Oregon Election Results
In a year when the number of female candidates across the country is setting records, Oregon already has more women in top state leadership positions than any other state, with track records in office to defend.
Issues like sexual assault and abortion rights that have attracted many women to join the electoral fray have become challenges for some of the Oregon candidates.
Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat seeking a second term, is up against Knute Buehler, an orthopedic surgeon who defeated nine other primary contenders and is a rare Republican candidate who favors abortion rights. Though Hillary Clinton carried the state by 11 percentage points in 2016, the race for governor is seen as a toss-up.
U.S. HouseDem. 4 won 0 leadRep. 1 won 0 leadInd. 0 won 0 lead
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Governor
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown* Kate Brown* | Democrat Dem. | 934,498 | 50.1% |
| Buehler Knute Buehler | Republican Rep. | 814,988 | 43.7% |
| Starnes Patrick Starnes | Independent Ind. | 53,392 | 2.9% |
| Chen Nick Chen | Libertarian Lib. | 28,927 | 1.6% |
| Auer Aaron Auer | Constitution Const. | 21,145 | 1.1% |
| Henry Chris Henry | Progressive Prog. | 11,013 | 0.6% |
| Others Others | 61,085 | 3.3% |
1,863,963 votes, 100% reporting (1,335 of 1,335 precincts)
* Incumbent
Results Map
Vote share
| County | Brown | Buehler | Starnes | Rpt. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multnomah | 279,384 | 83,507 | 6,309 | 100% |
| Washington | 137,886 | 97,286 | 5,535 | 100% |
| Clackamas | 91,088 | 98,468 | 4,726 | 100% |
| Lane | 96,841 | 67,737 | 5,683 | 100% |
| Marion | 55,238 | 63,323 | 3,511 | 100% |
| Jackson | 42,207 | 51,623 | 4,196 | 100% |
| Deschutes | 40,676 | 49,983 | 2,764 | 100% |
| Linn | 16,461 | 33,051 | 2,293 | 100% |
| Douglas | 11,824 | 32,413 | 2,481 | 100% |
| Yamhill | 17,931 | 24,412 | 1,503 | 100% |
| Benton | 26,592 | 14,990 | 1,225 | 100% |
| Josephine | 12,214 | 24,499 | 1,735 | 100% |
| Polk | 15,529 | 19,341 | 1,076 | 100% |
| Coos | 9,622 | 16,520 | 1,262 | 100% |
| Klamath | 6,301 | 19,134 | 1,371 | 100% |
| Columbia | 9,519 | 12,953 | 975 | 100% |
| Lincoln | 12,610 | 9,884 | 825 | 100% |
| Umatilla | 7,085 | 15,178 | 885 | 100% |
| Clatsop | 8,909 | 8,294 | 616 | 100% |
| Tillamook | 5,616 | 6,606 | 464 | 100% |
| Union | 2,877 | 7,983 | 441 | 100% |
| Curry | 4,141 | 6,474 | 443 | 100% |
| Crook | 2,285 | 8,516 | 418 | 100% |
| Wasco | 4,604 | 5,841 | 427 | 100% |
| Hood River | 6,485 | 3,789 | 271 | 100% |
| Malheur | 2,159 | 6,000 | 364 | 100% |
| Jefferson | 2,635 | 5,518 | 388 | 100% |
| Baker | 1,572 | 6,023 | 347 | 100% |
| Wallowa | 1,088 | 2,668 | 145 | 100% |
| Grant | 649 | 2,923 | 151 | 100% |
| Morrow | 844 | 2,534 | 163 | 100% |
| Lake | 476 | 2,774 | 155 | 100% |
| Harney | 584 | 2,722 | 126 | 100% |
| Gilliam | 218 | 691 | 46 | 100% |
| Sherman | 190 | 736 | 34 | 100% |
| Wheeler | 158 | 594 | 38 | 100% |
State SenateDem. 11 won 0 leadRep. 5 won 1 leadInd. 0 won 0 lead
