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Oregon House District 50
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Ricki Ruiz Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
Brian GrayRepublicanRicki RuizDemocratic · Incumbent6 years since first win on file
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Ricki Ruiz (D) 54.5, Paul Drechsler (O) 45.2
- Last election
- Ricki Ruiz (Democratic) won by 9.3 points, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
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Left column: GrayRight column: Ruiz
- Races won and lost
- None on file
- 1-0
- Years since first win on file
- Not available
- 6
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- Brian GrayRepublican
- Ricki RuizIncumbentDemocratic(Democrat, Independent)
Source: sos.oregon.gov (PDF), dated Sep 24
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History (27 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 27,529
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRicki RuizWon Democratic 15,01454.5% OtherPaul Drechsler Other 12,44845.2% Scattered write-ins Write-in 670.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,476
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRicki RuizWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,15751.8% RepublicanAmelia Salvador Republican 11,29848.1% Scattered write-ins Write-in 210.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,223
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRicki RuizWon Democratic 15,66253.6% RepublicanAmelia Salvador Republican 13,52646.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 350.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,595
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarla C. PilusoWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,595100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,560
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarla PilusoWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,84050.3% RepublicanStella Armstrong Republican 7,25430.8% IndependentMichael Calcagno Independent 4,43318.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 330.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,460
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCarla C. PilusoWon Democratic 9,61355.1% RepublicanDan Chriestenson Republican 7,84744.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,893
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGreg MatthewsWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,85666.3% RepublicanLogan Boettcher Republican 7,03733.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,581
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGreg MatthewsWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,55053.9% RepublicanAndre Wang Republican 8,98345.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 480.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,355
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticGreg MatthewsWon Democratic 13,86854.7% RepublicanJohn Lim(incumbent) Republican 11,48745.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,026
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn LimWon(incumbent) Republican 11,36263.0% DemocraticJill Selmanringer Democratic 6,10733.9% LibertarianBrian D. Lowery Libertarian 5573.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 26,182
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn LimWon Republican 13,48951.5% DemocraticJim Buck Democratic 12,29747.0% OtherAllan Page Other 3961.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,967
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLaurie MonnesandersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,36861.1% RepublicanErnest J. Hodgin Republican 6,59938.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,702
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRob PatridgeWon(incumbent) Republican 15,37862.3% DemocraticBarbara Davidson Democratic 9,32437.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,081
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRob PatridgeWon Republican 11,05764.7% DemocraticMelody Kolb Democratic 6,02435.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,836
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn WattWon(incumbent) Republican 12,12358.2% DemocraticJohn S. Hallett Democratic 8,71341.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,386
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn WattWon(incumbent) Republican 10,59854.7% DemocraticLou Hannum Democratic 7,71139.8% OtherJack L. Adkins Other 1,0775.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 22,928
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn WattWon(incumbent) Republican 12,62455.1% DemocraticJim Perry Democratic 10,30444.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 15,683
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn WattWon Republican 8,63055.0% DemocraticErnie Calhoon(incumbent) Democratic 7,05345.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 17,879
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticErnie CalhoonWon Democratic 9,53053.3% RepublicanGeorge L. Gilman(incumbent) Republican 8,34546.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,472
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGeorge L. GilmanWon Republican 7,56152.3% DemocraticPeter Tarzian(incumbent) Democratic 6,90747.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,140
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPeter TarzianWon Democratic 9,51152.4% RepublicanDaniel C. Bell Republican 8,62947.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,478
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRebecca Leann DeBoerWon(incumbent) Republican 8,33257.5% DemocraticTom Dzieman Democratic 6,14442.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 20.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,360
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRebecca L. DeBoerWon Republican 10,27053.0% DemocraticClayton C. Klein Jr.(incumbent) Democratic 9,08646.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 40.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 14,008
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticClayton C. Klein Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 7,98957.0% RepublicanFrank Hopewell Republican 6,01643.0% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 16,570
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticClayton C. Klein Jr.Won Democratic 6,97942.1% RepublicanVirginia Vogel Republican 6,61639.9% IndependentDouglas L. Dusenberry Independent 2,97417.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 10,683
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAl DensmoreWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,43160.2% RepublicanRichard W. Gordon Jr. Republican 4,25139.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 12,947
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Oregon House of Representatives District 50, 1972 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAl DensmoreWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,99561.8% RepublicanJack E. Doughty Sr. Republican 4,95138.2% 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 House District 50, election results 1972 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/or/house/50. Retrieved October 30, 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:50
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026