Rep. Cyrus Javadi of Tillamook announced on Friday that he will run as a Democrat in the 2026 election, leaving behind the Oregon Republican Party. “Too many extreme politicians in today’s Republican Party have abandoned these values, which is why I made the decision to join the Democratic Party,” Javadi said in a statement. Democrats hold a voter registration edge in Javadi’s district, where more than half of registered voters come from Democratic-leaning Clatsop County. Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis, who represented a part of Javadi’s district before the 2021 redistricting, was the only coastal Democrat in the 2025 legislative session. The Evergreen PAC, the campaign arm of the House Republican caucus, said House Republicans remain committed to lowering taxes, making homeownership affordable, ending homelessness and improving student outcomes.