2020 Oregon elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were held on May 19, 2020. [1]

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Federal

President of the United States

Former Democratic Vice President Joseph Biden beat incumbent Republican President Donald Trump, first elected in 2016, to receive Oregon's seven electoral votes. [2]

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley, who was first elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2014, was re-elected to a third term in office. [2] [3]

United States House of Representatives

All five of Oregon's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2020. These seats were currently represented by four Democrats and one Republican. In October 2019, incumbent Republican Representative Greg Walden of the 2nd district announced that he would not seek a twelfth term. [4] All of the other incumbent Representatives won in their respective districts, and Republican Cliff Bentz won in the 2nd district. [2]

Attorney general

Incumbent Democratic attorney general Ellen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by former governor John Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012, to finish the term of her predecessor John Kroger, who resigned from office. [5] She was elected to a full term in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. This office is not subject to term limits, and Rosenblum was reelected to a third full term.

Democratic primary

Declared candidates

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Rosenblum (incumbent) 472,708 98.96%
Democratic Write-ins 4,9481.04%
Total votes477,656 100.00%

Republican primary

Declared candidates

Withdrawn candidates

  • Daniel Zene Crowe, lawyer and Republican nominee for attorney general in 2016 (withdrew candidacy effective March 13, 2020) [8] [10]

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Cross 274,387 96.67%
Republican Write-ins 9,4383.33%
Total votes283,825 100.00%

General election

Attorney General of Oregon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ellen Rosenblum (incumbent) 1,264,716 55.97%
Republican Michael Cross934,35741.35%
Libertarian Lars D H Hedbor52,0872.30%
Write-ins 8,6000.38%
Total votes2,259,760 100.00%

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Secretary of state

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Bev Clarno was originally appointed to the role by Governor Kate Brown on March 31, 2019, to finish the term of her predecessor, Dennis Richardson, who died in office. [12] Brown announced that she was only interested in appointing a successor to Richardson who wanted the day-to-day responsibilities of the office and would not run for election to a full term, a condition to which Clarno agreed upon her appointment. [13]

Republican primary

Declared candidates

Declined

Endorsements

Kim Thatcher
Newspapers

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kim Thatcher 306,126 85.65%
Republican Dave Stauffer47,70513.35%
Republican Write-ins 3,6041.01%
Total votes357,435 100.00%

Democratic primary

Declared candidates

Withdrawn candidates

Endorsements

Shemia Fagan
Statewide officials
Unions
Organizations
Newspapers
Mark Hass
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Party officials
Individuals
  • Jennifer Mohr Colett, music teacher, Beaverton School District [31]
  • Nafisa Fai, Pan African Planning Group [31]
  • Sheila Hamilton, author and journalist [31]
  • Lupita Maurer, engineer, Latino rights advocate [31]
  • Megan McMillan, Oregon Emerge graduate [31]
  • Betty Reynolds, Clackamas Community College board member [31]
  • Ryan Wruck, former 2020 candidate for Oregon secretary of state [27]
Newspapers
Jamie McLeod-Skinner
Statewide officials
State legislators
State judicial officials
Local officials
Party officials
Organizations
Individuals

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shemia Fagan 204,154 36.13%
Democratic Mark Hass 200,94235.57%
Democratic Jamie McLeod-Skinner155,32627.49%
Democratic Write-ins 4,5540.81%
Total votes564,976 100.00%

General election

Secretary of State of Oregon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shemia Fagan 1,146,370 50.31%
Republican Kim Thatcher 984,59743.21%
Green Nathalie Paravicini82,2113.61%
Libertarian Kyle Markley62,9852.76%
Write-ins 2,3620.10%
Total votes2,278,525 100.00

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State treasurer

Incumbent Democratic state treasurer Tobias Read, first elected in 2016, was reelected to a second term in office.

Democratic primary

Declared candidates

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tobias Read (incumbent) 454,147 98.67%
Democratic Write-ins 6,1311.33%
Total votes460,288 100.00%

Republican primary

Declared candidates

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeff Gudman 299,512 98.88%
Republican Write-ins 3,3831.12%
Total votes302,895 100.00%

General election

State Treasurer of Oregon
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tobias Read 1,166,703 51.68%
Republican Jeff Gudman936,91641.50%
Green Chris Henry99,8704.42%
Constitution Michael P Marsh51,8942.30%
Write-ins 2,1060.09%
Total votes2,257,489 100.00%

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Legislative

In the previous legislative session, Democrats held a majority of 18–12 in the Senate and 38–22 in the House of Representatives. Of the 30 seats in the Senate, 16 were up for re-election. All 60 seats in the House of Representatives were up for re-election. [7] After the election, Democrats held a majority 18–12 in the Senate and 37–23 in the House of Representatives. [38]

Judicial

Supreme Court

Court of Appeals

Ballot measures

There were four statewide Oregon ballot measures on the general election ballot. As a result of the election, all four measures passed. [39] [40] [41]

Polling

Measure 109
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		For Measure 109Against Measure 109Undecided
DHM Research/Oregon Public Broadcasting/The Bulletin/Oregon Psylocobin Society [lower-alpha 2] Released August 16, 2019 [lower-alpha 3] 600 (RV)± 4.9%47%46%7%

Results

MeasureDescriptionVotes
YesNo
Measure 107 Amends Constitution: Allows laws limiting political campaign contributions and expenditures, requiring disclosure of political campaign contributions and expenditures, and requiring political campaign advertisements to identify who paid for them1,763,276 (78.31%)488,413 (21.69%)
Measure 108 Increases cigarette and cigar taxes. Establishes tax on e-cigarettes and nicotine vaping devices. Funds health programs.1,535,866 (66.34%)779,311 (33.66%)
Measure 109 Allows manufacture, delivery, administration of psilocybin at supervised, licensed facilities; imposes two-year development period [42] 1,270,057 (55.75%)1,008,199 (45.25%)
Measure 110 Provides statewide addiction/recovery services; marijuana taxes partially finance; reclassifies possession/penalties for specified drugs1,333,268 (58.46%)947,313 (41.54%)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ The Oregon Psylocobin Society supported legalisation of psylocobin as laid out by Measure 109 prior to this poll's sampling period
  3. ↑ Conducted in winter of 2018

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