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

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

Democratic primary

Results

[4]

Oregon Attorney General Democratic primary, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Rosenblum 414,643 98.88
Democratic Write-ins4,6901.12
Total votes419,333 100

Republican primary

Results

[4]

Oregon Attorney General Republican primary, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Daniel Zene Crowe 220,454 98.64
Republican Write-ins3,0381.36
Total votes223,492 100

Independent Party primary

No Independent Party candidates filed to run in the primary.

Results

[4]

Oregon Attorney General Independent primary, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Write-ins7,842100
Total votes7,842 100

General Election

County results Oregon Attorney General 2016.svg
County results
Oregon Attorney General election, November 8, 2016 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Rosenblum 1,035,361 55.18%
Republican Daniel Crowe776,66441.39%
Libertarian Lars Hedbor59,6293.18%
Write-ins 4,8280.26%
Total votes1,876,482 100%

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 Paul Damian Wells 16,458 65.89
Independent 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

County results Oregon Secretary of State 2016.svg
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 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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  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). Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  34. ↑ 3% for Durbin, 2% for Zundel, 3% for Marsh.
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  36. ↑ 2% for Durbin, 2% for Zundel, 1% for Marsh.
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