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Oregon's 4th congressional district

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Population (2000)
  
684,280

Area
  
44,499 km²

Median income
  
35,796

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Current Representative
  
Peter DeFazio (D–Springfield)

Distribution
  
69.17% urban 30.83% rural

Ethnicity
  
91.7% White 0.5% Black 1.5% Asian 4.2% Hispanic 0.2% Native American 0.2% other

Occupation
  
28.2% Blue-collar 55.2% White-collar 16.5% Gray-collar

Knute buehler speaks at oregon s 4th congressional district convention


Oregon's 4th congressional district represents the southern half of Oregon's coastal counties, including Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane, and Linn counties and most of Benton and Josephine counties.

Contents

The district has been represented by Democrat Peter A. DeFazio since 1987.

Election results

Sources (official results only):

  • Elections History from the Oregon Secretary of State website
  • Election Statistics from the website of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives

    • It is revealed in the season 7 opener of The West Wing that main character Will Bailey eventually gets elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving the people of the Oregon's 4th congressional district. In his service, he is a member of the Ways and Means Committee.

    Historical district boundaries

    The district gained most of Josephine County from the 2nd district in the 2002 redistricting, but also lost most of the Grants Pass area to the second district.

    References

    Oregon's 4th congressional district Wikipedia
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