The Green Papers: Oregon 2010 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 18 May 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2000 Census:3,428,543 (1.22% of 281,998,273)
Capital:Salem
Tuesday 18 May 2010 polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) / 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC) / 8:00p PDT (0300 UTC). OREGON votes by mail. Ballots must be in the hands of election workers or in an official drop-off location no later than 8 PM local time. County elections offices are open on election day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 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 PDT.
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) / 7:00a PDT (1400 UTC) to 8:00p MDT (0200 UTC) / 8:00p PDT (0300 UTC). OREGON votes by mail. Ballots must be in the hands of election workers or in an official drop-off location no later than 8 PM local time. County elections offices are open on election day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. 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 PDT.
 

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Oregon State and Local Government

The Constitution, Independent, Libertarian, Pacific Green, Progressive, and Working Families Parties nominate by convention rather than by primary.

 
           
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
Class 3
Seat up for election		 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
  Candidate Democratic     Pavel Goberman
• FEC S4OR00065: $5,000
  Candidate Democratic     Loren R. Hooker
• FEC S0OR00253: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden
• FEC S6OR00110: $2,694,632
    Republican     Samuel S. "Sam" Carpenter - apparently not a candidate
• 15 March 2010: Does not appear on any list recently provided by recognized election authorities.
• FEC S0OR00238: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Gary Shane Dinkel
• FEC S0OR00246: Financial report not available
    Republican     Dennis H. Hall - apparently not a candidate
• circa 17 January 2010: Believed to have withdrawn. Filed termination report with the FEC 31 January 2010.
• FEC S0OR00188: $510
    Republican     Kareem E. Hamdy - apparently not a candidate
• 5 March 2010: Candidacy listing removed from ORESTAR Oregon Secretary of State website.
  Candidate Republican     James Lloyd "Jim" Huffman, II
• FEC S0OR00220: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Loren Later
• FEC S0OR00261: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Robin S. Parker
• FEC S0OR00279: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Thomas Wayne "Tom" Stutzman
• FEC S0OR00212: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Keith A. Waldron
• FEC S0OR00287: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Walter H. Woodland
• FEC S0OR00295: Financial report not available
  Candidate Green     Richard "Rick" Staggenborg
• FEC S0OR00204: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Marc Delphine
• FEC S0OR00196: Financial report not available
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors
Chair up for election
Open		 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
  Candidate Democratic     former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury
    Democratic     state Representative  Brian L. Clem - apparently not a candidate
• 3 September 2009: "Given John Kitzhaber's entry, I will not run for Governor in 2010"
  Candidate Democratic     former Oregon Governor  John A. Kitzhaber
  Candidate Democratic     Roger S. Obrist
    Democratic     Clackamas County Commissioner Lynn Peterson - apparently not a candidate
    Democratic     Stephen L. "Steve" Shields - apparently not a candidate
• 19 November 2009: "I am withdrawing from the Democratic primary race for governor".
  Candidate Republican     Allen Alley
    Republican     state Senator  Jason A. Atkinson - apparently not a candidate
• 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."
  Candidate Republican     Clark S. Colvin
  Candidate Republican     William Ames Curtright
  Candidate Republican     Chris Dudley
  Candidate Republican     Bob Forthan
    Republican     Michael S Hotchkiss - apparently not a candidate
• 5 January 2010: Did Not Qualify
  Candidate Republican     Darren Karr
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator John Lim
  Candidate Republican     William L. "Bill" Sizemore
  Candidate Republican     Rex O. Watkins
  Candidate Progressive     Jerry Wilson
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Democratic (4 Undetermined);
1 Republican (1 Undetermined)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  David Wu
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     David Robinson
• FEC H0OR01129: $15,769
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  David Wu
• FEC H8OR01072: $486,522
  Candidate Republican     Stephan Andrew Brodhead
• FEC H0OR01103: $125,000
  Candidate Republican     Robert "Rob" Cornilles
• FEC H0OR01095: $230,949
  Candidate Republican     Douglas Fitzgerald "Doug" Keller
• FEC H0OR00014: $7,685
  Candidate Republican     John Christopher Kuzmanich
• FEC H0OR01111: $53,843
  Candidate Green     Chris Henry
CD 2
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman  Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Joyce B. Segers
• FEC H0OR02093: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden
• FEC H6OR02116: $859,354
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Earl Blumenauer
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Earl Blumenauer
• FEC H6OR03064: $572,496
  Candidate Democratic     John Sweeney
• FEC H0OR03091: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Delia Lopez
• FEC H8OR03045: Financial report not available
  Candidate Pacific Green     Michael Meo
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio
• First elected: 1986
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio
• FEC H6OR04047: $437,302
  Candidate Republican; (Constitution)     Jaynee L. Germond
• Ran under the banner of the Constitution Party in 2008
• FEC H8OR04126: $7,935
    Republican     Springfield Mayor  Sidney W. "Sid" Leiken - apparently not a candidate
• 3 March 2010: Decided to run for Springfield County Commissioner.
• FEC H0OR04065: $66,683
  Candidate Republican     Arthur B. "Art" Robinson
• FEC H0OR04073: Financial report not available
CD 5
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman  Kurt Schrader
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Kurt Schrader
• FEC H8OR05107: $698,098
  Candidate Republican     Lorentz "Scott" Bruun
• FEC H0OR05054: $160,346
  Candidate Republican     Fred Thompson
• FEC H0OR05047: $20,152
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
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
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
Seat up for election Democratic interim Treasurer  Ted Wheeler
• Appointed 9 March 2010 by Governor Kulongoski re: the 7 March 2010 passing of Treasurer Ben Westlund.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Next regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2012.
    Democratic     former Treasurer Jim Hill - apparently not a candidate
• 11 March 2010: Withdrew.
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Rick Metsger
  Candidate Democratic     interim Treasurer  Ted Wheeler
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Chris Telfer
  

7 March 2010: Ben Westlund, 60, lost his battle with lung cancer. He was first elected in 2008. Reference: Oregon State Treasurer Ben Westlund dies of cancer.
9 March 2010: Governor Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski appointed interim Treasurer Ted Wheeler who will serve until a special election is held on 2 November 2010.
Commissioner of Labor and Industries  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election 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
 

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
Seat up for election Nonpartisan Public Instruction Superintendent  Susan Castillo
• First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 18 May 2010
  Candidate Nonpartisan     Public Instruction Superintendent  Susan Castillo
  Candidate Nonpartisan     Ron Maurer
  
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.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 10 incumbents, 15 candidates
 • Republican: 1 incumbent, 27 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
 • Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
 • Libertarian: 1 candidate
 • Pacific Green (affiliate of Green): 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
 • Independent American (affiliate of Constitution)
 • Independent Party of Oregon
 • Progressive: 1 candidate
 • Right to Life
 • Socialist Party USA
 • Unity
 • Working Families
Independents
 • Nonpartisan: 2 incumbents, 2 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • Constitution of Oregon (2004 Edition)
Election Authority
 • Oregon Secretary of State - Elections Division
 • Oregon Secretary of State - Elections Division
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Oregon House of Representatives
 • Oregon State Legislature
 • Oregon State Senate
Democratic
 • Democratic Party of Oregon
 • Oregon House Democrats
 • Oregon House Democrats
Republican
 • Oregon Republican Party
 • Oregon Senate Republicans
Third Party
 • Independent American Party of Oregon
 • Independent Party of Oregon
 • Libertarian Party of Oregon
 • Oregon Patriot Party of the American Patriot Party
 • Oregon Progressive Party
 • Oregon Right To Life
 • Oregon Working Families Party
 • Pacific Green Party of Oregon
 • Socialist Party of Oregon
 • The Constitution Party of Oregon Effective 2006 the Oregon affiliate of the Constitution Party voted to disaffiliate from the national Constitution Party.
 • The Unity Party of Oregon
Media & others
 • Ashland Daily Tidings
 • BlueOregan - Progressive Politics
 • DC's Political Report - Oregon
 • KATU TV - ABC - Portland
 • KBNZ TV - CBS - Bend
 • KGW TV - NBC - Portland
 • KMTR TV - NBC - Eugene
 • KOBI & KOBI TV - NBC - Medford - Klamath Falls
 • KOIN TV - CBS - Portland
 • KVAL TV - CBS - Eugene
 • Mail Tribune - Medford
 • Newport Times-News
 • News-Register - McMinnville
 • Nugget Newspaper - Sisters
 • Politics1.com - Oregon
 • Portland Tribune
 • Seaside Signal
 • Statesman Journal - Salem
 • The Business Journal - Portland
 • The Curry Coastal Pilot - Brookings
 • The Daily Astorian
 • The East Oregonian - Pendleton
 • The Hermiston Herald
 • The News Guard - Lincoln City
 • The News-Review - Roseburg
 • The Oregonian - Portland
 • The Register-Guard - Eugene
 • The World - Coos Bay
 • Woodburn Independent
 

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