| District Dist. | Candidate | Rpt. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 64%Heard* Rep. | 36%Souza Dem. | 100% |
| 3 | 55%Golden Dem. | 45%Gomez Rep. | 100% |
| 4 | 59%Prozanski* Dem. | 39%Rohter Rep. | 100% |
| 6 | 59%Beyer* Dem. | 41%Schwartz Rep. | 100% |
| 7 | 0%Manning* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 8 | 63%Gelser* Dem. | 35%Parks Rep. | 100% |
| 10 | 54%Winters* Rep. | 46%Patterson Dem. | 100% |
| 11 | 59%Courtney* Dem. | 41%Warnock Rep. | 100% |
| 13 | 56%Thatcher* Rep. | 44%Grider Dem. | 100% |
| 15 | 59%Riley* Dem. | 41%Flores Rep. | 100% |
| 16 | 83%Johnson* Dem. | 17%Biggs Const. | 99% |
| 17 | 0%Steiner Hayward* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 19 | 66%Wagner* Dem. | 34%Poulson Rep. | 100% |
| 20 | 52%Olsen* Rep. | 46%Gallia Dem. | 100% |
| 24 | 0%Fagan Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 26 | 50%Thomsen* Rep. | 50%Reitz Dem. | 100% |
| 30 | 72%Bentz* Rep. | 28%Kabakov Dem. | 99% |
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State HouseDem. 37 won 1 leadRep. 22 won 0 leadInd. 0 won 0 lead
| District Dist. | Candidate | Rpt. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69%Smith* Rep. | 31%Rollins Dem. | 100% |
| 2 | 66%Leif* Rep. | 34%Salter Dem. | 100% |
| 3 | 70%Wilson* Rep. | 31%Morgan Dem. | 100% |
| 4 | 0%Stark* Rep. | Uncontested | |
| 5 | 68%Marsh* Dem. | 32%Abercrombie Rep. | 100% |
| 6 | 54%Wallan Rep. | 46%Blum Atkinson Dem. | 100% |
| 7 | 61%Hayden* Rep. | 39%Inskip Dem. | 100% |
| 8 | 80%Holvey* Dem. | 20%Sherwood Lib. | 100% |
| 9 | 54%McKeown* Dem. | 46%Grier Rep. | 100% |
| 10 | 57%Gomberg* Dem. | 43%Donohue Rep. | 100% |
| 11 | 57%Wilde Dem. | 43%Herbert Rep. | 100% |
| 12 | 0%Lively* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 13 | 0%Nathanson* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 14 | 61%Fahey* Dem. | 39%Cunningham Rep. | 100% |
| 15 | 57%Boshart Davis Rep. | 39%Taylor Dem. | 100% |
| 16 | 0%Rayfield* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 17 | 72%Sprenger* Rep. | 28%Windsor-White Dem. | 100% |
| 18 | 67%Lewis* Rep. | 33%Shapiro Dem. | 100% |
| 19 | 53%Boles* Rep. | 47%Ellison Dem. | 100% |
| 20 | 54%Evans* Dem. | 47%Pierce Rep. | 100% |
| 21 | 63%Clem* Dem. | 37%Esp Rep. | 100% |
| 22 | 57%Alonso Leon* Dem. | 43%Heyen Rep. | 100% |
| 23 | 54%Nearman* Rep. | 44%Jaffer Dem. | 100% |
| 24 | 56%Noble* Rep. | 44%Moore Dem. | 100% |
| 25 | 59%Post* Rep. | 42%McCall Dem. | 100% |
| 26 | 51%Neron Dem. | 47%Vial* Rep. | 100% |
| 27 | 66%Malstrom* Dem. | 31%Pierson Ind. | 100% |
| 28 | 85%Barker* Dem. | 15%Hedbor Lib. | 100% |
| 29 | 58%McLain* Dem. | 40%Molina Rep. | 100% |
| 30 | 61%Sollman* Dem. | 31%Merritt Rep. | 100% |
| 31 | 54%Witt* Dem. | 46%Stout Rep. | 100% |
| 32 | 49%Mitchell Dem. | 43%Lower Rep. | 98% |
| 33 | 76%Greenlick* Dem. | 24%Reye Rep. | 100% |
| 34 | 69%Helm* Dem. | 26%Ngo Rep. | 100% |
| 35 | 67%Doherty* Dem. | 33%Niemeyer Rep. | 100% |
| 36 | 0%Williamson* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 37 | 53%Prusak Dem. | 47%Parrish* Rep. | 100% |
