Oregon State House District 16
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Sarah McDonald Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Sarah McDonaldDemocratic · Incumbent2 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Sarah McDonald (Democratic) won by 64.0 points, 2024
- Earlier results
- Dan Rayfield (Democratic) won by 50.6 points, 2022Dan Rayfield (Democratic) won by 52.0 points, 2020, older linesAll 29 elections
Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 30,063
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSarah McDonaldWonName as filed: Sarah Singer McDonald Democratic 24,45281.3% GreenMichael A. Beilstein Green 5,22317.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 3881.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,910
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDan RayfieldWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,48375.2% RepublicanKeith Lembke Republican 7,36224.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 650.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,932
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDan RayfieldWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,74275.9% RepublicanJason Hughes Republican 8,09923.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 910.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,158
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDan RayfieldWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,158100.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
All elections (29 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 30,063
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSarah McDonaldWonName as filed: Sarah Singer McDonald Democratic 24,45281.3% GreenMichael A. Beilstein Green 5,22317.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 3881.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,910
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDan RayfieldWon(incumbent) Democratic 22,48375.2% RepublicanKeith Lembke Republican 7,36224.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 650.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,932
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDan RayfieldWon(incumbent) Democratic 25,74275.9% RepublicanJason Hughes Republican 8,09923.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 910.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,158
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDan RayfieldWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,158100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,871
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDan RayfieldWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,92158.0% RepublicanJudson McClure Republican 6,47421.0% OtherSami Al-Abdrabbuh Other 4,93416.0% LibertarianAndrew Freborg Libertarian 1,4844.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 580.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,176
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDan RayfieldWon Democratic 16,79772.5% RepublicanJacob D. Vandever Republican 6,37927.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,518
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSara A. GelserWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,30670.2% RepublicanAndrew Decker Republican 7,33626.7% LibertarianRachel J. Feigner Libertarian 8763.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,945
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSara A. GelserWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,78268.8% RepublicanRose Cook Republican 7,09630.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 670.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,641
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSara A. GelserWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,641100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,310
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSara A. GelserWon Democratic 15,05867.5% RepublicanRobin M. Brown Republican 7,25232.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,546
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKelley WirthWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,83262.5% RepublicanDon Gist Republican 9,93334.8% LibertarianJared Ellefson Libertarian 7812.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,630
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKelley WirthWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,12268.5% RepublicanScott Bisson Republican 6,50831.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,858
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeff MerkleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,08483.5% OtherDavid Tillemans Other 2,77416.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,165
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJeff MerkleyWon Democratic 8,56060.4% RepublicanCletus Moore Jr. Republican 5,60539.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,740
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrank ShieldsWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,30560.3% RepublicanBill Stallings Republican 7,43539.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,304
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFrank ShieldsWon(incumbent) Republican 9,93657.4% DemocraticMark E. Gardner Democratic 6,56137.9% LibertarianDaniel M. Gordon Libertarian 6934.0% OtherRichard A. Pickens Other 1140.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,060
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrank ShieldsWon Democratic 13,20259.9% RepublicanMike Wiley Republican 7,46833.9% OtherMualla McCarty Other 1,3906.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,545
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticTom NovickWon Democratic 8,95551.0% RepublicanRodger Wehage(incumbent) Republican 8,59049.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,180
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRodger WehageWon Republican 10,71155.8% DemocraticRon McCarty(incumbent) Democratic 8,45144.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 180.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,571
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon McCartyWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,18261.4% RepublicanMalcolm Johnson Republican 6,38038.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 90.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,859
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon McCartyWon Democratic 13,63198.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 2281.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,945
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBarbara RobertsWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,37361.2% RepublicanJim Walker Republican 6,57138.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,949
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWally PriestleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,40445.2% IndependentRon McCarty Independent 4,40736.9% RepublicanBrent Hamilton Republican 2,13417.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,805
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWally PriestleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,62857.4% RepublicanBruce Broussard Republican 4,17342.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 11,650
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWally PriestleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,40455.0% RepublicanBruce Broussard Republican 5,24445.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,984
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWally PriestleyWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,49565.0% RepublicanDon Davisson Republican 3,48534.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,605
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticWally PriestleyWon Democratic 7,20152.9% RepublicanPaul A. Hagemann Republican 6,40247.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,029
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1962 to 1971)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJack RipperWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,49169.3% RepublicanWineva E. Johnson Republican 5,53830.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,291
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1962 to 1971)
Oregon House of Representatives District 16, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJack RipperWon Democratic 13,28365.5% RepublicanDon McEniry Republican 7,00434.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
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Uncontested
One candidate on the printed ballot.
Source: sos.oregon.gov (PDF), dated Sep 24
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Election Wrld. (2026). Oregon State House District 16, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/or/house/16. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026