The Green Papers: Oregon 2019 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2019. Find 2020 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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

Oregon 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


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

The Oregon Independent Party is the only party that allowed non-affiliated voters to participate in their 2018 primary.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th 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 (4)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Jeffrey Alan "Jeff" Merkley
FEC S8OR00207; 30 Sep 19; Tot $2,416,426; Dsb $1,267,672
  Candidate Republican     Larry Wallace Reese
FEC S0OR00311
  Candidate Republican     Paul Joseph Romero, Jr.
FEC S0OR00337
  Candidate Pacific Green     Ibrahim Taher
FEC S0OR00329

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: 2018, 2022. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Kate Brown
Ascended to the Governor's chair 18 February 2015 re: resignation of John A. Kitzhaber (Democratic); first elected in a Special Election: 2016, 2018.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
4 Democratic (4 Undetermined);
1 Republican (1 Open)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Congressman Suzanne M. Bonamici
First elected in a Special Election: 31 January 2012 re: resignation of Congressman David Wu
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Ricardo "Ricky" Barajas
FEC H0OR01152
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Suzanne M. Bonamici
FEC H2OR01133; 30 Sep 19; Tot $390,568; Dsb $291,729
  Candidate Democratic     Amanda Nicole Siebe
FEC H0OR01160; 30 Sep 19; Tot $87; Dsb $145
  Candidate Republican     Bryan Anthony Tatum
FEC H0OR01178
  Candidate Non Affiliated     Rick Hofsheier
FEC H0OR01145

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2 Republican Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden
First elected: 1998
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat - 28 October 2019: "... the time has come to pursue new challenges and opportunities ... I will not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives, nor election to any other office ..."
 Candidate list (6) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     John Paul Holm
FEC H0OR02119
  Candidate Democratic     Raz Mason
  Candidate Republican     former state Senator Jason Atkinson
FEC H0OR02135
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Cliff Bentz
FEC H0OR02127
  Candidate Republican     Ken Medenbach
  Candidate Independent Party of Oregon     Mark Roberts

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Congressman Earl Blumenauer
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 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (8) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Gregory Benjamin Aller
FEC H0OR03141
  Candidate Democratic     Charles Rand "Rand" Barnett
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Earl Blumenauer
FEC H6OR03064; 30 Sep 19; Tot $684,208; Dsb $565,004
  Candidate Democratic     Albert Lee
FEC H0OR03125; 30 Sep 19; Tot $43,066; Dsb $36,543
  Candidate Democratic     Dane Wilcox
FEC H0OR03158; 30 Sep 19; Tot $100; Dsb $0
  Candidate Republican     Thomas Samuel "Tom" Harrison, IV
FEC H8OR03102; 30 Sep 19; Tot $50; Dsb $90
  Candidate Independent Party of Oregon     Marc Koller
  Candidate Non Affiliated     Edward "Ed" Baker
FEC H0OR03133

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4 Democratic Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio
First elected: 1986
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (7) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Doyle Canning
FEC H0OR04099; 30 Sep 19; Tot $67,504; Dsb $33,224
  Candidate Democratic     Cassidy Allen-Jones Clausen
FEC H0OR04115
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio
FEC H6OR04047; 30 Sep 19; Tot $944,865; Dsb $564,412
  Candidate Republican     Nelson Terna Ijih
FEC H0OR04123
  Candidate Republican     Jo Rae Perkins
FEC H6OR04203; 30 Sep 19; Tot $9,906; Dsb $7,321
  Candidate Republican     Art Robinson
  Candidate Republican     Alek Skarlatos
FEC H0OR04107; 30 Sep 19; Tot $10,358; Dsb $250

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5 Democratic Congressman Walter Kurt "Kurt" Schrader
First elected: 2008
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (5) - 117th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Milwaukie Mayor Mark Gamba
FEC H0OR05096; 30 Sep 19; Tot $77,496; Dsb $54,684
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Walter Kurt "Kurt" Schrader
FEC H8OR05107; 30 Sep 19; Tot $744,154; Dsb $327,754
  Candidate Republican     Amy Ryan Courser
FEC H0OR05104; 30 Sep 19; Tot $849; Dsb $43
  Candidate Republican     Joseph "Joey" Nations
FEC H8OR05206; 30 Sep 19; Tot $35,341; Dsb $29,863
  Candidate Republican     Angela Roman
FEC H0OR05088; 30 Sep 19; Tot $11,261; Dsb $10,334

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

  Republican Secretary of State Beverly A. "Bev" Clarno
Appointed 29 March 2020 [re: passing of Secretary of State Dennis Richardson (Republican)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Open Seat
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Mark Hass
  Candidate Democratic     former Phoenix City Manager Jamie McLeod-Skinner
15 August 2019: Candidate for Secretary of State
 26 February 2019: Secretary of State Dennis Richardson (Republican), 69, died of brain cancer. He was first elected in 2016. Governor Kate Brown (Democratic) will appoint a successor from the party of the previous office holder.
29 March 2019: Governor Kate Brown (Democratic) appoints former legislator and House Speaker Bev Clarno (Republican).
31 March 2019: Bev Clarn (Republican) is sworn. She will not run for election in 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: 2018, 2022. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall be elected for a term of four years [ORS 651.030]

  Nonpartisan; (Democratic) Labor and Industries Commissioner Val Hoyle
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
  

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): 10 incumbents, 19 candidates
  Republican: 2 incumbents, 14 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)
  Libertarian
  Pacific Green (affiliate of Green): 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  Independent Party of Oregon: 2 candidates
  Justice Party
  Pirate
  Progressive
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Non Affiliated: 2 candidates
  Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
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.

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.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Constitution of Oregon (2004 Edition)
Election Authority
  Oregon Secretary of State: Voting
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Oregon State Legislature
  Senate Democratic Leadership Fund
Democratic
  Democratic Party of Oregon
  Oregon House Democrats
Republican
  Oregon Republican Party
Third Party
  Independent Party of Oregon
  Justice Party of Oregon
  Libertarian Party of Oregon
  Libertarian Party of Oregon
  Oregon Patriot Party of the American Patriot Party
  Oregon Pirate Party
  Oregon Progressive Party Prior to 2009, was called the "Peace Party".
  Oregon Right To Life
  Pacific Green 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. September 2013: Voted to join the National Alliance of Independent American Parties.
  The Unity Party of Oregon
Media & others
  Albany Democrat-Herald
  Ashland Daily Tidings
  BlueOregan - Progressive Politics
  Gazette-Times - Corvallis
  KATU TV - ABC - Portland
  KBNZ TV - CBS - Bend
  KGW TV - NBC - Portland
  KMTR TV - NBC - Eugene
  KVAL TV - CBS - Eugene
  Newport Times-News
  News-Register - McMinnville
  Nugget Newspaper - Sisters
  Politics1.com - Oregon
  Portland Tribune
  Seaside Signal
  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 World - Coos Bay

 


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