2016 Oregon elections

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Oregon Voters' Pamphlet, mailed to voters before the May 2016 primary elections.

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8, 2016. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2016.

Contents

Federal

President of the United States

Hillary Clinton won the state's 7 electoral votes.

United States House of Representatives

All five of Oregon's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2016. All five incumbents, four Democrats and one Republican, won re-election.

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic senior Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to a fourth full term in office. [1]

Attorney General

2016 Oregon Attorney General eelection
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Nominee Ellen Rosenblum Daniel Crowe
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,011,761766,753
Percentage55.0%41.7%
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Rosenblum:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Crowe:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Attorney General before election

Ellen Rosenblum
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Ellen Rosenblum
Democratic

Incumbent attorney general Ellen Rosenblum (D) was re-elected.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Results

Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Rosenblum 425,670 98.85%
Write-in 4,9731.15%
Total votes430,643 100.0%

Republican primary

Nominee

  • Daniel Zene Crowe, lawyer

Results

Republican primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Daniel Zene Crowe 227,985 98.64%
Write-in 3,1381.36%
Total votes231,123 100.0%

Independent Party primary

Results

Independent Party primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Party Ellen Rosenblum (incumbent) (write-in)4,629 54.79%
Write-in 3,82045.21%
Total votes8,449 100.0%

General election

Results

2016 Oregon Attorney General election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ellen Rosenblum (incumbent) 1,011,761 54.97% –1.20%
Republican Daniel Crowe766,75341.66%+2.52%
Libertarian Lars Hedbor58,6093.18%N/A
Write-in 3,5070.19%+0.01%
Total votes1,840,630 100.0%
Democratic hold

Governor

This election determined who fills the remaining two years of the term of Democratic governor John Kitzhaber, who was re-elected in 2014 and resigned in 2015. The incumbent governor is Democrat Kate Brown, who succeeded to the governor's office as Oregon Secretary of State. Brown won re-election; the next gubernatorial election is in 2018.

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins declined to seek election; she was appointed in March 2015 following Kate Brown's ascension to the governorship. [6]

Dennis Richardson (R) defeated Brad Avakian (D), to become the first Republican to win a statewide election in Oregon since 2002

Democratic primary

Results

[12]

Oregon Secretary of State Democratic primary, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brad Avakian 199,214 38.94
Democratic Val Hoyle 173,91533.99
Democratic Richard Devlin 134,38826.27
Democratic Write-ins4,1100.80
Total votes511,627 100

Republican primary

Results

[12]

Oregon Secretary of State Republican primary, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Richardson 260,622 77.89
Republican Sid Leiken71,99221.51
Republican Write-ins2,0060.60
Total votes334,620 100

Independent Party primary

Results

[12]

Oregon Secretary of State Independent primary, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Party Paul Damian Wells 16,458 65.89
Independent Party Write-ins8,51934.11
Total votes24,977 100

Other candidates

General election

Endorsements

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Brad
Avakian (D)		Dennis
Richardson (R)		Paul Damian
Wells (I)		OtherUndecided
DHM Research [31] October 25–29, 2016504± 4.4%27%32%3%5% [32] 28%
DHM Research [33] October 6–13, 2016600± 4%29%34%4%8% [34] 24%
iCitizen [35] September 2–7, 2016610± 4.0%29%26%4%5% [36] 36%
Clout Research [37] July 9–13, 2016701± 3.71%36%41%——12%

General Election

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County results
Oregon Secretary of State election, November 8, 2016 [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dennis Richardson 903,623 47.06%
Democratic Brad Avakian 834,52943.47%
Independent Party Paul Wells66,2103.45%
Pacific Green Alan Zundel48,9462.55%
Libertarian Sharon Durbin47,6752.48%
Constitution Michael Marsh15,3720.80%
Write-ins 3,5940.19%
Total votes1,919,949 100%

State Treasurer

Incumbent treasurer Ted Wheeler (D) is term-limited and successfully ran for mayor of Portland. Tobias Read (D) was elected to succeed him.

Legislative

The Democrats have an 18–12 majority in the Oregon State Senate in the previous session. Of 30 Senate seats, 16 were up for election. In the Oregon House of Representatives, in which Democrats hold a 35–25 majority, all 60 seats were up for election.

Ballot measures

There were seven statewide Oregon ballot measures on the November 2016 ballot: [39]

See also

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  2. ↑ "Candidate Filing Search Results – Attorney General". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ Spurr, Kyle (March 3, 2015). "Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum to run again". The Daily Astorian (Astoria, Oregon). Retrieved February 18, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Official Results - May 17, 2016, Primary Election Abstract of Votes". Oregon Secretary of State. State of Oregon. May 26, 2016.
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  9. 1 2 3 "Secretary of State candidates due at Dems brunch". Hillsboro Tribune. Hillsboro, Oregon. February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2016.
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  32. ↑ 3% for Durbin, 1% for Zundel, 1% for Marsh.
  33. ↑ dhm Research (October 13, 2016). "Oregon Public Broadcasting October State Survey" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  34. ↑ 3% for Durbin, 2% for Zundel, 3% for Marsh.
  35. ↑ icitizen (September 13, 2016). "Oregon Poll Results - September 2016". Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  36. ↑ 2% for Durbin, 2% for Zundel, 1% for Marsh.
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