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{{short description|Oregon affiliate of the Republican Party}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name             = Oregon Republican Party
| logo             = Oregon GOP logo.png
| colorcode        = {{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}
| chairperson      = [[Connie Welchel]]<ref name=jecu>{{cite web |last1=McHaddad |first1=Alex Connie Welchel Takes Over as Oregon Republican Party Chair - Right Now Oregon |url=https://rightnoworegon.com/2025/04/11/connie-welchel-takes-over-as-oregon-republican-party-chair/ |publisher=[[Right Now Oregon]] |access-date=18 March 2025 |date=22 February 2025}}</ref> 
| foundation       = 1857
| membership_year  = 2025
| membership       = {{gain}}738,200<ref>{{cite web |title=Voter Registration by County: March 2025 |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/pages/electionsstatistics.aspx |access-date=March 18, 2025 |website=Oregon Secretary of State}}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Conservatism in the United States|Conservatism]]
| seats1_title     = [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate delegation]]
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| seats2_title     = [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House delegation]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|1|6|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats3_title     = Statewide offices
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|0|5|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats4_title     = [[Oregon State Senate|Oregon Senate]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|12|30|hex={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Oregon House of Representatives|Oregon House]]
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| colors           = {{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}}} [[Red states and blue states|Red]]
| national         = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| headquarters     = 752 Hawthorne Ave NE, Salem, OR 97301
| website          = {{URL|https://oregon.gop}}
| state            = Oregon
| footnotes        = 
| symbol           = [[File:Republican Party Disc (alternate).svg|100px]]
}}
The '''Oregon Republican Party''' is the [[U.S. state|state]] affiliate of the [[Republican Party (United States)|United States Republican Party]] in [[Oregon]], headquartered in [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]]. The party was established in the [[Oregon Territory]] in February 1857 as the "Free State Republican Party of Oregon" and held its first state convention on April 1, 1859, after Oregon achieved statehood.

The Republican Party was the dominant political organization in the state of Oregon from the time of the [[American Civil War]] through the 1960s, before moving to a position of approximate parity with the rival [[Democratic Party of Oregon]] for the next four decades. Since 2000, the Oregon Republican Party has become a minority party in state government, which has generally been controlled by Democrats. Oregon Republican currently control just 1 out of 6 U.S. House seats, no statewide offices, and minorities in the state legislature.

In recent years, the Oregon Republican Party has been the subject of significant controversy regarding the increasing influence of [[Radical right (United States)|far-right]] organizations and militias within the party, especially during the [[first presidency of Donald Trump]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Kirkpatrick |first1=David D. |last2=McIntire |first2=Mike |date=2021-02-09 |title='Its Own Domestic Army': How the G.O.P. Allied Itself With Militants |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/us/militias-republicans-michigan.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The party received national attention and widespread criticism for its efforts to [[Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election|overturn the 2020 United States presidential election]], and its resolution claiming the [[2021 United States Capitol attack]] was a false flag operation.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|last=Peiser|first=Jaclyn|title=Oregon Republican Party falsely calls U.S. Capitol riot a 'false flag' meant to 'discredit President Trump'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/26/oregon-republican-false-flag-capitol/|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>

==History==
===Antislavery origins===
<!--[[File:Applegate-Jesse.tiff|thumb|right|220px|Oregon pioneer [[Jesse Applegate]] (1811-1888) was a prominent member of the early Republican Party in Oregon.<ref>Applegate is listed as a delegate to the 1858, 1860, 1862, 1866, and 1868 conventions. See ''Republican League Register,'' pp. 31-35.</ref>]]-->The politics of the [[Oregon Territory]] were largely dominated by the generally [[states' rights]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] with a vocal pro-slavery component. Only weak opposition came from the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whigs]] and their [[nativism (politics)|nativist]] [[Know Nothing]] cousins.<ref name="Bancroft2-416">Hubert Howe Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Volume 2: 1848-1883.'' San Francisco, CA: The History Company, 1888.</ref> A serious opposition first began to emerge in the aftermath of the bitter and costly [[Rogue River Wars]] of 1855 to 1856, centered around the growing anti-slavery sentiment nationally and the increasing threat that the Democratic Party would hasten the expansion of slavery in Oregon. Opposition to the Democrats gradually coalesced around the fledgling [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] that was intent upon slavery's limitation.<ref name="Bancroft2-416" /><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Labbe |first=Jim M. |date=2019 |title=The Colored Brother's Few Defenders: Oregon Abolitionists and their Followers |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/830024 |journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly |volume=120 |issue=4 |pages=440–467 |doi=10.1353/ohq.2019.0019 |issn=2329-3780|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

A first convention of Republicans in Oregon was held in May 1856 at the Lindley schoolhouse in [[Jackson County, Oregon|Jackson County]], with the gathering called for the nomination of candidates to appear on the June 1856 territorial ballot.<ref name="Bancroft2-416" /> The convention also adopted a resolution declaring that while [[Congress of the United States|Congress]] had no power over the existence of slavery in states in which it already existed, outside of such state jurisdictions federal power should be exerted to prevent its introduction.<ref>''Oregon Argus'' [Oregon City], June 7, 1856; cited in Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Vol. 2,'' pg. 416, fn. 6.</ref>

Throughout 1856, antislavery sentiment continued to grow in Oregon, with Republican clubs springing up around the state.<ref>Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Vol. 2,'' pp. 417-418.</ref> Republican county conventions were held in [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas]], [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington]], [[Marion County, Oregon|Marion]], [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn]], and possibly one or two other locales around the state.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Republican Party (U. S . : 1854- ). Oregon . State Central Committee |first=Oregon |url=http://archive.org/details/republicanleagu00goog |title=Republican League register, a record of the Republican Party in the state of Oregon |date=1896 |publisher=Portland : Register Pub. Co. |others=Harvard University}}</ref> Representatives of these county gatherings were then assembled at a territorial organizing convention held in [[Albany, Oregon|Albany]] on February 11, 1857, which adopted the official name "Free State Republican Party of Oregon" for the organization.<ref name="Bancroft2-418">Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Vol. 2,'' pg. 418.</ref> A platform for the new political party was announced, emphasizing the indissoluble nature of the United States, opposition of the expansion of slavery to free territory, prohibition of [[polygamy]], construction of a Pacific railroad to link Oregon with [[California]], government effort to improve the navigability of rivers and harbors, and admission of Oregon to the United States only as a free state.<ref name="Bancroft2-418" />

The year 1857 was marked by preparations for future Oregon statehood, including the holding of a constitutional convention, and the ruling Democratic Party found itself divided over the question of slavery, attempting to sidestep the issue by passing in state convention a resolution binding Democratic delegates to such a gathering to the position that the matter of slavery in Oregon be settled later by a vote of the people.<ref>Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Vol. 2,'' pp. 419-420.</ref>

