Oregon State House District 39
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by April Dobson Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
April DobsonDemocratic · Incumbent2 years since first win
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- April Dobson (Other party) won by 9.1 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- April DobsonIncumbentDemocratic(Democrat, Republican, Independent)
Source: sos.oregon.gov (PDF), dated Sep 24
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History (27 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 32,540
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share OtherApril DobsonWon Other 17,71254.4% RepublicanAimee L. Reiner Republican 14,75345.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 750.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,527
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJanelle S. BynumWon(incumbent) Democratic 15,67855.0% RepublicanKori Haynes Republican 12,80144.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 480.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,112
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChristine DrazanWon(incumbent) Republican 26,20262.2% DemocraticTessah L. Danel Democratic 14,98535.6% OtherKenny Sernach Other 8682.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 570.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,343
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanChristine DrazanWon Republican 19,73259.2% DemocraticElizabeth Graser-Lindsey Democratic 13,61140.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 34,185
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill KennemerWon(incumbent) Republican 22,16064.8% DemocraticCharles Gallia Democratic 10,96332.1% LibertarianKenny Sernach Libertarian 1,0093.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 530.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,041
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill KennemerWon(incumbent) Republican 20,041100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,556
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill KennemerWon(incumbent) Republican 18,74861.4% DemocraticChristopher Cameron Bangs Democratic 11,04536.1% LibertarianBlake Holmes Libertarian 7632.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,631
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill KennemerWon(incumbent) Republican 14,28458.0% DemocraticAlice Norris Democratic 10,28441.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 630.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,329
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanBill KennemerWon Republican 14,40850.9% DemocraticToby Forsberg Democratic 13,92149.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,280
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne ScottWon(incumbent) Republican 12,24755.0% DemocraticMike Caudle Democratic 9,21441.4% LibertarianWes Wagner Libertarian 8193.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,984
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne ScottWon(incumbent) Republican 16,47656.9% DemocraticDoug Neeley Democratic 11,70040.4% LibertarianWes Wagner Libertarian 8082.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,093
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne ScottWon Republican 10,35051.5% DemocraticMartha Schrader Democratic 9,74348.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,784
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRobert L. AckermanWon Democratic 13,93058.6% RepublicanChristopher D. Bevans Republican 9,85441.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,743
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKitty PiercyWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,60565.4% RepublicanJim Seaberry Republican 6,13834.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 21,019
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKitty PiercyWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,82156.2% RepublicanTom Alderman Republican 8,61241.0% LibertarianBob Fauvre Libertarian 5862.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,068
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKitty PiercyWon Democratic 9,69053.6% RepublicanWendell Hall Republican 7,16739.7% LibertarianBob Fauvre Libertarian 1,2116.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,422
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim EdmunsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,52485.8% LibertarianBob Fauvre Libertarian 2,89814.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,281
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim EdmunsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,29186.1% LibertarianBob Fauvre Libertarian 1,99013.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,675
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticJim EdmunsonWon Democratic 9,59454.3% RepublicanDennis Brodigan Republican 8,07945.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,999
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon EachusWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,87059.1% RepublicanClint Reed Republican 6,12840.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,193
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRon EachusWon Democratic 9,80453.9% RepublicanCarl J. Dipaolo Republican 8,38746.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,025
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGrattan KeransWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,02660.1% RepublicanJerry A. Riley Republican 5,99839.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,650
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGrattan KeransWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,39968.5% RepublicanJack Sell Republican 5,24831.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,964
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGrattan KeransWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,58058.5% RepublicanGary Wright Republican 5,38441.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,565
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGrattan KeransWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,78962.9% RepublicanGary Wright Republican 5,77337.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,042
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGrattan KeransWon Democratic 6,88357.2% RepublicanWayne Whitehead(incumbent) Republican 5,15842.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,169
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 39, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanWayne WhiteheadWon Republican 8,01152.8% DemocraticDavid J. Redfox Democratic 7,15647.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0%
- 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 39, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/or/house/39. 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:39
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026