2010 Oregon gubernatorial election

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2010 Oregon gubernatorial election
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Nominee John Kitzhaber Chris Dudley
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Independent Party
Popular vote716,525694,287
Percentage49.29%47.76%
2010 Oregon gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results

Kitzhaber:     40–50%     50–60%     70–80%

Dudley:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

Ted Kulongoski
Democratic

Elected Governor

John Kitzhaber
Democratic

The 2010 Oregon gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 to elect the Governor of Oregon to a four-year term beginning on January 10, 2011. The incumbent governor, Democrat Ted Kulongoski, was ineligible to run due to term limits barring him from being elected to more than two consecutive terms.

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The Democratic candidate John Kitzhaber, who had previously served two terms as governor from 1995 to 2003, was elected to a third term, earning a narrow victory over Republican candidate Chris Dudley and two minor party candidates. Kitzhaber's election marked the first time in Oregon's history that a person has been elected to a third term as governor.

Oregon first used its new cross-nomination system, a form of fusion voting, in the 2010 general elections. In this system, a candidate for partisan public office can be nominated by up to three political parties. [1] Kitzhaber was nominated by the Independent Party of Oregon in addition to the Democratic Party.

Almost every opinion poll throughout the election season showed a statistical tie between the two, state Republicans saw this election as the best chance to win the governorship since the last Republican governor, Victor Atiyeh, was re-elected in 1982. Once polls closed on election day, Dudley had led in early vote counts, but Kitzhaber narrowly won due to wide margins in Multnomah and Lane counties. [2] However, this remains the closest Republicans have come to winning the governorship since that election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate administeredJohn KitzhaberBill BradburyUndecided
Davis, Hibbetts & Midghall [3] May 8–10, 201053%23%22%
Survey USA [4] May 7–9, 201059%25%12%

Results

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Results by county:
  Kitzhaber
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Oregon Democratic gubernatorial primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Kitzhaber 242,545 64.78
Democratic Bill Bradbury110,29829.46
Democratic Roger Obrist16,0574.29
Democratic Write-ins5,5041.47
Total votes374,404 100.00

Republican primary

Chris Dudley sign Chris Dudley for governor lawn sign.JPG
Chris Dudley sign

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate administeredChris DudleyAllen AlleyJohn LimBill SizemoreUndecided
Davis, Hibbetts & Midghall [3] May 8–10, 201033%23%8%6%24%
Survey USA [4] May 7–9, 201042%24%8%8%14%

Results

Results by county: Dudley 30-40% 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Alley 20-30% 30-40% 40-50% Oregon Republican gubernatorial primary results by county, 2010.svg
Results by county:
  Dudley
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Alley
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
Oregon Republican gubernatorial primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chris Dudley 122,855 39.11
Republican Allen Alley99,75331.76
Republican John Lim47,33915.07
Republican Bill Sizemore23,5227.49
Republican William Ames Curtright12,4973.98
Republican Rex O. Watkins3,0600.97
Republican Write-ins2,0010.64
Republican Clark Colvin1,2060.38
Republican Darren Karr1,1270.36
Republican Bob Forthan7270.23
Total votes314,087 100.00

Independent Party primary

Oregon first used its new cross nomination system, a form of fusion voting, in the 2010 general elections. In this system, a candidate for partisan public office can be nominated by up to three political parties. [1] As a result, the Independent Party of Oregon did not file a candidate and instead chose to hold a month-long online primary in July. [6] In doing so, it became the first political party in the United States to conduct a binding statewide primary election entirely over the Internet, [7] and it was the largest nominating process ever held by an Oregon minor political party. [8] Republican Chris Dudley did not apply for the Independent Party nomination by the required date, so he was not on the ballot, but he could be written in. [6]

Candidates

Results

Independent Party of Oregon gubernatorial primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Kitzhaber 850 38.39
Independent Party Richard Esterman43819.78
Independent Party Write-ins31414.18
Independent Party None of the above31214.09
Progressive Jerry Wilson30013.55
Total votes2,214 100.00

General election

Voters' pamphlet for the 2010 general election Oregon Voters' Pamphlet 2010.jpg
Voters' pamphlet for the 2010 general election

Candidates

Campaign

Following the primaries, the two leading candidates, Dudley and Kitzhaber, campaigned separately throughout the state for the summer. Despite attempts by both campaigns to arrange a debate, the candidates could only agree on a single debate on September 30. [10] Through the end of September, the Dudley campaign had raised $5.6 million, more than twice as much as the Kitzhaber campaign. [11]

Throughout the last few months of the campaign, opinion polls showed a tight race with the lead apparently changing frequently. Due to the closeness of the race, President Barack Obama, for whom Oregon voted by a 16-percent margin in 2008, stumped for Kitzhaber; then headlined a rally at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on October 20, 2010.

