Dennis Michael Richardson was an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 26th Secretary of State of Oregon from 2017 until his death in 2019. Richardson was from Central Point,Oregon and served six terms in the Oregon House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He represented House District 4,which included portions of Jackson and Josephine counties,and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2014 election,losing to incumbent Democrat John Kitzhaber.
Jeffrey Alan Merkley is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Oregon since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,he served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives,which covers central Multnomah County on the eastern side of Portland;he was the speaker of the House during the last two years of his tenure.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith sought reelection to a third term. Smith was the only Republican Senator from the West Coast and the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon. He was opposed by Democrat Jeff Merkley,the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives,and David Brownlow of the Constitution Party of Oregon. Merkley won by a narrow margin,with Smith not conceding until two days after the election. Merkley became the first Democrat to win this seat since 1960,and since Smith was the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon at the time,this was the first time since 1860 that no Republicans won or held statewide office in Oregon. Merkley's inauguration marked the first time since 1967 that Democrats held both of Oregon's United States Senate seats.
Katherine Brown is an American politician and attorney who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997,three terms as the state senator from the 21st district of the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2009,three terms as majority leader of the Oregon Senate from 2003 to 2009,and two terms as Oregon Secretary of State from 2009 to 2015. She assumed the governorship upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber in 2015. She was elected to serve out the remainder of his gubernatorial term in the special election in 2016 and was reelected to a full term in 2018.
The Independent Party of Oregon (IPO) is a centrist political party in the U.S. state of Oregon with more than 140,000 registrants since its inception in January 2007. The IPO is Oregon's third-largest political party and the first political party other than the Democratic Party and Republican Party to be recognized by the state of Oregon as a major political party.
Kari Chisholm is an American political consultant and sports commentator based in Portland,Oregon. He became known for commentary on the Heisman Trophy,and his now-defunct site StiffArmTrophy.com correctly predicted the winner of the trophy every year from 2002 to 2012. He is the co-founder and publisher of BlueOregon,a defunct blog.
Beverly A. Clarno is an American politician who served as the 27th Oregon Secretary of State from 2019 to 2021. She was the only Republican statewide official in Oregon at the time. Clarno previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate. As of 2024,she is the most recent Republican to have held statewide office in Oregon.
Valerie Anne Hoyle is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district since 2023. Until 2023,she served as the commissioner of Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI).
On November 6,2012,the U.S. state of Oregon held statewide general elections for four statewide offices,both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly,and several state ballot measures.
Ellen F. Rosenblum is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Oregon Attorney General since 2012. She is the first female state attorney general in Oregon's history,and previously was a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2005 to 2011.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Oregon took place on November 4,2014,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oregon,concurrently with the election of the Governor of Oregon,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Monica Wehby is an American physician and politician from the state of Oregon. She was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate from Oregon in the 2014 election against Democratic incumbent Jeff Merkley.
Oregon Ballot Measure 91 was a 2014 ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its passage legalized the "recreational use of marijuana,based on regulation and taxation to be determined by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission".
The 2016 Oregon gubernatorial special election took place on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor of Oregon,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives,other gubernatorial elections and various state and local 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.
The 2018 Oregon gubernatorial election was held on November 6,2018,to elect the governor of Oregon to serve a full four-year term. In the 2016 special election,Democratic governor Kate Brown had been elected to serve the last two years of John Kitzhaber's term.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3,2020. Primary elections were held on May 19,2020.
The 2016 OregonSecretary of State election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the Oregon 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.
The 2020 Oregon Attorney General election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Attorney General of Oregon. 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. She was elected to a full term in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. This office is not subject to term limits,and Rosenblum won a third full term,defeating Republican activist Michael Cross who led an unsuccessful 2019 attempt to recall Governor Kate Brown.
The 2012 OregonSecretary of State election was held on November 6,2012,to elect the Oregon Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Kate Brown ran for a second term against Republican Knute Buehler. Brown and Buehler ran against each other again in the 2018 Oregon gubernatorial election.