The Republicans did not nominate a candidate for Representative to Congress in the June 1857 election, instead pooling their support for G.W. Lawson, a [[Free Soil Party|Free Soil Democrat]] running as an independent.<ref>Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Vol. 2,'' pg. 420.</ref> While ''pro-slavery'' Democrat [[Joseph Lane]] was ultimately sent as the Territorial delegate to Congress, voting further down the ticket showed a Republican advance, with Republicans joining with so-called "soft" (free state) Democrats<ref>The name was a pejorative assigned to dissidents by the pro-slavery majority faction of the Democratic Party. See: ''Republican League Register,'' pg. 25.</ref> to elect about a third of the delegates to the constitutional convention and 10 of the 30 members to the [[Oregon Territorial Legislature]].<ref>Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Vol. 2,'' pg. 421. Only one of these was elected on a straight Republican ticket, however, that being John R. McBride of Yamhill County. See: ''Republican League Register,'' pg. 23.</ref>

The constitutional convention held in the summer of 1857 ultimately steamrolled Republican sentiment and again sidestepped the slavery question by deciding to leave the slavery question to a vote of the people, while declaring that "no negro, Chinaman, or [[mulatto]] should have the right to vote."<ref>Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Vol. 2,'' pg. 424.</ref> The bill of rights adopted by the Democratic-dominated constitutional convention gave the future state legislature the right to exclude [[African-Americans]] from immigrating to the state altogether, thereby setting the stage for restrictive racial laws in spite of Oregon's free state status.<ref>Bancroft, ''History of Oregon: Vol. 2,'' pp. 424-425.</ref>

Three propositions were ultimately put to territorial voters, with the Democratic-authored [[Oregon Constitution]] gaining approval by a vote of about 7,200 to 3,100, a measure allowing slavery falling to defeat by a majority of nearly 5,100 votes, and a proposal allowing "Free Negroes" to settle in Oregon overwhelmingly defeated by a vote of 8,640 to 1,081.<ref>''Republican League Register,'' pg. 25.</ref> Oregon would not be a slave state but rather one closed to black immigration — a law remaining on the books (albeit not in actual effect) into the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Black Exclusion Laws in Oregon |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/exclusion_laws/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=www.oregonencyclopedia.org |language=en}}</ref>

===19th century===
[[File:EdDBaker.jpg|thumb|right|238x238px|[[Edward D. Baker|Edward Dickinson Baker]] (1811–1861), the first Oregon Republican elected to the U.S. Senate, was an early casualty fighting for the Union in the American Civil War.]]On April 1, 1859, just two weeks after Oregon was admitted to the Union, the Republican Party held a convention in [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] at which it nominated David Logan as the party's choice for the state's first fully fledged Congressional representative.<ref name="RLR27">''Republican League Register,'' pg. 27.</ref> Logan would narrowly fall to defeat both in 1859 and again when nominated again for a full term in the election of 1860, but national political events would soon change the tide for the new political party.<ref name="RLR27" /> The Democratic Party found itself divided with the coming of the [[American Civil War]] between pro- and anti-Union elements.<ref name="RLR28">''Republican League Register,'' pg. 28.</ref> With the nation embroiled in war, pro-Union Democrats and Republicans put aside their differences at a [[political fusion|fusion]] convention in April 1862, establishing themselves as the [[National Union Party (United States)|Union Party]].<ref name="RLR28" /> This joint political organization would continue in Oregon through four elections under the Union Party banner, terminating only in 1868.

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As the united political organization for a preserved United States of America in contradistinction to [[defeatism|defeatists]] and [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] sympathizers, the Union Party and, after 1868, the rechristened Republican Party experienced dramatic political gains in Oregon, buoyed by the defection and disenfranchisement of the Democratic South. The party, as one historian noted, began to "grow like the plant that sprang up from the [[mustard plant|mustard]] seed."<ref name=RLR27 /> An alliance of Republicans and pro-Union Democrats in the [[Oregon State Legislature]] came together in 1860 to elect [[Edward D. Baker|Edward Dickinson Baker]] as the first Republican [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from Oregon.<ref>''Republican League Register,'' pp. 27-28.</ref> An era of Republican dominance in Oregon was begun.

When the Civil War began in 1861, Baker raised his own militia, in which he served as commanding officer. On October 21, 1861, with Congress out of session, Colonel Baker and his men met Confederate forces on a hill called [[Battle of Ball's Bluff|Ball's Bluff]] just outside Washington, D.C. Shortly after the battle started Baker was killed along with nearly 1,000 others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senator_Killed_In_Battle.htm|title=U.S. Senate: Senator Killed in Battle|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref>

Despite the untimely death of Oregon's first Senator, E.D. Baker would hardly be the last. Over the next 30 years a steady stream of Republicans were sent to the U.S. Senate by the Oregon legislature, including [[Benjamin F. Harding]] (1862), [[George Henry Williams|George H. Williams]] (1864), [[Henry W. Corbett]] (1866), [[John H. Mitchell]] (1872, reappointed 1885, re-elected 1887 and 1891), [[Joseph N. Dolph]] (1882, re-elected 1889), and [[George W. McBride]] (1895).<ref>''Republican League Register,'' pg. 54.</ref>

By the 1890s, the [[ideology]] of the two major parties had begun to switch, with the Republican Party emerging as the party of [[gold standard|sound money]], industry and commerce, protective [[tariff]]s, and expansionist foreign policy. {{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

=== 20th century ===
[[File:Charles mcnary.jpg|thumb|223x223px|Oregon Republican [[Charles L. McNary]] (1874–1944) sat in the halls of the U.S. Senate for 25 years during the first half of the 20th century.|left]]The early 20th century saw a period of significant Republican leadership in Oregon. The Republican Party controlled the Governor's office from 1939 to 1957 with multiple Governors throughout other parts of the century as well.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oregon |url=https://www.nga.org/former-governors/oregon/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=National Governors Association}}</ref>[[File:Mark Hatfield – 1967.jpg|thumb|right|168x168px|Governor and U.S. Senator [[Mark Hatfield|Mark O. Hatfield]] (1922–2011) was the face of the Oregon Republican Party for a generation.]]In 1918, [[Charles L. McNary|Charles McNary]] was appointed to serve as a United States Senator after the death of [[Harry Lane]]. [[Frederick W. Mulkey|Frederick Mulkey]] was elected to serve the remainder of the term, serving for approximately one month, when McNary was elected to a full term. He was re-elected 4 times, serving a total of 25 years. In the Senate, McNary served as Chair of the [[Senate Agriculture Committee]] from 1926 to 1933, and then [[Senate Minority Leader|Minority Leader]] from 1933 to 1944.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Senate: Majority and Minority Leaders and Party Whips |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Majority_Minority_Leaders.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017203013/https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Majority_Minority_Leaders.htm |archive-date=October 17, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> McNary helped pass legislation that led to the construction of the [[Columbia River|Columbia River's]] [[Bonneville Dam]], and supported much of the [[New Deal]]. McNary was also the Republican Party's vice presidential nominee in the [[1940 United States presidential election|1940 election]], as [[Wendell Willkie|Wendell Willkie's]] running mate.

