Rockaway Beach, OR. – Businessman Tripp Dietrich filed to run in the 2026 Republican primary for Senate District 16 on October 8, 2025. Dietrich announced his campaign on his website.
Portland’s politicians are hell-bent on turning our state into something we won’t recognize. Tripp? He’ll be the wrench in their gears. He’s spent his life working hard, building businesses, and standing for the values that made Oregon great—long before Portland’s far-left radicals decided to rewrite history.
This isn’t Tripp’s first rodeo – literally. His great-grandfather founded the Pendleton Round-Up back when Oregon stood for something. That same pioneer spirit runs through him today.
So, while Salem politicians talk in circles, eight-generation Oregonian Howard “Tripp” Dietrich speaks straight:
“The Left wants us to apologize for who we are. Not gonna happen.”
“Now is the time for someone outside of the political circles–a business owner, employer, multi-generational Oregonian–to step up and lead.”
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