Oregon state Rep. Cyrus Javadi switches political teams, registers as a Democrat [View all]

[SouthBayDem]

Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting

To some of his colleagues and constituents, Oregon state Rep. Cyrus Javadi has been voting like a Democrat for months.

Now the former Tillamook Republican has made it official.

Javadi announced Friday that he switched his registration to the majority party this week, ahead of a Sept. 4 deadline to do so in order to run as a Democrat in next year’s election.

“Being an elected leader has never been about party loyalty to me,” Javadi said in a statement. “It’s been about how I can best fight for our community and our state.”

Read more: https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/05/oregon-state-representative-cyrus-javadi-switches-parties-now-democrat/