The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2002 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
1990 Census: 2,842,337(1.14% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 3,428,543(1.22% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 1,965,981
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 2,484,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 8 PM PST (0400 UTC) and 8 PM MST (0300 UTC) - OREGON is the reverse of the norm because the by far largest portion of the state is in the lagging time zone and the networks have no choice but to not consider the OREGON polls closed until 8 pm PST.
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Governor John Kitzhaber
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor).
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Republican  Senator Gordon Smith
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Class 3Democrat  Senator Ron Wyden
First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 30 January 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert Packwood (Republican): 1 October 1995 (Oregon state law does not permit the state's Governor to make temporary appointments to fill vacancies in the United States Senate)]; elected to a full term: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 4 Democrats, 1 Republican
CD 1Democrat  Congressman David Wu
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Republican  Congressman Greg Walden
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Democrat  Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Democrat  Congressman Peter A. DeFazio
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Democrat  Congressman Darlene Hooley
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
 CandidateRepublican  (pending)
Possible candidates: Craig Schelske (husband of singer Sara Evans) - announced October 2001.
Congressional District

Oregon has 36 counties and 5 congressional districts: 32 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 4 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD 1: Clatsop, Columbia, Washington and Yamhill.
  • CD 2: Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jackson, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler.
  • CD 4: Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane and Linn.
  • CD 5: Lincoln, Marion, Polk and Tillamook.

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Benton: CDs 4 and 5
  • Clackamas: CDs 1, 3 and 5
  • Josephine: CDs 2 and 4
  • Multnomah: CDs 1 and 3