Drazan, respectively.

On September 5, 2025, Cyrus Javadi, originally elected as a Republican, changed his party registration to the Democratic Party, giving the Democrats a 37–23 majority for the short session in 2026.[13]

Speaker: Julie Fahey (D-14 Eugene)
Speaker Pro Tempore: David Gomberg (D-10 Otis)[14]
Majority Leader: Ben Bowman (D-25 Tigard)
Minority Leader: Christine Drazan (R-51 Canby) until October 1, 2025; Lucetta Elmer (R-24 McMinnville) after[15]

DistrictRepresentativePartyResidenceAssumed office
1Court BoiceRepublicanGold Beach2023[g]
2Virgle OsborneRepublicanRoseburg2023
3Dwayne YunkerRepublicanGrants Pass2023[g]
4Alek SkarlatosRepublicanCanyonville2025
5Pam MarshDemocraticAshland2017
6Kim WallanRepublicanMedford2019
7John LivelyDemocraticSpringfield2013
8Lisa FragalaDemocraticEugene2025
9Boomer WrightRepublicanCoos Bay2021
10David GombergDemocraticOtis2013
11Jami CateRepublicanLebanon2021
12Darin HarbickRepublicanMcKenzie Bridge2025
13Nancy NathansonDemocraticEugene2007
14Julie FaheyDemocratic2017
15Shelly Boshart DavisRepublicanAlbany2019
16Sarah Finger McDonaldDemocraticCorvallis2025
17Ed DiehlRepublicanStayton2023
18Rick LewisRepublicanSilverton2017
19Tom AndersenDemocraticSalem2023
20Paul EvansDemocraticMonmouth2015
21Kevin MannixRepublicanSalem2023[h]
22Lesly MuñozDemocraticWoodburn2025
23Anna ScharfRepublicanAmity2021[g]
24Lucetta ElmerRepublicanMcMinnville2023
25Ben BowmanDemocraticTigard2023
26Courtney Neron Misslin[i]DemocraticWilsonville2019
Sue Rieke Smith[16]DemocraticKing City2025[g]
27Ken HelmDemocraticBeaverton2015
28Dacia GrayberDemocraticTigard2021
29Susan McLainDemocraticForest Grove2015
30Nathan SosaDemocraticHillsboro2022
31Darcey EdwardsRepublicanBanks2025
32Cyrus Javadi[17]RepublicanTillamook2023
Democratic[j]
33Shannon Jones IsadoreDemocraticPortland2024[g]
34Lisa ReynoldsDemocratic2021[k]
Mari Watanabe[18][19]DemocraticBethany[20]2025[g]
35Farrah ChaichiDemocraticBeaverton2023
36Hai PhamDemocraticHillsboro2023
37Jules WaltersDemocraticWest Linn2023
38Daniel NguyenDemocraticLake Oswego2023
39April DobsonDemocraticHappy Valley2025
40Annessa HartmanDemocraticGladstone2023
41Mark GambaDemocraticMilwaukie2023
42Rob NosseDemocraticPortland2014[g]
43Tawna SanchezDemocratic2017
44Travis NelsonDemocratic2022[g]
45Thuy TranDemocratic2023
46Willy ChotzenDemocratic2025
47Andrea ValderramaDemocratic2021[g]
48Hoa Nguyen[l]Democratic2023
Lamar Wise[m]Democratic2025
49Zach HudsonDemocraticTroutdale2021
50Ricki RuizDemocraticGresham2021
51Christine Drazan[n]RepublicanCanby2025[o]
Matt Bunch[21]RepublicanBeavercreek2025[p]
52Jeff HelfrichRepublicanHood River2023[q]
53Emerson LevyDemocraticRedmond2023
54Jason KropfDemocraticBend2021
55E. Werner ReschkeRepublicanKlamath Falls2017
56Emily McIntireRepublicanEagle Point2023
57Greg SmithRepublicanHeppner2001
58Bobby LevyRepublicanEcho2021
59Vikki Breese-IversonRepublicanPrineville2019[g]
60Mark OwensRepublicanCrane2020[g]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Senator was originally appointed.
  2. ^ Starr previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 3 between 1999 and 2003 and the Oregon Senate representing District 15 between 2003 and 2015.
  3. ^ Died April 19, 2025.[22]
  4. ^ Resigned October 5, 2025.[23]
  5. ^ Appointed October 23, 2025.[24]
  6. ^ McLane previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 55 between 2010 and 2019.
  7. ^ Representative was originally appointed.
  8. ^ Mannix previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 32 between 1989 and 1997 as a Democrat and between 1999 and 2001 as a Republican and in the Oregon Senate as a Republican between 1997 and 1999.
  9. ^ Resigned May 9, 2025 after being appointed to the Senate.[10]
  10. ^ Changed party registration to the Democratic Party on September 5, 2025.[17]
  11. ^ Reynolds resigned on November 15, 2024 upon her appointment to the Oregon State Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Elizabeth Steiner as Oregon State Treasurer.
  12. ^ Died October 9, 2025.[25]
  13. ^ Wise was appointed to succeed the late Rep. Hoa Nguyen on November 5, 2025.
  14. ^ Resigned October 23, 2025 after being appointed to the Oregon State Senate.[26]
  15. ^ Drazan previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 39 between 2019 and 2022.
  16. ^ Bunch was appointed to finish Drazan's term on November 17, 2025.
  17. ^ Helfrich previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 52 between 2017 and 2019.

References

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  18. ^ Hansen, Samuel (January 9, 2025). "Washington and Multnomah Counties to Appoint New Rep for House District 34". Hoodline Portland. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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