Dan Farrington

Dan Farrington is the Republican candidate for Oregon House of Representatives District 17 in the November 3, 2026 general election, where he faces Democrat David Nelson in a race with no incumbent.[1][2] He has run for the Oregon House before, in 2012 and 2022.[2]

Dan Farrington holds a bachelor's degree from Oregon State University and lists Sunrise Medical Consultants, Inc. as his profession.[2] He ran for Oregon House District 21 in 2012 and lost to incumbent Brian Clem, a Democrat, who received 59 percent of the vote to Farrington's 37.2 percent.[2] In 2022 Farrington was the Republican nominee for House District 20, where incumbent Paul Evans won with 54.2 percent of the vote to his 44.1 percent; Libertarian Taylor Rickey received 1.6 percent.[2] He advanced from the May 19, 2026 Republican primary for District 17.[2]

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