McNary was the longest serving Senator in Oregon's history until surpassed by fellow Republican [[Mark Hatfield]], who served from 1967 to 1997. Hatfield served as Chair of the [[Senate Appropriations Committee]] twice, and was also Governor of Oregon before his time in the Senate, from 1959 to 1967.
[[File:Tom McCall 2.jpg|thumb|260x260px|[[Tom McCall]] (1913–1983) is considered one of Oregon's most influential Governors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynn |first=Capi |date=2015-05-02 |title=Remembering the legacy of Tom McCall |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/columnists/capi-lynn/2015/05/03/remembering-legacy-tom-mccall/26787483/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |work=[[Statesman Journal]] |agency=}}</ref>]]
In 1967, [[Tom McCall]] was elected Governor of Oregon. McCall is considered one of Oregon's most influential Governors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynn |first=Capi |title=Remembering the legacy of Tom McCall |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/columnists/capi-lynn/2015/05/03/remembering-legacy-tom-mccall/26787483/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=Statesman Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> McCall was a staunch environmentalist and an advocate of [[sustainable development]]. He is notable for passing the [[Oregon Bottle Bill]], America's first [[container-deposit legislation]], as well as the [[Oregon Beach Bill]] which established public ownership of land along the Oregon Coast from the water up to sixteen vertical feet above the low tide mark.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oregon Beach Bill |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/oregon_beach_bill/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=www.oregonencyclopedia.org |language=en}}</ref> McCall served until 1975.

[[Victor Atiyeh]] served as Oregon's last Republican Governor, from 1979 to 1987. Republicans maintained both US Senate seats until 1995, and kept one until 2009.

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Gordon Smith official portrait (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|224x224px|[[Gordon H. Smith|Gordon Smith]] was Oregon's last Republican US Senator, serving until 2008.]]

[[Gerald Ford]], the 38th president (1974–1977)Oregon Republicans controlled the State [[Oregon House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] from 1991 until 2006. The house was split in 2005, with both parties creating a power-sharing agreement with both parties choosing a [[Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives|Co-Speaker]], and all committees and chairmanships split evenly between the parties. The [[Oregon State Senate|Senate]] was controlled by the Republicans from 1995 until 2002. The next session was split, with a similar power-sharing agreement created in the Senate.

In 2008, US Senator [[Gordon H. Smith]] was defeated by Democrat [[Jeff Merkley]]. Smith is the most recent Republican to serve in the US Senate. Since 2000, the Republicans have only held one statewide office, the [[Oregon Secretary of State|Secretary of State]], which was held by [[Dennis Richardson (politician)|Dennis Richardson]] from 2017 to 2019, and then [[Bev Clarno]], who finished Richardson's term due to his death while in office.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bev Clarno, Former House Speaker, Will Be Oregon's Next Secretary Of State |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-secretary-of-state-bev-clarno-dennis-richardson/ |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=opb |language=en}}</ref>

==== Trump era ====
[[File:Greg Walden official photo.jpg|thumb|[[Greg Walden]] served as chairman of the [[National Republican Congressional Committee]] and also chaired the [[House Energy and Commerce Committee]].|201x201px]]
The Oregon Republican Party gained national attention in June 2019 when all [[2019 Oregon Senate Republican walkouts|11 Republican state senators]] staged a "walkout" designed to prevent a vote on [[Oregon House Bill 2020]].  The walkout deepened the alignment of the party with right-wing militias, including Oregon [[3 Percenters]] and [[Oath Keepers]] as well as [[pro-Trump]] social media.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Doug |title=Multnomah County Republicans Formally Allow Militia Groups to Run Security |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2017/06/30/19130461/multnomah-county-republicans-formally-allow-militia-groups-to-run-security |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Portland Mercury |language=en}}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com">{{Cite web |date=2017-07-01 |title=Portland Republicans to use militia for security as far-right rallies continue |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/01/portland-far-right-rally-republicans-militia-security |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" />  State Senator [[Brian Boquist]] threatened, in response to the state government's efforts to return him to the state capitol in Salem, "send bachelors and come heavily armed."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radnovich |first=Connor |title=Senate GOP threatens walkout, Gov. Brown responds with threat of state police |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/06/19/senate-gop-threatens-walkout-brown-responds-state-police-threat-oregon/1502876001/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-25 |title=Oregon Republicans who bought burner phones and fled to Idaho are taunting Democrats on Fox News while in hiding |url=https://www.newsweek.com/oregon-republicans-flee-idaho-fox-news-climate-change-bill-gloat-1445731 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Turkewitz |first=Julie |date=2019-06-28 |title=Oregon Climate Walkout Left Republicans in Hiding, Statehouse in Disarray |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/oregon-climate-fight.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=After Republican Protest, Oregon's Climate Plan Dies |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/06/25/735792788/after-republican-protest-oregons-climate-plan-dies |access-date=2022-09-15}}</ref> According to the [[The Pew Charitable Trusts|Pew Charitable Trusts]], "rare walkouts are ones like that in Oregon, where lawmakers flee the state for several weeks or months. These large events use a lot of political capital and show voters that those lawmakers might be sore losers and unwilling to negotiate."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oregon Walkout Reflects a Growing Trend. Here's Why Lawmakers Leave. |url=https://pew.org/2NfY0FS |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=pew.org |date=27 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>  Oregon Republicans continued such "walkouts" in 2021 to protest coronavirus restrictions and disable normal political processes, as well as organized groups to harass state inspectors doing their lawful work.<ref name="opb.org">{{Cite web |title=Its ranks diminished, Oregon Republican Party embraces far right approach |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/03/01/oregon-republican-party-embraces-far-right-approach/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=opb |language=en}}</ref>