Newspaper endorsements

NewspaperEndorsement
The Oregonian (Portland)John Kitzhaber [12]
Willamette Week (Portland)John Kitzhaber [13]
Portland Tribune John Kitzhaber [14]
The Register-Guard (Eugene)John Kitzhaber [15]
Statesman Journal (Salem)Chris Dudley [16]
Mail Tribune (Medford)John Kitzhaber [17]
The Bulletin (Bend)Chris Dudley [18]
East Oregonian (Pendleton)John Kitzhaber [19]
The Lake Oswego Review John Kitzhaber [20]
The News-Review (Roseburg)John Kitzhaber [21]
The Outlook (Gresham)John Kitzhaber [22]
The Daily Astorian John Kitzhaber [23]
Corvallis Gazette-Times John Kitzhaber [24]
News-Register (McMinnville)Chris Dudley [25]
The Sandy Post John Kitzhaber [26]
Beaverton Valley Times John Kitzhaber [27]
West Linn Tidings John Kitzhaber [28]

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report [29] TossupOctober 14, 2010
Rothenberg [30] TossupOctober 28, 2010
RealClearPolitics [31] TossupNovember 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball [32] Lean R (flip)October 28, 2010
CQ Politics [33] Lean DOctober 28, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredMargin of errorJohn
Kitzhaber (D)		Chris
Dudley (R)		Other candidate(s)Undecided
Davis & Hibbitts [34] October 30–31, 2010± 3.1%46%43%
Survey USA [35] October 23–28, 2010± 4.2%48%41%2%8%
Rasmussen Reports [36] October 25, 2010± 4.0%46%49%3%3%
Hibbitts [37] October 24–25, 2010± 4.4%42%45%2%12%
Elway Research [38] October 18–19, 2010± 4.4%45%44%3%5%
Public Policy Polling [39] October 16–17, 2010± 2.8%48%47%5%
Survey USA [40] October 12–14, 2010± 3.9%46%45%4%5%
Rasmussen Reports [41] October 10, 2010± 4.0%48%46%3%4%
Survey USA [42] September 12–14, 2010± 4.2%43%49%5%3%
Riley Research [43] August 31 – September 9, 2010± 5.0%40%39%5%16%
Rasmussen Reports [44] September 8, 2010± 4.0%44%49%2%5%
Rasmussen Reports [45] August 22, 2010± 4.0%44%45%3%8%
Grove Insight [46] August 18–21, 2010± 4.0%44%35%4%14%
Survey USA [47] July 25–27, 2010± 4.2%44%46%7%4%
Rasmussen Reports [48] July 26, 2010± 4.0%44%47%5%4%
Magellan Strategies [49] June 28, 2010± 3.2%40%41%10%9%
Davis, Hibbits and Midghall [50] June 21, 2010unk41%41%6%12%
Rasmussen Reports [51] June 17, 2010± 4.5%45%47%4%4%
Survey USA [52] June 7–9, 2010± 4.2%40%47%6%7%
Rasmussen Reports [53] May 20, 2010± 4.5%44%45%4%6%
Rasmussen Reports [54] April 26, 2010± 4.0%41%41%4%4%
Moore Insight [55] February 20–21, 2010± 4.0%45%33%21%
Rasmussen Reports [56] February 17, 2010± 4.5%42%36%7%15%

Results

Kitzhaber gives his victory speech after winning the Oregon governorship John Kitzhaber acceptance speech-5.jpg
Kitzhaber gives his victory speech after winning the Oregon governorship
Oregon gubernatorial election, 2010 [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John Kitzhaber 716,525 49.29% −1.43%
Republican Chris Dudley 694,28747.76%+5.01%
Constitution Greg Kord20,4751.41%−2.23%
Libertarian Wes Wagner19,0481.31%+0.09%
Write-ins3,2130.22%
Majority 22,2381.53%−6.45%
Turnout 1,453,548
Democratic hold Swing

By county

Dudley won 29 of Oregon's 36 counties. Kitzhaber won seven, including Multnomah County by a 43% margin of victory. [57]

