Result

Incumbent Rep. Emily McIntire (R-OR) won reelection to Oregon State House District 56 in the Nov. 3 general election. She already held the seat, keeping it under Republican control. ​

The race record lists McIntire as unopposed and the only active candidate. However, Oregon's general election results identify Democratic challenger Joshua Culbertson as her opponent.

Candidates and platforms

McIntire's campaign website says she wants to repeal legislation it describes as giving government too much power. It says she wants to restore local control over education, law enforcement, water management and forestry. The same platform says the state has too much control over education, water use, fuel costs, business and land use. It objects to what it calls an agenda that relies on higher taxes from fewer taxpayers.

In a Nov. 24, 2022, interview with KOBI-TV NBC5 and KOTI-TV NBC2, she said she was pro-life, supported the Second Amendment, and supported parents' rights in education. When she announced her candidacy, Klamath Falls News reported that she described herself as pro-agriculture, pro-free market, and pro-law enforcement. She said she wanted to push back against government overreach and seek solutions to the water and wildfire crisis in Southern Oregon.

The interview dates to Nov. 24, 2022, while the candidacy announcement concerns her initial run for the seat. Both sources describe previously stated positions rather than newly announced campaign pledges. Culbertson was the Democratic nominee for District 56. His campaign platform could not be independently verified from the sources reviewed, so no specific positions are attributed to him.

District and chamber

District 56 covers portions of southern Oregon, including parts of Jackson and Klamath counties. McIntire was first elected to the Oregon House in 2022 and won reelection in 2024. The seat was not open.

Across the supplied nationwide state House election records with a called winner, Democrats have 1,978 winners and Republicans have 1,712. Six winners are listed as independents, and one each is listed under the codes N and X.

Democratic winners outnumber Republican winners by 266 in that tally. Democrats account for 53.5% of the 3,698 called winners, or a little more than half. The tally excludes races without a called winner and has not been independently verified. It does not represent the partisan composition of Oregon's 60-member House of Representatives.

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