Jack Tibbetts on Track for First Oregon Senate Term in Apparent Victory, Pledges to Take Issues to Voters

Republican Jack Tibbetts is poised to win his first term in the Oregon Senate, leading Sierrah Williams by 16,692 votes in unofficial returns for Senate District 6. In a post on his campaign’s Facebook page, Tibbetts claimed victory and pledged to take issues directly to voters if his proposals stall in the Senate.

Tibbetts received 42,241 votes, or 60.99%. Williams, the Democratic and Working Families nominee, received 25,549 votes, or 36.89%. Libertarian Caleb Ticer received 1,414 votes, or 2.04%. The unofficial tally included 56 write-in votes, bringing the total to 69,260.

Tibbetts thanked his supporters but said Republican losses elsewhere tempered his reaction to the district result. He said he expected to pass little legislation over the next two years and would help gather signatures for ballot measures.

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“What I can’t pass on the floor of the Senate, I will work hard to put on the ballot so you can decide for yourselves,” Tibbetts wrote.

He also said he would work with Republican county committees and civic groups and support candidates for local office. He closed by urging supporters to keep political disagreements from dividing their families at Thanksgiving.

Tibbetts, a Cottage Grove-area farmer and rancher who serves on the Lane County Planning Commission, defeated state Rep. Jami Cate in the Republican primary. He previously served on the Santa Rosa City Council in California.