County John Kitzhaber
Democratic		 Chris Dudley
Republican		Greg Kord
Constitution		Wes Wagner
Libertarian		Write-inMarginTotal
Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %Votes %
Baker 1,94926.8%4,81668.1%1872.6%1662.3%210.3%-2,867-39.40%7,276
Benton 21,49859.4%13,76738.0%3991.1%4481.2%770.2%7,73121.36%36,189
Clackamas 69,25044.3%83,51653.4%1,6861.1%1,5471.0%2880.2%-14,266-9.13%156,287
Clatsop 7,65451.3%6,79245.5%1961.3%1661.6%370.2%8625.78%14,913
Columbia 8,97344.4%10,30251.0%4932.4%3681.8%540.3%-1,329-6.58%20,190
Coos 10,45641.3%13,65253.9%6182.4%5832.3%340.1%-3,196-12.61%25,343
Crook 2,31426.1%6,23170.3%1521.7%1441.6%210.2%-3,917-44.20%8,862
Curry 3,98638.8%5,76156.0%2752.7%2452.4%140.1%-1,775-17.26%10,281
Deschutes 24,28938.1%37,70659.1%8611.3%8151.3%1120.2%-13,417-21.04%63,783
Douglas 14,07232.5%27,43863.3%9522.2%8071.9%660.2%-13,366-30.84%43,335
Gilliam 30832.0%62064.4%252.6%70.7%20.2%-312-32.43%962
Grant 74921.6%2,57674.3%862.5%501.4%80.2%-1,827-52.67%3,469
Harney 80023.8%2,43672.3%762.3%481.4%80.2%-1,636-48.57%3,368
Hood River 4,77856.7%3,43440.7%951.1%1031.2%170.2%1,34415.95%8,427
Jackson 32,36041.7%42,71555.0%1,3891.8%1,1171.4%1090.1%-10,355-13.33%77,690
Jefferson 2,13232.3%4,24064.2%1101.7%1101.7%100.2%-2,108-31.93%6,602
Josephine 11,55834.7%20,02560.2%1,0183.1%6461.9%430.1%-8,467-25.43%33,290
Klamath 5,82025.1%16,29570.4%5602.4%4281.8%550.2%-10,475-45.23%23,158
Lake 65821.0%2,32374.2%802.6%642.0%60.3%-1,665-53.18%3,131
Lane 81,73157.0%57,39440.0%1,8551.3%2,0451.4%4880.3%24,33716.96%143,513
Lincoln 10,48453.0%8,54043.2%3471.8%3892.0%310.2%1,9449.82%19,791
Linn 14,46634.8%'25,37061.1%8982.2%7081.7%1100.3%-10,904-26.24%41,552
Malheur 1,88424.4%5,44070.4%2463.2%1572.0%50.1%-3,556-45.99%7,732
Marion 44,79544.4%53,17752.7%1,5301.5%1,1921.2%2420.2%-8,382-8.30%100,936
Morrow 85026.8%2,18468.8%872.7%481.5%60.2%-1,334-42.02%3,175
Multnomah 198,15770.6%76,91527.4%2,1490.8%2,8791.0%7500.3%121,24243.17%280,850
Polk 12,89943.4%15,96653.7%4561.5%3361.1%670.2%-3,067-10.32%29,724
Sherman 23826.3%63470.1%151.7%171.9%10.1%-496-54.81%905
Tillamook 5,07246.0%5,60450.8%1631.5%1731.6%190.2%-532-4.82%11,031
Umatilla 6,32132.1%12,57463.8%4412.2%3201.6%470.2%-6,25331.74%19,703
Union 3,36631.6%6,86964.5%2212.1%1651.5%310.3%-3,503-32.89%10,652
Wallowa 1,08828.6%2,58167.9%792.1%431.1%90.2%-1,493-39.29%3,800
Wasco 4,02443.2%4,93853.1%1611.7%1561.7%270.3%-914-9.82%9,306
Washington 92,81149.6%89,92648.1%1,9771.1%1,9831.1%3360.2%2,8851.54%187,033
Wheeler 21628.6%50066.3%222.9%152.0%10.1%-284-37.67%754
Yamhill 14,51939.7%20,89357.2%5701.6%4921.3%610.2%-6,374-17.45%36,535
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "The Oregonian's prediction: John Kitzhaber wins Oregon governor race". The Oregonian . November 3, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
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  4. 1 2 Survey USA
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  36. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
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  39. ↑ Public Policy Polling
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  41. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  42. ↑ Survey USA
  43. ↑ Riley Research Archived September 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  44. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  45. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  46. ↑ Grove Insight
  47. ↑ Survey USA
  48. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  49. ↑ Magellan Strategies
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  51. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  52. ↑ Survey USA
  53. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  54. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  55. ↑ Moore Insight
  56. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  57. 1 2 "Official Results: November 2, 2010 General Election". records.sos.state.or.us. Retrieved April 2, 2020.

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