Oregon State House District 37
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Jules Walters Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Chad ParkerRepublicanJules WaltersDemocratic · Incumbent4 years since first win
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Jules Walters (D) 61.3, Ben Edtl (R) 38.6
- Last election
- Jules Walters (Democratic) won by 22.7 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: ParkerRight column: Walters
- Races
- None listed
- Won 1 of 1
- Years since first win
- Not available
- 4
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- Chad ParkerRepublican
- Jules WaltersIncumbentDemocratic(Democrat, Independent, Working Families)
Source: sos.oregon.gov (PDF), dated Sep 24
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History (27 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 38,124
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJules WaltersWon Democratic 23,35661.3% RepublicanBen Edtl Republican 14,70338.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 650.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,804
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJules WaltersWon Democratic 20,58859.1% RepublicanAeric Estep Republican 14,17740.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 390.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,571
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRachel PrusakWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,75757.1% RepublicanKelly Sloop Republican 17,77042.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 440.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,791
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRachel PrusakWon Democratic 18,35752.8% RepublicanJulie Parrish(incumbent) Republican 16,43447.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,257
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulie ParrishWon(incumbent) Republican 18,97153.8% DemocraticPaul Southwick Democratic 15,39343.7% LibertarianRyan R. Haffner Libertarian 8302.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 630.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,193
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulie ParrishWon(incumbent) Republican 14,82856.6% DemocraticGerritt Rosenthal Democratic 11,36543.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,742
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulie ParrishWon(incumbent) Republican 16,12250.8% DemocraticCarl Hosticka Democratic 14,92547.0% LibertarianMeredith Love Taggart Libertarian 6952.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,522
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJulie ParrishWon Republican 13,49850.9% DemocraticWill Rasmussen Democratic 12,98249.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 420.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,032
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott BruunWon(incumbent) Republican 16,09753.6% DemocraticMichele Eberle Democratic 13,93546.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,499
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott BruunWon(incumbent) Republican 12,53153.3% DemocraticBeverley K. Backa Democratic 10,46144.5% LibertarianDavid M. Akin Libertarian 5072.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,013
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanScott BruunWon Republican 15,65252.1% DemocraticJim Morton Democratic 13,28944.3% LibertarianMarc L. Delphine Libertarian 5631.9% OtherCurtis Sommer Other 5091.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,638
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRandy MillerWon Republican 13,15263.7% DemocraticBill Gleason Democratic 7,48636.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,633
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff KropfWon(incumbent) Republican 14,86568.7% DemocraticLori Workman Democratic 6,76831.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,698
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJeff KropfWon Republican 10,56359.7% DemocraticDan Wilkerson Democratic 7,13540.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,071
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon(incumbent) Republican 14,071100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,690
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon(incumbent) Republican 12,14365.0% DemocraticJim Gourley Democratic 6,54735.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,628
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon(incumbent) Republican 13,21458.4% DemocraticSharon Little Democratic 9,41441.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,805
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon(incumbent) Republican 9,29758.8% DemocraticSharon Little Democratic 6,50841.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,561
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon(incumbent) Republican 10,21061.6% DemocraticPat Linn Democratic 6,35038.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,404
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon(incumbent) Republican 10,22666.4% DemocraticHobert McQueary Democratic 5,17833.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,464
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon(incumbent) Republican 10,77058.3% DemocraticToby Clauson Democratic 7,69341.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,430
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon(incumbent) Republican 8,09452.5% DemocraticToby Clauson Democratic 7,33547.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,564
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLiz VanleeuwenWon Republican 8,98957.8% DemocraticDoyle Eugene Johnson Democratic 5,49935.3% Bernard Byers(incumbent) Write-in 1,0656.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 110.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,002
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBernard ByersWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,10459.2% RepublicanLiz Vanleeuwen Republican 4,89240.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 60.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 13,709
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBernard ByersWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,07058.9% RepublicanDorothy Costa Republican 5,63341.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 60.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 9,960
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBernard ByersWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,58066.1% RepublicanLiz Vanleeuwen Republican 3,38033.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,027
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 37, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBernard ByersWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,55562.8% RepublicanDonald B. Stockton Republican 4,47137.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0%
- 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
- 1972 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.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Oregon State House District 37, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/or/house/37. 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.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:or/sldl:37
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026