Election results: Lane County incumbents hold strong in Oregon Legislature

This story has been updated in line with the 11 p.m. election results released Tuesday, Nov. 8.

The nine different seats representing Lane County in the Oregon Legislative Assembly were up for vote in this Nov. 8 general election.

Senate District 4

State Sen. Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat, won reelection Tuesday.

Following the second round of results Tuesday evening, Prozanski won over Libertarian Eric Pinnell, who owns vape shops in Eugene and Springfield, with 82.24% of the votes. Pinnell has 17.06% of the vote.

Prozanski also works as a municipal prosecutor on contract with the cities of Florence, Eugene and Springfield. He is the chair of the state senate judiciary committee, and he said the most important concern he is working toward in the legislature is correcting the current dearth of public defenders available to indigent criminal defendants statewide.

Senate District 6

Republican candidate and dentist Cedric Hayden, who currently represents District 7 in the Oregon House of Representatives, was declared the winner of District 6 by the Associated Press with 65.43% of the vote after the second-round returns Tuesday evening.

He beat Democrat Ashley Pelton, who has 34.40% of the vote,

Two candidates were running for the newly outlined Oregon Senate District 6 seat that covers a largely rural region. It includes much of Linn County, portions of south, north and east Lane County, and a part of Marion County.

Last year, Hayden co-sponsored successful legislation to create a grant program to assist low-income residents and to compensate wrongfully imprisoned individuals.

Senate District 7

Incumbent State Sen. James Manning Jr., a Democrat also running on the Working Families Party ticket, won reelection following the unofficial results Tuesday evening.

Manning was declared the winner by the Associated Press with 64.23% of the votes over Republican Raquel Ivie, a pharmacy technician and auto broker, with 35.44% after the second round of returns.

"I'm honored and blessed at the same time to be able to continue representing my constituency as State Senator," Manning told The Register-Guard on Wednesday.

After learning he was re-elected, Manning said issues he wants to focus on include working to obtain universal healthcare, job creation, economic development, especially in his district's rural communities.

Manning, a U.S. Army veteran and former Eugene Water & Electric Board commissioner, was appointed to the Oregon State Senate for Senate District 7 in 2016.

House District 7

John Lively, a Democrat from Springfield, holds a a small lead Tuesday, with 51.36% over Alan Stout, a Republican who lives in Springfield, who has 48.05% of the vote after the second round of returns Tuesday. Lively represented District 12 until redistricting altered boundaries.

Lively said issues he’s focused on while in the legislature include transportation, safe routes to schools, student success, early learning, childcare and supporting small business. He served on the City Council and as mayor.

Stout said homelessness and crime are two issues he would focus on, along with affordability. Stout was born and raised in Eugene. He's lived in Springfield since 2016 where he owns a small business.

House District 8

Paul Holvey, a Democrat from Eugene, won reelection to represent District 8, based on 11 p.m. voter returns Tuesday.

Holvey has 84.64% of the votes over Michael F. Moore, a Eugene resident who won the Republican nomination, who has 15.17%.

Holvey said he wants to focus on workforce issues, along with other areas such as child care, environmental issues and responding to climate change.

House District 9

Florence resident Jerry Rust, running as a Democrat, is vying for the seat in House District 9, challenging Republican Boomer Wright, who currently represents the district.

As of 3 p.m. Wednesday, Wright holds a slight lead over Rust, with 59.29% for Wright and 40.54% for Rust.

Rust said he's concerned with issues such as transportation, housing, senior services, veterans and protecting women's rights to abortion access. Rust started the Hoedads Cooperative, a worker-owned tree planting and forestry labor cooperative based in Eugene.

Wright, who lives near Reedsport, spent 31 years in public education in various roles including teacher, coach, principal and superintendent. Issues Wright said he wants to focus on are affordable housing, workforce, childcare, education and homelessness.

House District 12

Republican Charlie Conrad won the race to become state representative for District 12, besting Michelle Emmons, who ran as a Democrat and Independent.

Following the second round of results Tuesday evening, Conrad holds a lead over Emmons with 57.55% of the vote for Conrad and 42.36% for Emmons.

Conrad declared victory in a statement following the 11 p.m. results Tuesday.

“With such a close race in the primary, I am extremely grateful to have received the overwhelming amount of support this general election,” Conrad said in a statement.

Conrad, a former law enforcement officer who now works as the operations supervisor for Lane Events Center and lives in Dexter, said he wants to focus on public safety and the economy, whether it’s improving job opportunities, combating inflation or supporting local businesses.

Conrad was the focus of a $450,000 excessive force lawsuit settlement in 2015 against the city of Springfield.

After the second batch of results, Emmons said she wishes the best for Conrad in his new role, and that she looks forward to working with him and other legislators to protect issues she cares about such as healthcare privacy, rights to reproductive choices, prioritizing small business and farm economies, and more.

"I appreciate and respect the opportunity to run a great campaign with so many individuals supporting our vision to lift rural voices and focus on solutions-based outcomes," Emmons said in a statement.

House District 13

State Rep. Nancy Nathanson, a Democrat from Eugene, won reelection, beating Republican challenger Timothy "Sean" Sutherland for House District 13.

Following the second round of results Tuesday evening, Nathanson had 65.02% of the vote and Sutherland has 34.85%.

Nathanson said she wants to continue to work for Oregonians and help communities in areas such as addressing underlying issues with homelessness, public safety and education.

House District 14

State Rep. Julie Fahey, a west Eugene Democrat and state House majority leader who represents District 14, has been reelected.

Following the second round of results Tuesday evening, Fahey has 59.52% of the votes over Republican challenger Stan Stubblefield, who has 40.30%.

Fahey was elected majority leader by the Oregon House Democrats in 2022. Fahey said she plans to continue working to address issues of concern to her constituents including housing and homelessness, the economy, education and public safety.

Louis Krauss covers breaking news for The Register-Guard. Contact him at lkrauss@registerguard.com, and follow him on Twitter @LouisKraussNews.

This article originally appeared on Register-Guard: Election results: Eugene-area races for Oregon Senate, House