Labor-Backed Challenger Myrna Munoz Leads Incumbent for Oregon Senate District 15
15 seats in the Oregon Senate are up this year.
The Democratic and Republican primaries occurred today in Oregon to select candidates for the November 2026 general election. This post covers the races for 15 seats in the State Senate. Separate posts will be covering the primaries for federal races, statewide executive offices, every seat in the State House of Representatives, and county contests.
The general election for 15 seats in the Oregon Senate will be held on November 3, 2026.
District 3:
IT director Denise Krause won the Democratic primary with 35.5% (6,078) against attorney Tonia Moro with 34.3% (5,869), nurse practitioner Cristian Mendoza Ruvalcaba with 17.8% (3,051), Medford city councilmember Kevin Stine with 10.3% (1,766), and Pinehurst school board member Jim Crary with 2.1% (369). 17,133 votes counted.
Former Chamber of Medford/Jackson County executive Brad Hicks won the Republican primary.
District 4:
Incumbent Floyd Prozanski won the Democratic primary.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
District 6:
Nutritionist Sierrah Williams won the Democratic primary.
Lane County Planning Commissioner Jack Tibbetts won the Republican primary with 49.8% (9,359) against State Representative Jami Cate with 46.0% (8,637) and Springfield school board member Nicole De Graff with 4.2% (788). 18,784 votes counted.
District 7:
Incumbent James Manning won the Democratic primary.
Electronics technician Jake Huff won the Republican primary.
District 8:
Incumbent Sara Gelser Blouin won the Democratic primary.
2022 nominee Valerie Draper Woldeit won the Republican primary.
District 10:
Incumbent Deb Patterson won the Democratic primary.
Psychologist Angela Plowhead won the Republican primary.
District 11:
Former Salem city councilmember Virginia Stapleton won the Democratic primary with 67.6% (3,582) against former State Representative Teresa Alonso Leon with 32.4% (1,717). 5,299 votes counted.
Former State Representative Tracy Cramer won the Republican primary.
District 13:
Incumbent Courtney Neron won the Democratic primary.
Business owner Glenn Lancaster won the Republican primary.
District 15:
Education consultant Myrna Munoz won the Democratic primary with 49.6% (5,047) against incumbent Janeen Sollman with 48.1% (4,892) and healthcare consultant Nelly Donis-Purcell with 2.3% (231). 10,170 votes counted.
Engineer Harold Hutchison won the Republican primary.
District 16:
Former State Senator Rachel Armitage won the Democratic primary with 86.5% (11,786) against tax consultant Jordan Gutierrez with 8.3% (1,130) and Air Force veteran Aaron Dickie with 5.2% (714). 13,630 votes counted.
Clatsop County Commissioner Courtney Bangs won the Republican primary with 62.7% (9,940) against business owner Tripp Dietrich with 30.3% (4,802) and aerospace engineer Frank Mansfield with 7.0% (1,103). 15,845 votes counted.
District 17:
Incumbent Lisa Reynolds won the Democratic primary with 87.0% (10,337) against communications manager Autumn Sharp with 13.0% (1,550). 11,887 votes counted.
Software engineer John Chee won the Republican primary.
District 19:
Incumbent Rob Wagner won the Democratic primary.
Policy analyst Mary Dirksen won the Republican primary.
District 20:
Incumbent Mark Meek won the Democratic primary.
Oregon City school board member Michele Stroh won the Republican primary.
District 24:
Incumbent Kayse Jama won the Democratic primary.
No candidate qualified for the Republican primary.
District 26:
Business consultant Nicole Bassett won the Democratic primary with 91.8% (12,042) against design engineer Matthew Favro with 8.2% (1,077). 13,119 votes counted.
State Representative Jeffrey Helfrich won the Republican primary.