==== Efforts to overturn the 2020 election ====
Following the [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol]], Oregon Republicans again received national attention. On 21 December 2020, an armed group had forcibly entered the ''Oregon'' Capitol, caused damage, and sprayed “some kind of chemical agent” at the officers guarding the capitol.  Police identified the chemical agent as "[[bear spray]]."  The capitol break-in was promoted by the far-right [[Patriot Prayer]]. In January 2021, evidence came to light that Representative [[Mike Nearman]] had opened doors to the Oregon Capitol "allowing violent demonstrators who were protesting immediately outside the door to illegally enter the building" and cause damage.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Oregonian/OregonLive |first1=Hillary Borrud {{!}} The |last2=Oregonian/OregonLive |first2=Jim Ryan {{!}} The |date=2020-12-21 |title=Oregon lawmakers kick off third special session of 2020 as right-wing group protests outside |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2020/12/oregon-lawmakers-kick-off-third-special-session-of-2020-as-right-wing-group-protests-outside.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Hillary Borrud {{!}} The |date=2021-01-08 |title=Video clearly shows Rep. Mike Nearman helping right-wing demonstrators breach Oregon Capitol |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/01/video-clearly-shows-rep-mike-nearman-helping-right-wing-demonstrators-breach-oregon-capitol.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rep. Mike Nearman stripped of responsibilities, faces fine for allowing Capitol breach |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/01/12/oregon-legislature-mike-nearman-penalties/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=opb |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Rioters stormed the Oregon Capitol in December. The video shows a Republican lawmaker letting them in. |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/12/oregon-capitol-riot-mike-nearman/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>Connor Radnovich, [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coalition-of-oregon-leaders-call-for-rep-mike-nearmans-expulsion/ar-BB1d5jGg "Coalition of Oregon leaders call for Rep. Mike Nearman's expulsion,"] MSN.com January 2021</ref>  The militia-inflamed "chaos in Oregon over the past year [was] a prologue to the insurrection at the U.S Capitol," in one account.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2021-01-18 |title=The Long Prologue to the Capitol Hill Riot |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-long-prologue-to-the-capitol-hill-riot |access-date=2022-09-15 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref>  At least three "men who participated to storm the Oregon Capitol on December 21st also appear to have been part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol" in January.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Jamie Goldberg {{!}} The |date=2021-01-11 |title=OPB report links U.S. Capitol mob participants with earlier incursion at Oregon Capitol |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2021/01/opb-report-links-us-capitol-mob-participants-with-earlier-incursion-at-oregon-capitol.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref><ref name="opb.org" />  Also among the Oregonians arrested for the US Capitol attack was the vice chair of the Young Republicans of Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Lizzy Acker {{!}} The |date=2021-01-07 |title=Young Republicans of Oregon leader arrested during U.S. Capitol insurrection |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/01/young-republicans-of-oregon-leader-arrested-during-us-capitol-insurrection.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref><ref>Celine Castronuovo, [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/vice-chair-of-oregon-young-republicans-group-among-those-arrested-at-capitol/ar-BB1cBURU "Vice-chair of Oregon Young Republicans group among those arrested at Capitol,"] MSN January 9, 2021</ref><ref>Genevieve Reaume, [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/young-republicans-of-oregon-head-responds-to-vice-chairwoman-s-arrest-in-d-c/ar-BB1czc8h "Young Republicans of Oregon head responds to vice-chairwoman's arrest in D.C.,"] January 8, 2021</ref>

"The Trump era seems only to have exacerbated the Oregon GOP’s embrace of its most extreme constituencies," writes the conservative [[National Review]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-09 |title=To Win Again, the Oregon GOP Must Regain Its Sanity |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/to-win-again-the-oregon-gop-must-regain-its-sanity/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=National Review |language=en-US}}</ref>

On January 19, 2021, the Oregon Republican Party issued a resolution declaring that the [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol]] by supporters of Donald Trump was a "[[false flag]]" event meant to "discredit President Trump, his supporters, and all conservative Republicans."<ref name=":1"/><ref name="Alba">{{cite news|last=Alba|first=Davey|author-link=Davey Alba|date=January 8, 2021|title=F.B.I. says there is no evidence Antifa participated in storming the Capitol.|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/technology/fbi-says-there-is-no-evidence-antifa-participated-in-storming-the-capitol.html}}</ref><ref name="politifact.com">{{cite web|title=No, the FBI didn't confirm antifa activists breached the Capitol|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jan/08/viral-image/no-fbi-didnt-confirm-antifa-activists-breached-cap/|website=PolitiFact}}</ref> Others had previously claimed [[Antifa (United States)|antifa]] had staged the attack, though the [[FBI]] stated there was no evidence of antifa involvement.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Alba"/><ref name="politifact.com"/>

The party resolution provoked substantial controversy. Oregon's House Republicans pointedly disavowed the party resolution, and State Senator [[Tim Knopp]] stated publicly that he did "not support the Oregon Republican Party’s resolution."<ref name="ijpr.org">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-28 |title=Oregon House Republicans Disavow Their Party's Position On Capitol Attack |url=https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2021-01-28/oregon-house-republicans-disavow-their-partys-position-on-capitol-attack |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128192135/https://www.ijpr.org/politics-government/2021-01-28/oregon-house-republicans-disavow-their-partys-position-on-capitol-attack |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=Jefferson Public Radio |language=en}}</ref><ref name="ktvz.com">{{Cite web  |date=2021-01-28 |title=Oregon House Republicans, Sen. Knopp take issue with state GOP's 'false flag' claims |url=https://ktvz.com/news/government-politics/2021/01/27/oregon-house-republicans-sen-knopp-take-issue-with-state-gops-false-flag-claims/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=KTVZ |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |title='OPB Politics Now:' Oregon's GOP party and House Republicans, divided |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/01/30/oregon-politics-republican-party-gop-house/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=opb |language=en}}</ref><ref name="theatlantic.com">{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Russell |date=2021-02-10 |title=How a 'False Flag' Cry Has Divided Republicans in Oregon |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/02/republicans-oregon-capitol-riot-false-flag/617988/ |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> [[Knute Buehler]], a former Oregon House member and recent Republican gubernatorial nominee, "filed to change his registration from Republican to independent."<ref name="nytimes.com">{{Cite news |last1=Karni |first1=Annie |last2=Baker |first2=Mike |date=2021-02-01 |title=An Emboldened Extremist Wing Flexes Its Power in a Leaderless G.O.P. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/republicans-trump-ronna-mcdaniel.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> State Senator [[Brian Boquist]] also left the party and joined the [[Independent Party of Oregon]].<ref name="nytimes.com" />

More than 6,000 Republicans left the party in January 2021.<ref name="kgw.com">John Tierney, [https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/thousands-of-republicans-left-oregon-party-after-capitol-insurrection/283-43f0ce9a-eb1c-4077-91ed-277757be6345 "More than 6,000 Oregonians left the Republican Party in January,"] KGW.com (February 2, 2021)</ref> In early February, state voter registration indicates a total of 11,000 registered Republicans in Oregon have left the party since Election Day.<ref name="oregonlive.com">{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Betsy Hammond {{!}} The |date=2021-02-01 |title=More than 11,000 Oregonians have left the Republican party since Election Day |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/02/more-than-11000-oregonians-have-left-the-republican-party-since-election-day.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref><ref name="eastoregonian.com">{{Cite web |last=Oregonian |first=BETSY HAMMOND The |title=11,000 Republicans in Oregon leave the party |url=https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/state/11-000-republicans-in-oregon-leave-the-party/article_333aae60-656d-11eb-8c1d-d77611a1e9ab.html |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=East Oregonian |date=2 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The 2021-2023 leadership term saw significant officer turnover. [[Dallas Heard]], an Oregon State Senator serving as the chairman of the party, resigned in 2022 after severe internal disagreements with party members.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Chris Lehman {{!}} The |date=2022-03-09 |title=Oregon Republican chair resigns, citing 'greater evil than the Democrats' |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/03/oregon-republican-chair-resigns-citing-greater-evil-than-the-democrats.html |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref> Senator Heard was succeeded as Chair first by [[Josephine County, Oregon|Josephine County]] Commissioner Herman Baertschiger Jr., then restaurateur [[Justin Hwang]]. Following resignations, National Committeewoman Chris Barreto was replaced by former ORP Vice Chair Tracy Honl, while Treasurer [[Dennis Linthicum]], State Senator from Klamath Falls, was replaced by [[Sodaville, Oregon|Sodaville]] [[city manager]] Alex McHaddad. Dr. Angela Plowhead was elected Vice Chair in September 2022.

