Alek Skarlatos
Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ryan Crane, Public domain
RepublicanIn office since Nov 2024

Alek Skarlatos

Oregon State Representative, District 4 since 2024. Ran in 3 elections between 2020 and 2024, winning 1. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Oregon State Representative, District 4Born 1992Military personnel

In office
1 yr
Since 2024
Bills became law
1
16 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
16.7%
Chamber median 9.4%
With party
98%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+89.4
Won 2026
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Economic Development, Small Business and Trade · vice chair
  • Emergency Management and Veterans
  • Rules

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 16 sponsored · 1 became law

No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Skarlatos sits in the Oregon House of Representatives

Skarlatos is closer to the center than 8% of the chamber's Republicans.

Dem. medianRep. medianSkarlatosMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: Virgle Osborne, Werner Reschke, Darin Harbick

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:59 PM ET

With Skarlatos’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Republicans98%
  • Cosponsorships of the other party's bills35%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Oregon House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Skarlatos’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

DateBillSkarlatosRep. majorityDem. majorityResult
Mar 3, 2026SB 1590: Relating to public lands; and declaring an emergency.Not votingNoYesPassed 35–12
Mar 3, 2026SB 1576: Relating to accessibility standards for housing; and prescribing an effective date.Not votingNoYesPassed 34–10
Feb 27, 2026HB 4124: Relating to the state post-secondary education system; and declaring an emergency.Not votingNoYesPassed 36–6
Feb 27, 2026HB 4089: Relating to criminal offenses related to work.Not votingNoYesPassed 33–9
Feb 19, 2026HB 4128: Relating to sale of single-family residences.NoNoYesPassed 38–16

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Skarlatos was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Oregon House of Representatives, District 4WonR+89.4R+37.3+52.1
2024Oregon House of Representatives, District 4WonR+40.5R+37.3+3.2
2022U.S. House, OR-4LostD+7.5D+14.5+7.0
2020U.S. House, OR-4LostD+5.3——

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Oregon Secretary of State and civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Campaign money, 2025–26

Raised
$113.9K
Spent
$121.2K

Source: Oregon Secretary of State (ORESTAR) filings through Oct 5, 2026Updated Oct 15, 2026, 1:03 AM ET

Campaign committees

Open committees can still raise and spend money.

Alek for Oregon
State
Active

Source: Oregon Secretary of State (ORESTAR) filings through Oct 5, 2026Updated Oct 15, 2026, 1:03 AM ET

Seats Skarlatos has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Skarlatos has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Oregon Secretary of State and civicAPI (unofficial)

In the polls

Included in 4 polls; Skarlatos’s best result was 45% (Oregon's 4th District, 2022).

Skarlatos’s polls in the database →

Source: Polls: The New York Times and Wikipedia poll lists

How we know Skarlatos

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET