The Green Papers: Oregon 2018 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 15 May 2018
✓ General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Tuesday 6 March 2018 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
Tuesday 15 May 2018 - Primary . Polling hours end at 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. 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 Pacific.
Tuesday 28 August 2018 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor .
Tuesday 6 November 2018 - General Election . Polling hours end at 8:00p MST (0300 UTC) / 8:00p PST (0400 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. 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 Pacific.
 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:3,848,606 (1.24% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:7(1.30% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
Capital:Salem
 

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Oregon State and Local Government


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

19 November 2017: The Oregon Democratic Party decided not to allow non-affiliated voters to participate in its 2018 primary. That is, only registered Democrats can vote in the party's primary. The Oregon Independent Party is the only party that will allow non-affiliated voters to participate in their 2018 primary.


Elections calendar from the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division.

Candidate Filing Search from the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division.

The 15 May 2018 Primary is for the Democratic, Independent Party of Oregon, and Republican parties.

15 May 2018 Primary: Returns from the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division.
Results from Politico.


6 November 2018:
Candidates for 2018 General Election from the Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division.
Certified returns from the Oregon Secretary of State.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Democratic Senator Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley
First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley
FEC S8OR00207

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, 2010, 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden
FEC S6OR00110

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors

Chair up for regular election Democratic Governor Kate Brown
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
Ascended to the Governor's chair 18 February 2015 re: resignation of John A. Kitzhaber (Democratic); first elected in a Special Election: 2016.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated
 Candidate list (6, 1 write-in)
  Elected Democratic; Working Families 934,498 50.05% Governor Kate Brown
  Candidate Republican 814,988 43.65% state Representative Knute Buehler
  Candidate Independent Party of Oregon 53,392 2.86% former McKenzie School Board Member Patrick E. Starnes
30 October 2018: Asked voters to vote for Governor Kate Brown (Democratic).
  Candidate Libertarian 28,927 1.55% Nicholas J. "Nick" Chen
  Candidate Constitution 21,145 1.13% Aaron D. Auer
  Candidate Progressive 11,013 0.59% Christopher K. "Chris" Henry
  Candidate Scattering 3,034 0.16% Misc.
Total 1,866,997 100.00%  

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Democratic (4 Renominated);
1 Republican (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Suzanne M. Bonamici
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected in a Special Election: 31 January 2012 re: resignation of Congressman David Wu
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic; (Independent Party of Oregon) 231,198 63.65% Congressman Suzanne M. Bonamici
Write-in Independent Party of Oregon

FEC H2OR01133; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,033,893; Dsb $700,146
  Candidate Republican 116,446 32.06% Jan L. "John" Verbeek
FEC H8OR01262
  Candidate Libertarian; Pacific Green 15,121 4.16% Drew A. Layda
  Candidate Scattering 484 0.13% Misc.
Total 363,249 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2
Seat up for regular election
Republican Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 1998
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress
  Elected Republican 207,597 56.30% Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden
FEC H6OR02116; 26 Nov 18; Tot $5,358,026; Dsb $4,781,536
  Candidate Democratic; Working Families 145,298 39.41% former Phoenix City Manager Jamie E. McLeod-Skinner
FEC H8OR02161; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,319,724; Dsb $1,257,779
  Candidate Independent Party of Oregon 15,536 4.21% Mark R. Roberts
FEC H8OR02229
  Candidate Scattering 278 0.08% Misc.
Total 368,709 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Earl Blumenauer
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected in a special election (re: to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Ronald L. Wyden): 21 May 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic 279,019 72.60% Congressman Earl Blumenauer
FEC H6OR03064; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,475,746; Dsb $1,560,243
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 76,187 19.82% Thomas S. "Tom" Harrison, IV
FEC H8OR03102; 26 Nov 18; Tot $770; Dsb $294
  Candidate Pacific Green; Independent Party of Oregon; Progressive 21,352 5.56% Marc W. Koller
FEC H8OR03094
  Candidate Libertarian 5,767 1.50% Gary Lyndon Dye
  Candidate Constitution 1,487 0.39% Michael Paul Marsh
FEC H4OR04083
  Candidate Scattering 514 0.13% Misc.
Total 384,326 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 1986
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (4, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic; Progressive; Working Families; (Independent Party of Oregon) 208,710 55.97% Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio
Write-in Independent Party of Oregon

