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Oregon 29th State Senate District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

German14.7%16.3%12.5%

English12.7%14.1%9.5%

Irish9.4%11.1%9.4%

American5.4%4.3%5.3%

Scottish2.9%3.0%1.3%

Norwegian2.6%3.1%—

Italian2.2%3.5%4.8%

French1.3%2.1%1.6%

Mexican18.6%11.5%11.3%

Guatemalan0.6%0.4%0.5%

Spanish0.6%0.4%—

Spaniard0.4%0.4%—

Puerto Rican0.2%0.4%1.8%

Salvadoran0.2%0.2%0.7%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	OR SD 29	Oregon	United States
Median age	39.1	40.6	39.1
Age 18–24	8.7%	8.5%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	19.1%	18.9%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	OR SD 29	Oregon	United States
Median household income	$67,213	$83,011	$84,427
Poverty rate	13.1%	12.0%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	21.5%	36.7%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	OR SD 29	Oregon	United States
Owner-occupied homes	68.1%	63.3%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	31.9%	36.7%	34.8%
Median home value	$287,700	$477,600	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$988	$1,525	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	41.6%	52.5%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	12.5%	7.5%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	OR SD 29	Oregon	United States
Mean commute	19.1 min	23.0 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	5.2%	5.7%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	73.4%	64.5%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.5%	2.2%	3.2%
Works from home	7.8%	19.0%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	OR SD 29	Oregon	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	18.8%	15.3%	22.3%
Spanish	16.9%	9.0%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	OR SD 29	Oregon	United States
Catholic	—	11.3%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	12.8%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	66.9%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	OR SD 29	Oregon	United States
Foreign-born residents	9.2%	9.8%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	2.8%	4.9%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	6.4%	5.0%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	7.5%	7.2%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.435	0.463	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic29.4%18,551TrumpRepublican67.3%42,487OtherAll other candidates3.4%2,133

R+37.9

Lead: 23,936
Total: 63,171
vs nation: R+36.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic31.4%20,776TrumpRepublican65.7%43,461OtherAll other candidates2.9%1,940

R+34.3

Lead: 22,685
Total: 66,177
vs nation: R+38.7

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic27.0%15,011TrumpRepublican62.9%35,029OtherAll other candidates10.1%5,652

R+35.9

Lead: 20,018
Total: 55,692
vs nation: R+38.0

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic33.9%17,420RomneyRepublican62.5%32,102OtherAll other candidates3.6%1,861

R+28.6

Lead: 14,682
Total: 51,383
vs nation: R+32.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic37.2%19,725McCainRepublican59.7%31,678OtherAll other candidates3.1%1,647

R+22.5

Lead: 11,953
Total: 53,050
vs nation: R+29.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic33.5%18,485BushRepublican65.0%35,887OtherAll other candidates1.5%850

R+31.5

Lead: 17,402
Total: 55,222
vs nation: R+29.1

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic31.7%15,607BushRepublican63.3%31,187OtherAll other candidates5.0%2,448

R+31.6

Lead: 15,580
Total: 49,242
vs nation: R+32.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic39.8%18,457DoleRepublican46.1%21,379OtherAll other candidates14.1%6,558

R+6.3

Lead: 2,922
Total: 46,394
vs nation: R+14.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+37.9MIT Election Lab
Population: 140,2572024 5-year
Population density: 8.3 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 16,999 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $67,2132024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 67.3%2024 5-year
Black: 0.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 21.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+36.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+45.6 in 1904MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Legislative (Senate) District 7, WA · twin score 92.3

presidential history

Party record book

Oregon 29th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1936

64.4%

16,817 votes · D+36.3 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 64.2%

Republican

Donald Trump2024

67.3%

42,487 votes · R+37.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 66.8%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Lyndon B. Johnson1964

22,327votes

64.0% of the vote · D+28.2 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 20,776 votes

Republican

Donald Trump2020

43,461votes

65.7% of the vote · R+34.3 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 42,487 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

William J. Bryan1896

+13.9pts D vs U.S.

Place D+7.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +13.9 pts

Republican

Donald Trump2020

+38.7pts R vs U.S.

Place R+34.3 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +38.0 pts

current representation

Current officeholders

RTodd NashState Senate · 29

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

U.S. House elections · 3 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	28.0%16,415	72.0%42,142	58,557
2020	R	27.9%17,204	72.1%44,377	61,581
2018	R	32.6%14,048	67.4%28,986	43,034

Oregon Senate District 29 returned a Republican-leaning margin of 6.4 points in 2024, reflecting a constituency that diverges from the state's urban Democratic strongholds.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 45.6 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.9 points.

A population of 140,257, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,213 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Legislative (Senate) District 7 and State Senate District 1.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Legislative (Senate) District 7

2012–2024 trajectory

State Senate District 1

2012–2024 trajectory≠ German ancestry

State Senate District 30

2012–2024 trajectory

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Oregon 29th State Senate District

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Frequently asked questions

How did Oregon 29th State Senate District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Oregon 29th State Senate District voted Republican by 37.9 points (R+37.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 63,171 votes cast, 18,551 went Democratic and 42,487 went Republican.

When did Oregon 29th State Senate District last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Oregon 29th State Senate District voted Democratic was 1964.

How many people live in Oregon 29th State Senate District?

Oregon 29th State Senate District has a population of 140,257 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Oregon 29th State Senate District?

Median household income in Oregon 29th State Senate District is $67,213 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oregon state median is $83,011.

What is the political history of Oregon 29th State Senate District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Oregon 29th State Senate District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.