==Platform==
[[File:Oregonrepublicanpartylogo.jpg|thumb|200px|Logo used from 2009 to 2016]]
The party's formal platform, adopted in 2015, expresses [[Anti-abortion movement|opposition to abortion]] and [[assisted suicide]]; support for [[mandatory sentencing|mandatory minimum sentencing]] for violent offenders, [[truth-in-sentencing]] laws, and the [[death penalty]]; lower taxes; deregulation and minimal government intervention in the economy; opposition to [[same-sex marriage]]; repeal of the [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act]]; opposition for "amnesty" for undocumented immigrants; an individual [[right to keep and bear arms]]; and [[voter ID laws]].<ref name="Oregon Republican Party Platform, 2015">{{cite web|title=Oregon Republican Party Platform, 2015|url=https://oregon.gop/orp-platform|access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref> The party's platform, amended in 2019, includes opposition to [[National Popular Vote Interstate Compact]], advocacy of the arming of educational staff "to protect themselves and their students from violence" while opposing gun-free zones; asserting that "marriage is between one man and one woman" and that "there are only two sexes, male and female, based on a person’s biological sex at birth"; favoring that "all government business shall be conducted in English"; continuing repeal of [[Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|Obamacare]]; asserting that "violent, radical, Islamic Jihadists and other groups have . . . declared war on America"; and "need for personal responsibility and self-reliance in the event of a disaster."<ref>Oregon Republican Party 2019 Platform as Amended August 24th, 2019 at https://hinessight.blogs.com/files/oregon-republican-party-platform.pdf</ref>

At the beginning of the 2022 legislative short session, the house republican caucus announced that they would use the session to "fix failures from Democratic leadership by restoring education standards, holding state government accountable and enabling our law enforcement to do its job. We will push to remove roadblocks to health care access and preserve Oregon’s natural environment while protecting the way of life of communities relying on these resources. We will give Oregonians the freedom to recover financially from government-mandated shutdowns by fighting the state’s regulatory burdens and mandates."<ref>{{cite press release|date=1 February 2022|title=House Republicans prepare for solutions-oriented 2022 Legislative Session|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/houserepublicans/Documents/HRO%20short%20session%20preview%202.1.22.pdf}}</ref>

The caucus fought to terminate the state of emergency related to COVID-19, and amend the Oregon Constitution to limit the declaration of an emergency to 30 days.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Governor's deadline for lifting mask mandate is long overdue|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/houserepublicans/Documents/HRO%20mask%20mandate%20to%20be%20lifted%202.7.22.pdf|date=7 February 2022|publisher=Oregon House Republican Caucus}}</ref>

==Past elections==

===Presidents===
Republican nominees won 25 of Oregon's 32 Presidential popular votes from 1860 to 1984.<ref name="oregon.gop">Oregon Republican Party, [https://oregon.gop/oregon-republican-party-a-short-history "Short History of the Oregon Republican Party,"] www.oregon.gop/</ref> Since 1988 the Democratic presidential nominee has won 8 straight popular votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oregon Presidential Election Voting History - 270toWin |url=https://www.270towin.com/states/Oregon |access-date=2022-09-15 |website=270toWin.com}}</ref>

==Governance==
The party is run by an elected state Leadership Team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon Republican Party {{!}} United States {{!}} Home |url=https://oregon.gop/leadership/ |access-date=2021-03-02 |website=Oregon Republicans |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Office
!Office-holder
|-
|Chairman
|Connie Welchel 
|-
|Vice Chairman
|Vacant
|-
|Secretary
|Sheri Brady
|-
|Treasurer
|Glenn Miller
|-
|National Committeeman
|Dan Mason
|-
|National Committeewoman
|[[Tracy Honl]]
|}

=== County parties ===
Each of [[List of counties in Oregon|Oregon's 36 counties]] has semi-autonomous county leadership teams. They are elected by [[Precinct committee officer|precinct committee members]] who in turn are elected by all Republicans in a specific precinct.

=== Party Chairs ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Year
!County of residence
!Profession
|-
|[[Kevin Mannix]]
|2003–2005
|[[Marion County, Oregon|Marion County]]
|[[Politician]], [[Activism|Activist]]
|-
|Vance Day
|2005–2009
|[[Marion County, Oregon|Marion County]]
|[[Lawyer|Attorney]]
|-
|[[Bob Tiernan]]
|2009–2011
|[[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]]
|[[Politician]]
|-
|[[Allen Alley]]
|2011–2013
|[[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]]
|[[Politician]]
|-
|Suzanne Gallagher<ref name="Oregonian/OregonLive">{{cite web|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|first=Jeff Mapes {{!}} The|date=2013-02-03|title=Suzanne Gallagher wins Oregon Republican chairmanship on second ballot|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/2013/02/suzanne_gallagher_wins_oregon.html|access-date=2021-03-02|website=oregonlive|language=en}}</ref>
|2013
|[[Washington County, Oregon|Washington County]]
|[[Interior design]]er, [[Businessperson|Business owner]], [[Activism|Activist]]
|-
|[[Art Robinson]]
|2013–2015
|[[Josephine County, Oregon|Josephine County]]
|[[Scientist]], [[Politician]]
|-
|[[Bill Currier (politician)|Bill Currier]]
|2015–2021
|[[Benton County, Oregon|Benton County]]
|[[Politician]]
|-
|[[Dallas Heard]]
|2021–2022
|[[Douglas County, Oregon|Douglas County]]
|[[Politician]]
|-
|[[Herman Baertschiger Jr.]]
|2022
|[[Josephine County, Oregon|Josephine County]]
|[[Politician]]
|-
|[[Justin Hwang]]
|2022–2025
|[[Multnomah County, Oregon|Multnomah County]]
|[[Businessman|Businessperson]]
|-
|Jerry Cummings 
|2025
|[[Columbia County, Oregon|Columbia County]]
|[[Pastor]]
|-
|Connie Welchel 
|2025–present
|[[Deschutes County, Oregon|Deschutes County]]
|[[Businessperson]]
|}
<ref>{{cite web|title=Vance Day|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Vance_Day|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|agency=Associated Press|title=Mannix resigns GOP position|url=https://tdn.com/business/local/mannix-resigns-gop-position/article_e02e507f-179c-5983-846a-b45d7df3d9b4.html|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Longview Daily News|date=17 July 2005 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2009-01-10|title=Bob Tiernan wins GOP Chair. Russ Walker Vice Chair|url=https://oregoncatalyst.com/1977-bob-tiernan-wins-gop-chair-russ-walker-vice-chair.html|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The Oregon Catalyst|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Oregonian/OregonLive"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name=juhw>{{cite web |last1=Johanson |first1=Ethan |title=Justin Hwang Becomes Chairman of Oregon Republican Party |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2022/07/08/justin-hwang-becomes-chairman-of-oregon-republican-party/ |publisher=[[Willamette Week]] |access-date=9 July 2022 |date=8 July 2022}}</ref><ref name=juhw2>{{cite web |title=Oregon GOP taps new leader after another chair resigns |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2022/07/07/oregon-gop-taps-new-leader-juatin-hwang-after-another-chair-herman-baertschiger-resigns/65368779007/ |publisher=[[Statesman Journal]] |access-date=9 July 2022 |date=7 July 2022}}</ref>

