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Andrea Salinas, a Democrat who has represented Oregon's 6th congressional district since 2023, seeks re-election in 2026 against Republican David Russ, a former mayor of Dundee.
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Andrea Salinas was born on December 6, 1969, in San Mateo, California, and grew up in Pleasant Hill. Her father emigrated from Mexico.
She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and afterward worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Harry Reid and U.S. Representatives Pete Stark and Darlene Hooley.
In 2004 she registered as a federal lobbyist on behalf of the National Treasury Employees Union, lobbying for two years before moving to Portland. She is married to Chris Ramey, and they have one child.
Andrea Salinas later worked as legislative director of the Oregon Environmental Council, left to start her own legislative consulting practice, and became Oregon vice president of the political consulting firm Strategies 360.
In September 2017 she was appointed to the 38th district seat in the Oregon House of Representatives, which includes Lake Oswego and parts of southwestern Portland, after Ann Lininger was appointed to the Clackamas County Circuit Court.
She was re-elected in 2018 and 2020, served as majority whip in the 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly and chaired the House Committee on Health Care.
In November 2021 Salinas announced her candidacy for Oregon's new congressional district, and on November 8, 2022, she won the open seat with 50.0% of the vote over Republican Mike Erickson. Together with Lori Chavez-DeRemer, she is one of the first two Hispanic women elected to Congress from Oregon.
She serves on the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
The 6th district consists of Polk and Yamhill counties along with portions of Marion County, including the state capital of Salem, and parts of Clackamas and Washington counties. Salinas won re-election there in 2024 with 53.3% of the vote, and she won the 2026 Democratic primary with 98.7%. Her Republican opponent is David Russ, a former mayor of Dundee who ran for the district in 2022 and 2024. The general election is on November 3, 2026.
