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As of the 2000 Census , there are five Oregon United States congressional districts. (There are approxiately 60 State congressional districts; more information available at Oregon Election, 2006 .) FIRST DISTRICT District 1 is in the northwest corner of the state and includes some of the Portland Metropolitan Area . It includes Clatsop County , Columbia County , Washington County , Yamhill County , and part of Multnomah County . As Of 2006 , the district is represented by Democrat David Wu . SECOND DISTRICT District 2 is the largest of Oregon's districts — and the seventh largest district in the nation — covering roughly two-thirds of the state east of the Willamette Valley . It includes all of Baker , Crook , Deschutes , Gilliam , Grant , Harney , Hood River , Jackson , Jefferson , Klamath , Lake , Malheur , Morrow , Sherman , Umatilla , Union , Wallowa , Wasco , Wheeler counties and part of eastern Josephine County , including some of the Grants Pass Area . As Of 2006 , the district is represented by Republican Greg Walden . THIRD DISTRICT District 3 covers most of Multnomah County and the northern part of Clackamas County . As Of 2006 , the district is represented by Democrat Earl Blumenauer . FOURTH DISTRICT District 4 includes the southern half of the coastal counties, including Coos , Curry , Douglas , Lane , and Linn counties and most of Benton and Josephine counties. As Of 2006 , the district is represented by Democrat Peter A. DeFazio . FIFTH DISTRICT District 5 stretches from the central coast through The State Capital into southern suburbs of Portland and part of the summit of Mount Hood . It includes Lincoln County , Marion County , Polk County , Tillamook County , part of Benton County and the southern part of Clackamas County . As Of 2006 , the district is represented by Democrat Darlene Hooley . It was profiled on April 6, 2006, on the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report , as the eighteenth in the series "Better Know a District". EXTERNAL LINK |
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