Citizenship Test Answers for Oregon
Four of the 128 civics questions depend on where you live. Here is how to answer them if you live in Oregon.
62. What is the capital of your state?
Answer for Oregon
Salem
This is the one state-specific answer that does not change. The three below change with elections. Every name on this page is checked each night against the congressional record and, for governors, two independent public records, and a name is left out rather than printed when the sources disagree.
23. Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?
Answer for Oregon now
- Jeff Merkley
- Ron Wyden
You only need to give one of these names.
Oregon has two U.S. senators, like every state. You only need to name one of them. Senators are elected to six-year terms, so this answer changes; give the name of a senator serving on the day of your interview.
Look up Oregon's senators at senate.gov
29. Name your U.S. representative.
Your representative depends on your congressional district, not just your state, so it is different for two people living in the same city. Look it up by ZIP code.
All 6 of Oregon's representatives, by district
| District | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 | Suzanne Bonamici |
| 2 | Cliff Bentz |
| 3 | Maxine Dexter |
| 4 | Val T. Hoyle |
| 5 | Janelle S. Bynum |
| 6 | Andrea Salinas |
If you do not know your district, the lookup below finds it from your ZIP code.
Find your representative at house.gov
Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.
61. Who is the governor of your state now?
Answer for Oregon now
Tina Kotek
Governors are elected and change, so answer with whoever is serving on the day of your
interview. Your state government's official .gov website is the reliable
place to check.
Background on Oregon
Salem is Oregon's capital, on the Willamette River, while Portland to the north is considerably larger. Oregon became the 33rd state in 1859, at the end of the migration that carried settlers two thousand miles west along the Oregon Trail. It has 6 congressional districts and 8 electoral votes, having gained a seat after the 2020 census as the population grew. Oregon was also the first state to run its elections entirely by mail, worth noting alongside the test's questions about voting: the Constitution leaves the mechanics of elections to the states, so how a ballot is cast differs from one state to the next. The capital is the fixed answer.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and it names no senator, representative or governor itself: those names change with elections, so they appear only in the answers above, which are checked every night.
The other 124 questions
Everything else on the civics test is the same no matter where you live.