2022 Oregon Commissioner of Labor election

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2022 Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries election
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Nominee Christina Stephenson Cheri Helt
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote916,455582,609
Percentage60.7%38.6%
2022 Oregon Labor Commissioner election results map by county.svg
Runoff results by county:
Stephenson:     50–55%     55–60%     60–65%     65–70%     80–85%
Helt:     50–55%     55–60%     60–65%
Commissioner of Labor and Industries before election

Val Hoyle

Elected Commissioner of Labor and Industries

Christina Stephenson

The 2022 Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries election was held on November 8, 2022, in order to elect the Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries. The election was held on a nonpartisan basis. Nevertheless, Christina Stephenson was favored by the Democrats while Cheri Helt was favored by the Republicans.

Contents

Incumbent Commissioner Val Hoyle did not seek reelection in order to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Christina Stephenson was decisively elected to succeed her in the November runoff, defeating former state representative Cheri Helt.

Primary election

The primary election was held on May 17, 2022. Since no candidate won a majority of the vote, the top two placing candidates advanced to the general election in November.

Candidates

Prior to the election, Chris Henry withdrew from the race and endorsed Christina Stephenson. However, his name remained on the ballot. [2]

While the position of Labor Commissioner is nonpartisan, Barker, Helt, and Neuman have run for office as Republicans, while Kulla and Stephenson are Democrats. Henry is a member of the Oregon Progressive Party. [3]

Results

Primary results by county: Christina Stephenson .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} 65-70% 55-60% 50-55% 45-50% 40-45% 35-40% 30-35% 25-30% Cheri Helt 35-40% 30-35% 25-30% Casey Kulla 35-40% 2022 Oregon Labor Commissioner primary election results map by county.svg
Primary results by county:
Christina Stephenson
  •   65–70%
      55–60%
      50–55%
      45–50%
      40–45%
      35–40%
      30–35%
      25–30%
Cheri Helt
  •   35–40%
      30–35%
      25–30%
Casey Kulla
  •   35–40%
Nonpartisan election primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Christina Stephenson 421,619 47.17%
Nonpartisan Cheri Helt 171,168 19.15%
Nonpartisan Casey Kulla126,03614.10%
Nonpartisan Brent Barker101,57611.36%
Nonpartisan Robert Neuman32,3313.62%
Nonpartisan Chris Henry22,9362.57%
Nonpartisan Aaron Baca14,2171.59%
Write-in 3,9220.44%
Total votes893,805 100.00%

General election

Campaign

Although the position is officially nonpartisan, Stephenson was endorsed by Democratic Party officials, including gubernatorial nominee Tina Kotek and incumbent commissioner Val Hoyle. Helt was endorsed by Republican gubernatorial nominee Christine Drazan and independent gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson. [5]

Results

General election results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Christina Stephenson 916,455 60.74%
Nonpartisan Cheri Helt 582,60938.61%
Write-in 9,8260.65%
Total votes1,508,890 100.00%

Runoff results by county

CountyChristina Stephenson

Democratic

Cheri Helt

Republican

%#%#
Baker 44.31%2,91154.96%3,611
Benton 69.87%24,96929.45%10,526
Clackamas 56.97%92,01142.53%68,692
Clatsop 61.00%9,07738.49%5,728
Columbia 50.99%11,02148.21%10,421
Coos 49.14%11,58050.24%11,841
Crook 35.62%3,90263.32%6,935
Curry 50.90%4,88848.39%4,647
Deschutes 49.16%44,86750.45%46,050
Douglas 45.23%17,70953.75%21,047
Gilliam 44.05%31155.67%393
Grant 39.23%1,17859.47%1,786
Harney 37.87%1,01361.20%1,637
Hood River 68.11%5,61331.31%2,580
Jackson 53.45%40,63745.97%34,954
Jefferson 43.00%3,41056.22%4,458
Josephine 42.53%13,57056.74%18,103
Klamath 39.86%8,51559.41%12,690
Lake 38.58%1,13560.40%1,777
Lane 64.85%88,08834.27%46,549
Lincoln 64.50%13,38935.02%7,270
Linn 46.60%21,85752.44%24,592
Malheur 42.13%2,94657.34%4,010
Marion 54.34%54,70944.97%45,270
Morrow 40.49%1,26459.03%1,843
Multnomah 80.26%240,29619.20%57,487
Polk 54.83%17,89044.44%14,500
Sherman 35.49%25264.08%455
Tillamook 58.31%6,23240.79%4,360
Umatilla 40.13%7,83859.37%11,596
Union 42.39%4,01856.86%5,389
Wallowa 42.08%1,43057.24%1,945
Wasco 53.66%4,61945.76%3,939
Washington 66.45%132,64532.85%65,576
Wheeler 36.57%20762.72%355
Yamhill 50.74%20,45848.61%19,597

By congressional district

Stephenson won 5 of 6 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican. [7]

DistrictStephensonHeltRepresentative
1st 69%30% Suzanne Bonamici
2nd 45%54% Cliff Bentz
3rd 75%25% Earl Blumenauer
4th 61%38% Peter DeFazio (117th Congress)
Val Hoyle (118th Congress)
5th 55%44% Kurt Schrader (117th Congress)
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (118th Congress)
6th 59%41% Andrea Salinas

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