| The Green Papers: Oregon 2009 General 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. 111th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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| Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Ronald Lee "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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Democratic | Pavel Goberman • FEC S4OR00065: $5,000 |
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Democratic | Senator Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden • FEC S6OR00110: $2,226,038 |
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Republican | Dennis H. Hall | |||
| 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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Democratic | former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury | |||
• 3 September 2009: "Given John Kitzhaber's entry, I will not run for Governor in 2010" |
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Democratic | former Oregon Governor John A. Kitzhaber | |||
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Democratic | Roger S. Obrist | |||
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Democratic | Stephen L. "Steve" Shields | |||
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Republican | Allen Alley | |||
• 21 October 2009: "Stephanie and I have recently been confronted with some serious health concerns that need to be addressed before I undertake such a massive task as running for Governor of our great state." |
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Republican | Chris Dudley | |||
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Republican | Michael S Hotchkiss | |||
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Republican | John Lim | |||
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Progressive | Jerry Wilson | |||
| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Democratic (4 Undetermined); 1 Republican (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman David Wu • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | David Robinson • FEC H0OR01129: $6,849 |
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Democratic | Congressman David Wu • FEC H8OR01072: $361,247 |
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Republican | Stephan Andrew Brodhead • FEC H0OR01103: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Robert "Rob" Cornilles • FEC H0OR01095: $125,270 |
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Republican | Douglas Fitzgerald "Doug" Keller • FEC H0OR00014: $6,265 |
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Republican | John Christopher Kuzmanich • FEC H0OR01111: $30,476 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Republican | Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden • FEC H6OR02116: $613,120 |
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Democratic | Congressman Earl Blumenauer • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Earl Blumenauer • FEC H6OR03064: $489,809 |
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Democratic | Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio • FEC H6OR04047: $341,426 |
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Republican; (Constitution) | Jaynee L. Germond • Ran under the banner of the Constitution Party in 2008 • FEC H8OR04126: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Springfield Mayor Sidney W. "Sid" Leiken • FEC H0OR04065: $51,730 |
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Democratic | Congressman Kurt Schrader • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Democratic | Congressman Kurt Schrader • FEC H8OR05107: $545,390 |
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Republican | Lorentz "Scott" Bruun • FEC H0OR05054: Financial report not available |
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Republican | Fred Thompson • FEC H0OR05047: $110 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012 | |||||
| Democratic | Secretary of State Kate Brown • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General John R. Kroger • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012 | |||||
| Democratic; Independent Party of Oregon | Treasurer Ben Westlund • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Commissioner of Labor and Industries 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian • Appointed: 13 March 2008; first elected in a special election: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 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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Nonpartisan | Public Instruction Superintendent Susan Castillo | |||
| 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. |