==Current elected officials==
===Members of Congress===

==== U.S. Senate ====

* None

Both of Oregon's [[U.S. senate|U.S. Senate]] seats have been held by Democrats since [[2008 United States Senate election in Oregon|2009]]. [[Gordon H. Smith]] was the last Republican to represent Oregon in the U.S. Senate. Elected in [[1996 United States Senate election in Oregon|1996]], Smith lost his second re-election attempt in [[2008 United States Senate election in Oregon|2008]] to [[Jeff Merkley]] who has held the seat since.

The Oregon Republican Party holds one of the state's six U.S. House seats.

====U.S. House of Representatives====
Out of the six seats Oregon is apportioned in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], one is held by a Republican:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!District
!Member
!Photo
|-
|[[Oregon's 2nd congressional district|2nd]]
|{{Sortname|first=Cliff|last=Bentz}}
|[[File:Cliff Bentz official photo (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|}

===Statewide offices===

* None

Oregon has not had a Republican in statewide office since 2021 after the retirement of [[Oregon Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Bev Clarno]] and the election of Democrat [[Shemia Fagan]] to replace her. Clarno replaced [[Dennis Richardson (politician)|Dennis Richardson]], the last Republican to be elected to a statewide office in Oregon, upon his death from brain cancer in 2019.

===State legislators===
The Oregon Republican Party holds 24 of 60 seats in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]] and 12 of the 30 [[Oregon Senate]] seats.  

The [[Democratic Party of Oregon]] has a supermajority in both chambers. However, Democrats do not have the 20 seats that would be required to achieve quorum without bipartisan cooperation in the Senate, as a 2/3 quorum is required.  
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====Senate====
{| class="wikitable"
! District !! Home !! Senator !! Party
|-
| [[Oregon's 1st Senate district|1]] || [[Port Orford, Oregon|Port Orford]]|| [[David Brock Smith]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 2nd Senate district|2]] || [[Cave Junction, Oregon|Cave Junction]]|| [[Noah Robinson]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 5th Senate district|5]] || [[Lincoln City, Oregon|Lincoln City]]|| [[Dick Anderson (Oregon politician)|Dick Anderson]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 6th Senate district|6]] || [[Fall Creek Lake|Fall Creek]]|| [[Cedric Ross Hayden]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 9th Senate district|9]] || [[Stayton, Oregon|Stayton]]|| [[Fred Girod]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 11th Senate district|11]] || [[Keizer, Oregon|Keizer]]|| [[Kim Thatcher]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 12th Senate district|12]] || [[Dundee, Oregon|Dundee]]|| [[Bruce Starr]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 16th Senate district|16]] || [[Tillamook, Oregon|Tillamook]]|| [[Suzanne Weber]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 26th Senate district|26]] || [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]]|| [[Daniel Bonham]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 28th Senate district|28]] || [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]]|| [[Diane Linthicum]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 29th Senate district|29]] || [[Enterprise, Oregon|Enterprise]]|| [[Todd Nash]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 30th Senate district|30]] || [[Powell Butte, Oregon|Powell Butte]]|| [[Mike McLane]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|}
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====House of Representatives====
{| class="wikitable"
! District !! Home !! Representative !! Party
|-
| [[Oregon's 1st House district|1]] || [[Gold Beach, Oregon|Gold Beach]] || [[Court Boice]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 2nd House district|2]] || [[Roseburg, Oregon|Roseburg]] || [[Virgle Osborne]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 3rd House district|3]] || [[Grants Pass, Oregon|Grants Pass]] || [[Dwayne Yunker]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 4th House district|4]] || [[Canyonville, Oregon|Canyonville]] || [[Alek Skarlatos]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 6th House district|6]] || [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]] || [[Kim Wallan]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 9th House district|9]] || [[Coos Bay, Oregon|Coos Bay]] || [[Boomer Wright]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 11th House district|11]] || [[Lebanon, Oregon|Lebanon]] || [[Jami Cate]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 12th House district|12]] || [[McKenzie Bridge, Oregon|McKenzie Bridge]] || [[Darin Harbick]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 15th House district|15]] || [[Albany, Oregon|Albany]] || [[Shelly Boshart Davis]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 17th House district|17]] || [[Scio, Oregon|Scio]] || [[Ed Diehl]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 18th House district|18]] || [[Silverton, Oregon|Silverton]] || [[Rick Lewis (politician)|Rick Lewis]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 21st House district|21]] || [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] || [[Kevin Mannix]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 23rd House district|23]] || [[Amity, Oregon|Amity]] || [[Anna Scharf]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 24th House district|24]] || [[McMinnville, Oregon|McMinnville]] || [[Lucetta Elmer]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 31st House district|31]] || [[Banks, Oregon|Banks]] || [[Darcey Edwards]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 32nd House district|32]] || [[Tillamook, Oregon|Tillamook]] || [[Cyrus Javadi]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 51st House district|51]] || [[Canby, Oregon|Canby]] || [[Christine Drazan]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 52nd House district|52]] || [[Hood River, Oregon|Hood River]] || [[Jeff Helfrich]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 55th House district|55th]] || [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]] || [[E. Werner Reschke]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 56th House district|56]] || [[Eagle Point, Oregon|Eagle Point]] || [[Emily McIntire]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 57th House district|57]] || [[Heppner, Oregon|Heppner]] || [[Greg Smith (Oregon politician)|Greg Smith]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 58th House district|58]] || [[Echo, Oregon|Echo]] || [[Bobby Levy]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 59th House district|59]] || [[Prineville, Oregon|Prineville]] || [[Vikki Breese-Iverson]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|-
| [[Oregon's 60th House district|60]] || [[Crane, Oregon|Crane]] || [[Mark Owens (Oregon politician)|Mark Owens]] || {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|}
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==== Mayors ====
Of the state's ten largest cities, one has a Republican mayor as of 2023:

