| The Green Papers: Oregon 2007 Off Year Election |
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Oregon
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Gordon Harold Smith (as candidate) • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Class 3 | Democratic | 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; re-elected: 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski (as candidate) • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Democratic (4 Undetermined); 1 Republican (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman David Wu (as candidate) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden (as candidate) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Earl Blumenauer (as candidate) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Peter A. "Pete" DeFazio (as candidate) • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Darlene Hooley (as candidate) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Secretary of State Bill Bradbury • Appointed: 1999; first elected: 2000; 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - At term limit |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Hardy Myers (as candidate) • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - At term limit |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Randall Edwards • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - At term limit |
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| Commissioner of Labor and Industries 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Labor and Industries Commissioner Dan Gardner • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 18 May 2010 |
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| If a candidate receives a majority of the vote for this non-partisan office in the May primary, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top two vote getters go to a runoff in November. [OR Revised Statutes 249.088] | |||||
| Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Public Instruction Superintendent Susan Castillo • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 18 May 2010 |
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| If a candidate receives a majority of the vote for this non-partisan office in the May primary, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top two vote getters go to a runoff in November. [OR Revised Statutes 249.088] | |||||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |