# Oregon's 17th Senate district

District 17 of the Oregon State Senate comprises parts of Multnomah and Washington counties encompassing much of northwest Portland and suburbs of Beaverton. It is composed of Oregon House districts 33 and 34. It is currently represented by Democrat Lisa Reynolds of Portland, who was appointed in 2024 following Elizabeth Steiner's resignation after being elected treasurer.

## Election results

District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, senators before 2013 may not represent the same constituency as today. From 1993 until 2003, the district covered parts of the Salem metropolitan area; from 2003 until 2013, it shifted to its current location on the border of Multnomah and Washington counties; and from 2013 until 2023, it moved slightly more south to encompass more of Beaverton.
The current district shifts slightly to the north and east from its previous iterations, losing most of Beaverton but gaining northern Washington County areas such as Bethany, Cedar Hills, Cedar Mill, Five Oaks, and Sylvan as well as almost all of northwest and downtown Portland.
The results are as follows:
| Year | Candidate | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent | Opponent | Party | Percent |
| 1982 | C. T. Houck | Republican | 52.9% | Jim Havel | Democratic | 47.1% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
| 1986 | C. T. Houck | Republican | 52.0% | Peter Courtney | Democratic | 48.0% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
| 1990 | Tricia Smith | Democratic | 54.3% | Don Wyant | Republican | 45.7% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
| 1994 | Shirley Stull | Republican | 55.9% | Tricia Smith | Democratic | 44.1% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
| 1998 | Peter Courtney | Democratic | 57.1% | Don Scott | Republican | 42.9% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
| 2002 | Charlie Ringo | Democratic | 54.6% | Bill Witt | Republican | 45.3% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
| 2006 | Brad Avakian | Democratic | 67.2% | Piotr Kuklinski | Republican | 28.7% | Rich Whitehead | Libertarian | 3.1% | John R. Pivarnik | Constitution | 0.8% |
| 2010 | Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | 96.9% | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | Democratic | 66.4% | John Verbeek | Republican | 33.4% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
| 2014 | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | Democratic | 65.8% | John Verbeek | Republican | 33.8% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
| 2018 | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | Democratic | 97.7% | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed | Unopposed |
| 2022 | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | Democratic | 78.9% | John Verbeek | Republican | 20.9% | No third candidate | No third candidate | No third candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate | No fourth candidate |
* ↑ Off-cycle election due to the resignation of Suzanne Bonamici upon her election to Congress representing Oregon's 1st congressional district. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward was the incumbent as she was appointed to the seat.