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Oregon › Oregon House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Oregon House District 55
FusionReschke is very likely to win: Reschke wins in more than 99 of every 100 simulations.
Simmons (D)
<1%
chance of winning
Reschke (R)
>99%
- Average margin
- R+30.3
- 80% of outcomes
- R+40 to R+21
- Partisan lean
- R+33
- Polls
- No pollsmodel only
Reschke is very likely to win: Reschke wins in more than 99 of every 100 simulations.
Simmons (D)
<1%
chance of winning
Reschke (R)
>99%
- Average margin
- R+31.4
- 80% of outcomes
- R+44 to R+19
- Partisan lean
- R+33
- Polls
- No pollsmodel only
How this race is decided
Two-thirds quorum
Each chamber needs two-thirds of its members present to do business, so a minority holding more than a third of seats can block votes by walking out. Members with ten unexcused absences in a session cannot run for re-election (Measure 113).
Range of outcomes
Final margin across our simulations; the white dashes mark the middle 80%.
The candidates
Democratic
Colby M Simmons
RepublicanIncumbent
E Werner Reschke
What goes into the forecast
Every ingredient's estimate of the final margin.
- National environment
- D+9.5Election Day forecast
- Oregon state offices
- −2.8Polls for governor, statewide and legislative races · details
- Environment here
- D+6.7Used by the fundamentals
- Swing reaching this office
- 58%Of a shift in the environment, from past legislative races since 2016
- Pacific adjustment
- −1.7How legislative races in the region have run against lean and environment lately
Each estimate is a margin before national and statewide uncertainty is simulated. Horizon blends polls, fundamentals and a little of the similar-places estimate, weighting each by how precise it is; Pulse uses polls and similar places only.
Fundamentals inputs
| Incumbency (+1 D, −1 R) | -1 |
| Fundraising edge (log ratio of individual money) | -1.04 |
| Elected-experience edge | -0.67 |
| First-term incumbent | 0 |
| Seat's last result vs. expectation | -3.79 |
| Incumbent's last result vs. expectation | -3.79 |
Polls
No public polls of this race. The forecast relies on fundamentals and on polling of similar places in the state.
The district
Lean R+33: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 70,340
- People per km²
- 4
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 32%
- White, no degree
- 57%of adults
- White 82%
- Hispanic 10%
- Black 1%
- Asian 1%
- Other / multiracial 8%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024
39,153 votes · R+39.4✓ E. Werner Reschke (R)69.6%
James Williamson (D)30.3%
2024 President Vote in this district
40,935 two-party votes · R+33.0 · R+31.5 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)66.5%
Kamala Harris (D)33.5%
2022
35,456 votes · R+37.6✓ E Werner Reschke (R)68.7%
Brian Lepore (D)31.1%
2020 Earlier district lines
42,872 votes · R+47.3✓ Vikki Breeseiverson (R)73.6%
Barbara Fontaine (D)26.4%
2020 President Vote in this district
41,132 two-party votes · R+33.1 · R+37.6 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)66.5%
Joe Biden (D)33.5%
2016 President Vote in this district
47,075 two-party votes · R+36.7 · R+38.9 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)68.3%
Hillary Clinton (D)31.7%