Bret Cecil

Bret Cecil is the Democratic candidate for Oregon House of Representatives District 1 in the November 3, 2026 general election, where he faces Republican incumbent Court Boice.[1][2] Cecil lives in Port Orford, chairs the Curry County Democratic Party, and has run for the seat before.[2][3]

Bret Cecil was born in Long Beach, California, and earned a high school diploma from Los Alamitos High School.[2] His listed career experience includes work as a farmer and rancher, veterinary assistant, medical records technician and transcriber, personal trainer and fitness instructor, property owner and manager, and builder and small-scale developer.[2] In a 2026 Ballotpedia survey, Cecil said he has lived in Port Orford, Curry County, for nearly ten years and described himself as a community organizer and volunteer, chair of the Curry County Democratic Party, a delegate to the Democratic Party of Oregon, and immediate past chair of its Stonewall Caucus.[3] He also said he is a budget committee member of the South Coast Education Services District and a member of the Coos/Curry Transit Advisory Board.[3]

Cecil was the Democratic nominee for House District 1 in 2022, when incumbent David Brock Smith won with 70.5 percent of the vote to his 29.2 percent, and again in 2024, when Boice won with 67.2 percent to his 32.5 percent.[2] He advanced from the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary with 98.0 percent of the vote.[2] In the 2026 survey, Cecil said he would hold annual in-person town hall meetings in the district, support Oregon's vote-by-mail system, and support campaign finance reform, and that he does not accept corporate contributions.[3] He named housing; health, behavioral, child and elder care; education; and transportation as the policy areas he is most passionate about.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.