| The Green Papers: Oregon 2008 General Election |
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Oregon
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Primary: Tuesday 20 May 2008 General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 7 (Winner-take-all) | |||||
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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 • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Pavel Goberman • FEC S4OR00065: $1,500 |
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Democratic | David Loera • FEC S8OR00249: Financial report not available |
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Democratic | state Speaker of the House Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley • FEC S8OR00207: $1,859,957 |
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Democratic | Candy Neville • FEC S8OR00223: Financial report not available |
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Democratic | Steven "Steve" Novick • FEC S8OR00199: $1,028,715 |
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Democratic | Roger S. Obrist • FEC S8OR00256: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Gordon Leitch • FEC S8OR00231: $13,305 |
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Republican | Senator Gordon Harold Smith • FEC S6OR00094: $4,965,833 |
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Independent Party of Oregon | John Edward Frohnmayer • FEC S8OR00215: $76,815 |
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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 • 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 (2 Undetermined, 1 Renominated, 1 Open); 1 Republican (1 Renominated) | |||||
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Democratic | Congressman David Wu • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | William Allan "Will" Hobbs • FEC H8OR01163: $9,769 |
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Democratic | Mark Welyczko • FEC H8OR01155: $7,124 |
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Democratic | Congressman David Wu • FEC H8OR01072: $696,285 |
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Republican | Claude William Chappell, IV • FEC H8OR01148: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Joel Haugen • FEC H8OR01171: Financial report not available |
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Write-in; (Republican) | Stephan Andrew Brodhead | |||
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Republican | Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary |
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Democratic | Noah I. Lemas • FEC H8OR02096: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden • FEC H6OR02116: $953,394 |
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Democratic | Congressman Earl Blumenauer • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Earl Blumenauer • FEC H6OR03064: $738,548 |
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Democratic | John Sweeney • FEC H0OR03091: Financial report not available |
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Democratic | Joseph "Lone Vet" "Joe" Walsh • FEC H8OR03037: $8,012 |
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Republican | Delia Lopez • FEC H8OR03045: Financial report not available |
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Democratic | Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 20 May 2008 Primary |
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Democratic | Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio • FEC H6OR04047: $479,150 |
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Constitution | Jaynee L. Germond • FEC H8OR04126: Financial report not available |
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| CD 5 {map} Open |
Democratic | Congressman Darlene Hooley • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Announced she would not run for re-election on Thursday 7 February 2008 |
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Democratic | Andrew Foster • FEC H8OR05123: Financial report not available |
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Democratic | Steve Marks • FEC H8OR05115: $75,927 |
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Democratic | Nancy J. Moran • FEC H8OR05131: $2,021 |
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Democratic | Richard Nathe • FEC H8OR05149: Financial report not available |
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Democratic | state Senator Kurt Schrader • FEC H8OR05107: $107,485 |
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Democratic | Richard "RJ" Wilson • FEC H8OR05156: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Mike Erickson • FEC H6OR05119: $923,514 |
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Republican | Kevin Leese Mannix • FEC H8OR05099: $187,118 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Open |
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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Democratic | state Senate Majority Leader Kate Brown | |||
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Democratic | Rick E. Metsger | |||
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Democratic | state Senator Vicki L. Walker | |||
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Democratic | Paul Damian Wells | |||
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Republican | Rick Dancer | |||
| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Open |
Democratic | Attorney General Hardy Myers • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - At term limit |
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Democratic | John R. Kroger | |||
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Democratic | state Representative Greg Macpherson | |||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Open |
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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Democratic | Ben Westlund | |||
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Republican | Allen Alley | |||
| Commissioner of Labor and Industries 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian • Appointed: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 18 May 2010 |
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Labor and Industries Commissioner Dan Gardner who was first elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006 resigned in March 2008 to take a lobbying job in Washington, D.C.. On 13 March 2008, Governor Governor Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski appointed Brad Avakian to fill the vacant office. 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. |