HOUSE
Oregon OR-02 House2024
RACE AT A GLANCE
RACE TYPE
Incumbent running
Cliff Bentz (R)
COOK PARTISAN VOTING INDEX
Last updated : Mar 6, 2023D +50
R +50
R +15
Race summary
Bentz’s eastern Oregon district is the only district in the state Trump carried in 2020, and it only got redder after Democrats annexed left-trending Bend into the 5th District in 2021 redistricting.Key Dates
Filing Deadline: Mar 12, 2024
Primary Election: May 21, 2024
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INCUMBENT
Full Bio:
BENTZ, Cliff, a Representative from Oregon; born in Salem, Marion County, Oreg., January 12, 1952; graduated from Regis High School, Stayton, Oreg., 1970; B.S., Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, Oreg., 1974; J.D., Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oreg., 1977; rancher; farmer; lawyer, private practice; member of the Oregon water resources commission, 1988–1996, chairman, 1994–1996; member of the Oregon house of representatives, 2008–2018; member of the Oregon state senate, 2018–2020; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021-present).
Source: Bioguide
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DISTRICT DATA
Oregon - 02
East: Pendleton, Medford
Population Breakdown
Source: 2020 Census (VAP)
Past Presidential Results from this District
2020 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
2016 Election Results
Source: Dave's Redistricting/VEST
RACE ANALYSIS
Race Analysis
Updated: Nov 30, 2023
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