Oregon 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Oregon 2009 General Election

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Oregon
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

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)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	2,530,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	1,943,699
Capital:	Salem

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Oregon State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^th 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		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

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

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th 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

CD 2 {map}		Republican	Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Earl Blumenauer • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Peter Anthony "Pete" DeFazio • First elected: 1986 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Kurt Schrader • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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

		Democratic; Independent Party of Oregon	Treasurer Ben Westlund • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

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]

		Nonpartisan	Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian • Appointed: 13 March 2008; first elected in a special election: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
	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, Final Election Cycle: 2002. A 2011 law eliminated this as an elected office effective at the end of the current Superintendent's term or resignation. This office is now an appointed position.

		Nonpartisan	Public Instruction Superintendent Susan Castillo • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 18 May 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]

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
	• Republican: 1 incumbent
Other Third Parties
	• Independent Party of Oregon: 1 incumbent
Independents
	• Nonpartisan: 2 incumbents
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.