# Werner Reschke

Werner Reschke is a Republican member of the Oregon House for district 55.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Oregon House, district 55
- Serving since: 2023-01-09
- Current term: OR 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/709441c1-d716-47bc-8ac6-353abb1e039e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/709441c1-d716-47bc-8ac6-353abb1e039e (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

Reschke sits at +0.80 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.80 (standard error 0.02), from 60 donors and 1,163 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (OR 2025–26 session)

1,048 roll calls. Attendance 74% (Oregon House 88%). Party unity 96.7% (91.6%). 56 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Wright, Nosse. Passed. · HB 4075 Relating to hospital finance; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4075/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5701 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5701/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Elmer. Passed. · SB 1502 Relating to proposed legislative measures to be filed by the Secretary of State; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1502/
- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5204 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5204/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Nosse. Passed. · SB 5702 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5702/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · SB 1601 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1601/
- 2026-03-06 · voted nay · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · HB 5203 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB5203/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Sanchez. Passed. · SB 5703 Relating to state financial administration; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB5703/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Gomberg. Passed. · SB 1525 Relating to organizations relevant to Oregon's coastal resources; and prescribing an effective date. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1525/
- 2026-03-06 · voted yea · Third reading. Carried by Bowman. Passed. · SB 1501 Relating to the Moda Center; and declaring an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1501/

## Legislation (OR 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 95 bills: 95 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 136. 13.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon House 49.9%; rank 57 of 59).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 202: Urging Oregonians to avoid psychoactive drug use except for legitimate medical purposes. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SCR202/
- HB 4051: Relating to first-time homeownership; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4051/
- HB 4048: Relating to rural health care tax credits; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4048/
- HB 4130: Relating to farm use. (became law, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/
- HB 4052: Relating to a tax credit for de novo banks; and prescribing an effective date. (became law, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4052/
- SB 1214: Relating to Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural hospitals; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1214/
- HB 3975: Relating to a tax credit for de novo banks; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3975/
- HB 3965: Relating to Crater Lake-Klamath Regional Airport; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3965/
- HB 3933: Relating to funding for relief nurseries; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3933/
- HB 3914: Relating to an income tax subtraction for tips received; prescribing an effective date. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3914/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $131.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/reschke
- Campaign site: https://wernerfororegon.com/
- X: https://x.com/ewreschke
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewerner.reschke
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewernerreschke
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/e-werner-reschke-6522a938

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/709441c1-d716-47bc-8ac6-353abb1e039e