The list of candidates on the ballot for the May 19 primary election was finalized last week.
March 10 was the deadline for any major party candidates who are not incumbents to file to run for state and national offices.
Minor political party candidates do not appear on the primary election ballot.
Republicans who have registered to run for the State Senate District 6 seat, currently occupied by Cedric Hayden, who
Three Republicans, including current Rep. Jami Cate, R-Lebanon, are running for Senate District 6, which covers most of Linn County, eastern Lane County and a small part of southern Marion County.
Current Sen. Cedric Hayden, R-Fall Creek, was barred from seeking reelection after participating in the 43-day walkout by Republican senators in 2023, accumulating more than 10 unexcused absences, which violated Measure 113, although he is listed as having filed for the seat by the Oregon Secretary of State.
Nicole De Graff of Marcola and Harrison “Jack” Tibbetts of Cottage Grove, both small business owners, are also in the race for the Republican nomination.
Sierrah Williams, of Sweet Home, listed as a dietician with WIC, is running unopposed as a Democrat for the seat.
Two Republicans and one Democrat are listed as candidates to run for House Seat 11, currently occupied by Cate. The 11th District covers east Linn County, including Sweet Home, Lebanon, Brownsville, Halsey and Harrisburg, along with a small slice of Marion County that includes Jefferson.
The Republicans are Ken Jackola, mayor of Lebanon and a small business owner there, and Angelita Sanchez, also a small business owner, who sits on the Sweet Home City Council.
Democrat Ivan Maluski, a Scio farmer, is running unopposed.
Challenging incumbent Janelle S. Bynum, a Democrat, for the U.S. House of Representatives 5th District seat in Oregon Zeva T. Rosenbaum of Salem, also a Democrat, and Republicans Patti Adair of Sisters, a Deschutes County Commission member, and Jonathan Lockwood of Lebanon, a political consultant and law school student.