FEC H6OR04047; 26 Nov 18; Tot $1,762,510; Dsb $1,302,017
  Candidate Republican; Constitution 152,414 40.87% Arthur Brouhard "Art" Robinson
FEC H0OR04081; 26 Nov 18; Tot $204,614; Dsb $168,255
  Candidate Pacific Green 5,956 1.60% former Corvallis City Councilman Michael Allan "Mike" Beilstein
FEC H8OR04134
  Candidate Libertarian 5,370 1.44% Richard R. Jacobson
  Candidate Scattering 443 0.12% Misc.
Total 372,893 100.00%  

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Congressman Walter Kurt "Kurt" Schrader
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2018
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Renominated
 Candidate list (4, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress
  Elected Democratic; (Independent Party of Oregon) 197,187 55.01% Congressman Walter Kurt "Kurt" Schrader
Write-in Independent Party of Oregon

FEC H8OR05107; 26 Nov 18; Tot $2,075,844; Dsb $846,536
  Candidate Republican 149,887 41.81% Mark Allen Callahan
FEC H8OR05198; 26 Nov 18; Tot $35,313; Dsb $35,313
  Candidate Libertarian 6,054 1.69% Daniel K. "Dan" Souza
FEC H4OR05262
  Candidate Pacific Green 4,802 1.34% Marvin "Marv" Sandnes
FEC H6OR05192
  Candidate Scattering 539 0.15% Misc.
Total 358,469 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Republican Secretary of State Dennis Richardson
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Democratic Attorney General Ellen F. Rosenblum
Appointed: 29 June 2012; first elected: 6 November 2012; re-elected: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Democratic Treasurer Tobias Read
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Commissioner of Labor and Industries  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall be elected for a term of four years [ORS 651.030]

Seat up for regular election
Open
Nonpartisan Labor and Industries Commissioner Bradley P. "Brad" Avakian
Appointed: 13 March 2008; first elected in a special election: 2008; re-elected: 2012, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 15 May 2018
Open Seat -
15 May 2018 Special Election Official Results
 ** Open Office (no incumbent) **
 Candidate list (3, 1 write-in)
  Elected Nonpartisan; (Democratic) 375,762 52.28% former state Representative Val Hoyle
15 May 2018: Won the election with 52% of the vote.
  Candidate Nonpartisan; (Republican) 253,977 35.34% Tualatin Mayor Lou Ogden
  Candidate Nonpartisan; (Democratic) 86,477 12.03% Union County Commissioner Jack D. Howard
  Candidate Scattering 2,520 0.35% Misc.
Total 718,736 100.00%  
  

Non-vacancy case: This office can be won at the Primary Election if; only one (1) candidate files for this office in the Primary or two (2) or more candidates file for this office and one (1) receives 50% +1 of vote. A candidate will be nominated at the Primary Election and go forward to the General Election if; two (2) or more candidates file for this office and no one receives the majority of votes at the Primary. The top two (2) vote getters are then nominated to go forward to the General Election.

That is, if one candidate receives more than 50% in the primary, that person is declared the winner. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters advance to a runoff in November.

Vacancy special cases: IF this office becomes vacant due to retirement, resignation, recall or death AND

  • 1 or 2 candidate(s) file for the Primary THEN the primary is cancelled and the candidate(s) proceed to the November election.
  • 3 or more candidate(s) file for the Primary THEN all candidates compete in the May primary. If a candidate receives a majority of the vote that candidate proceeds to the November election. 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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 4 candidates
  Republican: 2 incumbents, 3 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 4 candidates
  Pacific Green (affiliate of Green): 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Independent Party of Oregon: 3 candidates
  Progressive: 1 candidate
  Working Families: 1 candidate
Independents
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent, 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Scattering: 7 candidates
  Write-in: 1 candidate
 
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.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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