| 38 | 0%Salinas* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 39 | 59%Drazan Rep. | 41%Graser-Lindsey Dem. | 100% |
| 40 | 56%Meek* Dem. | 44%Hill Rep. | 100% |
| 41 | 0%Power* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 42 | 94%Nosse* Dem. | 6%Knight Lib. | 100% |
| 43 | 0%Sanchez* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 44 | 90%Kotek* Dem. | 11%Guerra Lib. | 100% |
| 45 | 0%Smith Warner* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 46 | 0%Keny-Guyer* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 47 | 0%Hernandez* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 48 | 70%Reardon* Dem. | 31%Yellott Rep. | 100% |
| 49 | 51%Gorsek* Dem. | 45%Hwang Rep. | 100% |
| 50 | 0%Piluso* Dem. | Uncontested | |
| 51 | 54%Bynum* Dem. | 46%Chavez-DeRemer Rep. | 100% |
| 52 | 51%Williams Dem. | 49%Helfrich* Rep. | 100% |
| 53 | 57%Zika Rep. | 43%Kiely Dem. | 100% |
| 54 | 60%Helt Rep. | 25%Boddie Dem. | 100% |
| 55 | 74%McLane* Rep. | 27%Rippberger Dem. | 100% |
| 56 | 72%Reschke* Rep. | 28%Tupper Dem. | 100% |
| 57 | 0%Smith* Rep. | Uncontested | |
| 58 | 76%Barreto* Rep. | 24%Farnam Ind. | 100% |
| 59 | 63%Bonham* Rep. | 38%Long-Curtiss Dem. | 97% |
| 60 | 0%Findley* Rep. | Uncontested | |
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Ballot Measures
Measure 105Immigration Enforcement
This measure would repeal Oregon's sanctuary law, which forbids state and local law enforcement agencies from using public resources to arrest those whose only criminal violation is that they are illegally in the United States.
| Answer | Votes | Pct. |
|---|---|---|
| No No | 1,172,774 | 63.5% |
| Yes Yes | 675,389 | 36.5% |
1,848,163 votes, 100% reporting (1,335 of 1,335 precincts)
Measure 102Use Bonds to Build Affordable Housing
| Answer | Votes | Pct. |
|---|---|---|
| Yes Yes | 981,621 | 56.7% |
| No No | 749,800 | 43.3% |
1,731,421 votes, 100% reporting (1,335 of 1,335 precincts)
Measure 103Prohibit Grocery Taxes
Both the State of Oregon, which does not have a statewide sales tax, and local governments would be barred from taxing groceries. This measure is seen as a pre-emptive strike against taxes on soda or sugary beverages.
| Answer | Votes | Pct. |
|---|---|---|
| No No | 1,006,480 | 57.4% |
| Yes Yes | 747,770 | 42.6% |
1,754,250 votes, 100% reporting (1,335 of 1,335 precincts)
Measure 104Define Raising Revenue
A three-fifths supermajority vote in each house of the legislature would be required for any measure to raise revenue through changes in tax exemptions, credits or deductions. Such majorities are already required for new taxes or tax rate increases.
| Answer | Votes | Pct. |
|---|---|---|
| No No | 1,123,270 | 65.3% |
| Yes Yes | 597,542 | 34.7% |
1,720,812 votes, 100% reporting (1,335 of 1,335 precincts)
Measure 106Ban Public Abortion Funding
Use of public funds for abortions would be barred except when the procedures are medically necessary.
| Answer | Votes | Pct. |
|---|---|---|
| No No | 1,134,074 | 64.5% |
| Yes Yes | 625,543 | 35.5% |
1,759,617 votes, 100% reporting (1,335 of 1,335 precincts)