* [[Medford, Oregon|Medford]] (8): '''Randy Sparacino'''<ref>See http://www.ci.medford.or.us/Members.asp?MemberID=1311 (accessed March 2021)</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kdrv.com/content/news/Former-Medford-Police-Chief-running-for-Mayor-of-Medford-570663071.html|title=Former Medford Police Chief running for Mayor of Medford}}</ref>

== Election results ==

=== Presidential ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Oregon Republican Party presidential election results
!Election
!Presidential ticket
!Votes
!Vote %
!Electoral votes
!Result
|-
|'''[[1860 United States presidential election in Oregon|1860]]'''
|[[Abraham Lincoln]]/[[Hannibal Hamlin]]
|5,344
|36.20%
|{{Composition bar|3|3}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1864 United States presidential election in Oregon|1864]]'''
|[[Abraham Lincoln]]/[[Andrew Johnson]]
|9,888
|53.90%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1868 United States presidential election in Oregon|1868]]'''
|[[Ulysses S. Grant]]/[[Schuyler Colfax]]
|10,961
|49.63%
|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1872 United States presidential election in Oregon|1872]]'''
|[[Ulysses S. Grant]]/[[Henry Wilson]]
|11,818
|58.66%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1876 United States presidential election in Oregon|1876]]'''
|[[Rutherford B. Hayes]]/[[William A. Wheeler]]
|15,214
|50.92%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1880 United States presidential election in Oregon|1880]]'''
|[[James A. Garfield]]/[[Chester A. Arthur]]
|20,619
|50.51%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1884 United States presidential election in Oregon|1884]]'''
|[[James G. Blaine]]/[[John A. Logan]]
|26,860
|50.99%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1888 United States presidential election in Oregon|1888]]'''
|[[Benjamin Harrison]]/[[Levi P. Morton]]
|33,291
|53.82%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1892 United States presidential election in Oregon|1892]]'''
|[[Benjamin Harrison]]/[[Whitelaw Reid]]
|35,002
|44.59%
|{{Composition bar|3|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1896 United States presidential election in Oregon|1896]]'''
|[[William McKinley]]/[[Garret Hobart]]
|48,779
|50.07%
|{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1900 United States presidential election in Oregon|1900]]'''
|[[William McKinley]]/[[Theodore Roosevelt]]
|46,172
|55.46%
|{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1904 United States presidential election in Oregon|1904]]'''
|[[Theodore Roosevelt]]/[[Charles W. Fairbanks]]
|60,455
|67.06%
|{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1908 United States presidential election in Oregon|1908]]'''
|[[William Howard Taft]]/[[James S. Sherman]]
|62,530
|56.39%
|{{Composition bar|4|4|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1912 United States presidential election in Oregon|1912]]'''
|[[William Howard Taft]]/[[Nicholas Murray Butler|Nicholas M. Butler]]
|34,673
|25.30%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1916 United States presidential election in Oregon|1916]]'''
|[[Charles Evans Hughes|Charles E. Hughes]]/[[Charles W. Fairbanks]]
|126,813
|48.47%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1920 United States presidential election in Oregon|1920]]'''
|[[Warren G. Harding]]/[[Calvin Coolidge]]
|143,592
|60.20%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1924 United States presidential election in Oregon|1924]]'''
|[[Calvin Coolidge]]/[[Charles G. Dawes]]
|142,579
|51.01%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1928 United States presidential election in Oregon|1928]]'''
|[[Herbert Hoover]]/[[Charles Curtis]]
|205,341
|64.18%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1932 United States presidential election in Oregon|1932]]'''
|[[Herbert Hoover]]/[[Charles Curtis]]
|136,019
|36.88%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1936 United States presidential election in Oregon|1936]]'''
|[[Alf Landon]]/[[Frank Knox]]
|122,706
|29.64%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1940 United States presidential election in Oregon|1940]]'''
|[[Wendell Willkie]]/[[Charles L. McNary]]
|219,555
|45.62%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1944 United States presidential election in Oregon|1944]]'''
|[[Thomas E. Dewey]]/[[John W. Bricker]]
|225,365
|46.94%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1948 United States presidential election in Oregon|1948]]'''
|[[Thomas E. Dewey]]/[[Earl Warren]]
|260,904
|49.78%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1952 United States presidential election in Oregon|1952]]'''
|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]/[[Richard Nixon]]
|420,815
|60.54%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1956 United States presidential election in Oregon|1956]]'''
|[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]/[[Richard Nixon]]
|406,393
|55.21%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1960 United States presidential election in Oregon|1960]]'''
|[[Richard Nixon]]/[[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]]
|408,060
|52.56%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1964 United States presidential election in Oregon|1964]]'''
|[[Barry Goldwater]]/[[William E. Miller]]
|282,779
|35.96%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1968 United States presidential election in Oregon|1968]]'''
|[[Richard Nixon]]/[[Spiro Agnew]]
|408,433
|49.83%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1972 United States presidential election in Oregon|1972]]'''
|[[Richard Nixon]]/[[Spiro Agnew]]
|486,686
|52.45%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1976 United States presidential election in Oregon|1976]]'''
|[[Gerald Ford]]/[[Bob Dole]]
|492,120
|47.78%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1980 United States presidential election in Oregon|1980]]'''
|[[Ronald Reagan]]/[[George H. W. Bush]]
|571,044
|48.33%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1984 United States presidential election in Oregon|1984]]'''
|[[Ronald Reagan]]/[[George H. W. Bush]]
|685,700
|55.91%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1988 United States presidential election in Oregon|1988]]'''
|[[George H. W. Bush]]/[[Dan Quayle]]
|560,126
|46.61%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1992 United States presidential election in Oregon|1992]]'''
|[[George H. W. Bush]]/[[Dan Quayle]]
|475,757
|32.53%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1996 United States presidential election in Oregon|1996]]'''
|[[Bob Dole]]/[[Jack Kemp]]
|538,152
|39.06%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2000 United States presidential election in Oregon|2000]]'''
|[[George W. Bush]]/[[Dick Cheney]]
|713,577
|46.52%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2004 United States presidential election in Oregon|2004]]'''
|[[George W. Bush]]/[[Dick Cheney]]
|866,831
|47.19%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2008 United States presidential election in Oregon|2008]]'''
|[[John McCain]]/[[Sarah Palin]]
|738,475
|40.40%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in Oregon|2012]]'''
|[[Mitt Romney]]/[[Paul Ryan]]
|754,175
|42.15%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Oregon|2016]]'''
|[[Donald Trump]]/[[Mike Pence]]
|782,403
|39.09%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Oregon|2020]]'''
|[[Donald Trump]]/[[Mike Pence]]
|958,448
|40.37%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in Oregon|2024]]'''
|[[Donald Trump]]/[[JD Vance]]
|919,480
|40.97%
|{{Composition bar|0|8|{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|}

