State Senator
State Senate District 10; Oregon
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 65 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 142,337 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(4,254,293 ÷ 142,337) ÷ ln(50,000) = 65.7, measured against a statewide vote in OR (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Angela Plowhead is a Republican candidate for State Senator in State Senate District 10 (2024) in 2026.
Records: Government Efficiency 1 for, Government Spending Reduction 1 for, Housing Affordability 1 for,
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Deb Patterson serves in the Oregon Senate and spent more than 20 years in healthcare administration, including as executive director of the International Parish Nurse Resource Center. She holds a master of health administration from Washington University in St. Louis.
Records: Environment and Public Health 17 for, Healthcare Affordability 11 for, Corporate Accountability 9 for,
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