# Dick Anderson

Dick Anderson is a Republican member of the Oregon Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oregon Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2021-01-11
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5e28a30c-5ca9-4221-a331-9321267fbae6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5e28a30c-5ca9-4221-a331-9321267fbae6 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Anderson voted against the majority of Oregon Senate Republicans 128 times; party unity 64%, the lowest of 30 in the Oregon Senate (average 93.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.12 (standard error 0.01), from 126 donors and 1,349 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.3% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,231 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 64% (93.3%). 128 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4127 Relating to Medicaid payments to reproductive health care providers; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4127/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4121 Relating to emergency management. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4121/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed. · HB 4040 Relating to health care; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4040/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Gorsek. Passed. · HB 4062 Relating to evaluating Business Oregon programs; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4062/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Pham. Passed. · HB 4007 Relating to transportation; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4007/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Lieber. Passed. · SB 1601 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1601/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. · HB 4130 Relating to farm use. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. · HB 4132 Relating to veterans; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4132/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. · HB 4153 Relating to farm stores. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4153/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Starr. Passed. · HB 4178 Relating to rounding procedures in transactions; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4178/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 93 bills: 93 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 47. 41.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 23 of 30).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 4097: Relating to the Oregon Ocean Science Trust. (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4097/
- SB 1568: Relating to perinatal services; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1568/
- HB 4060: Relating to fluorescent lamps; and declaring an emergency. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4060/
- SB 1566: Relating to the prevailing rate of wage; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1566/
- SB 1593: Relating to recreation; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1593/
- HB 4140: Relating to metal property. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4140/
- SB 1535: Relating to child care; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1535/
- SB 1573: Relating to syringe service programs. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1573/
- SB 1586: Relating to economic development; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1586/
- SB 1584: Relating to the creation of credits for the restoration of salmon habitat; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1584/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $72.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/anderson
- Campaign site: https://senatoranderson.com/
- X: https://x.com/AndersonforOR
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dick.anderson.3194
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6CEhhI4gndqyTnB2lGS-Xw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dick-anderson-8a14b515

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5e28a30c-5ca9-4221-a331-9321267fbae6