# Cedric Hayden Cedric Hayden is a Republican member of the Oregon Senate for district 6. - Party: Republican - Seat: Oregon Senate, district 6 - Serving since: 2023-01-09 - Current term: OR 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/95da50da-34df-41f5-8900-ff8bec038272 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/95da50da-34df-41f5-8900-ff8bec038272 (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 Hayden reported $4,750 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K). ## What Hayden says (OR 2025–26 session) 2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Hayden | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.09 (standard error 0.01), from 18 donors and 990 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 15% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (OR 2025–26 session) 974 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Oregon Senate 94.2%). Party unity 86% (93.3%). 83 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-03-06 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · Third reading. Carried by Thatcher. Passed. · HB 4130 Relating to farm use. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4130/ - 2026-03-06 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · Third reading. Carried by Girod. Passed. · HB 4153 Relating to farm stores. · pass · https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/HB4153/ - 2026-03-06 · voted not voting · 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 34 bills: 34 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 30. 41.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Oregon Senate 50.2%; rank 24 of 30). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 1524: Relating to horse racing. (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2026R1/SB1524/ - SB 1211: Relating to the possession of firearms by certain persons; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1211/ - HB 3977: Relating to transportation; prescribing an effective date; providing for revenue raising that requires approval by a three-fifths majority. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3977/ - HB 3944: Relating to wildfire; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/HB3944/ - SB 1068: Relating to sex offender classification. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1068/ - SB 1018: Relating to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits; declaring an emergency. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1018/ - SB 1008: Relating to sex offenders. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1008/ - SB 1009: Relating to sex offenders. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB1009/ - SB 945: Relating to foster children. (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB945/ - SB 942: Relating to health insurance coverage for adults over the age of 26. (in committee, 2025-06-28) https://openstates.org/or/bills/2025R1/SB942/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $4,750 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-01-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/cedrichaydenOR/status/2014191846130384969 - 2025-07-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/cedrichaydenOR/status/1942735851957674273 ## Links - Official site: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/hayden - Campaign site: https://www.cedrichaydenfororegon.com/ - X: https://x.com/cedrichaydenOR - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CedricHaydenOR/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cedrichaydenor - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedric-ross-hayden-8b71a78a Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/95da50da-34df-41f5-8900-ff8bec038272