=== Gubernatorial ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Oregon Republican Party gubernatorial election results
!Election
!Gubernatorial candidate
!Votes
!Vote %
!Result
|-
|'''[[1858 Oregon gubernatorial election|1858]]'''
|Endorsed E. M. Barnum ([[Democratic Party of Oregon|Democratic]])
|N/A
|N/A
|'''Did not run'''
|-
|'''[[1862 Oregon gubernatorial election|1862]]'''
|[[A. C. Gibbs]]
|7,039
|67.11%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[1866 Oregon gubernatorial election|'''1866''']]
|[[George Lemuel Woods]]
|10,316
|50.68%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1870 Oregon gubernatorial election|1870]]'''
|[[Joel Palmer]]
|11,095
|48.62%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|[[1874 Oregon gubernatorial election|'''1874''']]
|J. C. Tolman
|9,163
|36.06%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1878 Oregon gubernatorial election|1878]]'''
|[[Cornelius C. Beekman]]
|15,610
|47.69%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1882 Oregon gubernatorial election|1882]]'''
|[[Zenas Ferry Moody]]
|21,481
|51.75%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[1886 Oregon gubernatorial election|'''1886''']]
|[[Thomas R. Cornelius]]
|24,199
|44.13%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1890 Oregon gubernatorial election|1890]]'''
|[[David P. Thompson]]
|33,765
|46.45%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1894 Oregon gubernatorial election|1894]]'''
|[[William Paine Lord]]
|41,139
|47.23%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1898 Oregon gubernatorial election|1898]]'''
|[[Theodore Thurston Geer]]
|45,094
|53.22%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1902 Oregon gubernatorial election|1902]]'''
|W. J. Furnish
|41,611
|45.9%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1906 Oregon gubernatorial election|1906]]'''
|[[James Withycombe]]
|43,508
|44.99%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1910 Oregon gubernatorial election|1910]]'''
|[[Jay Bowerman]]
|48,751
|41.42%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1914 Oregon gubernatorial election|1914]]'''
|[[James Withycombe]]
|121,037
|48.80%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1918 Oregon gubernatorial election|1918]]'''
|[[James Withycombe]]
|81,067
|52.99%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1922 Oregon gubernatorial election|1922]]'''
|[[Ben W. Olcott]]
|99,164
|42.64%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1926 Oregon gubernatorial election|1926]]'''
|[[I. L. Patterson]]
|120,073
|53.14%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1930 Oregon gubernatorial election|1930]]'''
|Phil Metschan Jr.
|46,480
|18.83%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1934 Oregon gubernatorial election|1934]]'''
|[[Joe E. Dunne]]
|86,923
|28.73%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1938 Oregon gubernatorial election|1938]]'''
|[[Charles A. Sprague]]
|214,062
|57.41%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1942 Oregon gubernatorial election|1942]]'''
|[[Earl Snell]]
|220,188
|77.87%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1946 Oregon gubernatorial election|1946]]'''
|[[Earl Snell]]
|237,681
|69.06%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1948 Oregon gubernatorial special election|1948 (special)]]'''
|[[Douglas McKay]]
|271,295
|53.23%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1950 Oregon gubernatorial election|1950]]'''
|[[Douglas McKay]]
|334,160
|66.05%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1954 Oregon gubernatorial election|1954]]'''
|[[Paul L. Patterson]]
|322,522
|56.91%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1956 Oregon gubernatorial special election|1956 (special)]]'''
|[[Elmo Smith]]
|361,840
|49.48%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1958 Oregon gubernatorial election|1958]]'''
|[[Mark Hatfield]]
|331,900
|55.32%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1962 Oregon gubernatorial election|1962]]'''
|[[Mark Hatfield]]
|345,497
|54.20%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1966 Oregon gubernatorial election|1966]]'''
|[[Tom McCall]]
|377,346
|55.26%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1970 Oregon gubernatorial election|1970]]'''
|[[Tom McCall]]
|369,964
|55.52%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1974 Oregon gubernatorial election|1974]]'''
|[[Victor Atiyeh|Victor G. Atiyeh]]
|324,751
|42.14%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1978 Oregon gubernatorial election|1978]]'''
|[[Victor Atiyeh|Victor G. Atiyeh]]
|498,452
|54.90%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1982 Oregon gubernatorial election|1982]]'''
|[[Victor Atiyeh|Victor G. Atiyeh]]
|639,841
|61.41%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1986 Oregon gubernatorial election|1986]]'''
|[[Norma Paulus]]
|506,989
|47.85%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1990 Oregon gubernatorial election|1990]]'''
|[[David B. Frohnmayer|David Frohnmayer]]
|444,646
|40.0%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1994 Oregon gubernatorial election|1994]]'''
|[[Denny Smith]]
|517,874
|42.41%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1998 Oregon gubernatorial election|1998]]'''
|[[Bill Sizemore]]
|334,001
|30.01%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2002 Oregon gubernatorial election|2002]]'''
|[[Kevin Mannix]]
|581,785
|46.16%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2006 Oregon gubernatorial election|2006]]'''
|[[Ron Saxton]]
|589,748
|42.75%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2010 Oregon gubernatorial election|2010]]'''
|[[Chris Dudley]]
|694,287
|47.76%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2014 Oregon gubernatorial election|2014]]'''
|[[Dennis Richardson (politician)|Dennis Richardson]]
|648,542
|44.13%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2016 Oregon gubernatorial special election|2016 (special)]]'''
|[[Bud Pierce]]
|845,609
|43.45%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2018 Oregon gubernatorial election|2018]]'''
|[[Knute Buehler]]
|814,988
|43.65%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[2022 Oregon gubernatorial election|2022]]'''
|[[Christine Drazan]]
|850,347
|43.05%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Oregon
}}

* [[Dorchester Conference]]

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==

* Tom McCall with Steve Neal, ''Tom McCall, Maverick: an Autobiography.'' Portland, OR; Binford and Mort, 1977.
* Steve Neal, ''McNary of Oregon: A Political Biography.'' Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1985.
* Brent Walth, ''Fire at Eden's Gate: Tom McCall & the Oregon Story.'' Portland, OR: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1994.
* [https://archive.org/details/republicanleagu00goog ''Republican League Register, a Record of the Republican Party in the State of Oregon.''] Portland, OR: Register Publishing Co., 1896.

==External links==
*[https://oregon.gop/ Oregon Republican Party Website]
*[http://oregon.crnc.org/ Oregon Federation of College Republicans]

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