2008 Oregon U.S. House District 5 Election

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Who won the 2008 Oregon U.S. House District 5 Election?

Kurt Schrader won the 2008 Oregon U.S. House District 5 Election. Kurt Schrader received 181,577 popular votes (54.25%). The main challenger was Mike Erickson (38.33%).

See the full head-to-head between Schrader and Erickson

Schrader +15.9 pts · won by 53,280 votes

Kurt Schrader DemocraticWINNER54.25%

181,577 votes

Mike Erickson Republican38.33%

128,297 votes

Sean BatesIndependent2.04%

6,830 votes

Douglas Pattersonconstitution1.96%

6,558 votes

Alex PolikoffGreen1.58%

5,272 votes

Steve MilliganLibertarian1.44%

4,814 votes

Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified August 15, 2026.