Kevin Stine

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Kevin Stine

Democratic Party

Candidate, Oregon State Senate District 3

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 15, 2018

Next election

May 19, 2026

Contact

Personal website

Kevin Stine (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Oregon State Senate to represent District 3. Stine declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled on May 19, 2026.^[source]

Stine was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from Oregon. Stine was defeated by incumbent Ron Wyden in the Democratic primary.

Elections

2026

See also: Oregon State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate District 3

Jim Crary (D), Denise Krause (D), Cristian Mendoza Ruvalcaba (D), Tonia Moro (D), and Kevin Stine (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate District 3 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
		Jim Crary
		Denise Krause
	Submit photo	Cristian Mendoza Ruvalcaba
	Submit photo	Tonia Moro
		Kevin Stine

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jeff Golden (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for Oregon State Senate District 3

Brad Hicks (R) is running in the Republican primary for Oregon State Senate District 3 on May 19, 2026.

		Candidate
	Submit photo	Brad Hicks

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2018

See also: Oregon State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Oregon State Senate District 3

Jeff Golden defeated Jessica Gomez in the general election for Oregon State Senate District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Golden (D)	55.2	35,834
		Jessica Gomez (R)	44.7	29,065
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	75

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,974
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate District 3

Jeff Golden defeated Athena Goldberg, Julian Bell, and Kevin Stine in the Democratic primary for Oregon State Senate District 3 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Golden	51.5	8,385
	Submit photo	Athena Goldberg	36.5	5,946
		Julian Bell	6.4	1,048
		Kevin Stine	5.6	910

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 16,289
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon State Senate District 3

Jessica Gomez defeated Curt Ankerberg in the Republican primary for Oregon State Senate District 3 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jessica Gomez	52.3	5,626
	Submit photo	Curt Ankerberg	47.7	5,125

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 10,751
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2016

See also: United States Senate election in Oregon, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Oregon's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Ron Wyden (D) defeated Mark Callahan (R), Jim Lindsay (L), Steven Cody Reynolds (I), Eric Navickas (Progressive), and Shanti Lewallen (Working Families) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Wyden defeated Kevin Stine and Paul Weaver in the Democratic primary, Callahan defeated Sam Carpenter, Dan Laschober, and Faye Stewart to win the Republican nomination, and Reynolds defeated Marvin Sandnes in the Independent primary. The primary elections took place on May 17, 2016.

U.S. Senate, Oregon General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Ron Wyden Incumbent	56.6%	1,105,119
	Republican	Mark Callahan	33.3%	651,106
	Working Families	Shanti Lewallen	3.2%	61,915
	Independent	Steven Cody Reynolds	3%	59,516
	Pacific Green	Eric Navickas	2.5%	48,823
	Libertarian	Jim Lindsay	1.2%	23,941
	N/A	Misc.	0.1%	2,058
Total Votes				1,952,478
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Oregon Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ron Wyden Incumbent	83.6%	501,903
Kevin Stine	13%	78,287
Paul Weaver	3.4%	20,346
Total Votes		600,536
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Oregon Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mark Callahan	38.6%	123,473
Sam Carpenter	32.7%	104,494
Faye Stewart	18%	57,399
Dan Laschober	10.7%	34,157
Total Votes		319,523
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Oregon Independent Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Steven Reynolds	68.9%	10,497
Marvin Sandnes	31.1%	4,733
Total Votes		15,230
Source: Oregon Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2026

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2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Kevin Stine participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on April 5, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Kevin Stine's responses follow below.

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

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1) Housing 2) Healthcare 3) Education

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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

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Housing is my top issue as there is a drastic lack of housing options available. This causes continually rising rents and increases the amount of families struggling to get ahead.

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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Kevin Stine answered the following:

Do you believe that it's beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

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Yes. The State Legislature is not a place for on-the-job-training. It is important that legislators have a good background and knowledge in government or politics to be able to better serve their constituents.

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Do you believe it's beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

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Of course. A good legislator should build relationships with members of their own party, as well as those in the other party. No individual can make things happen by themselves, so it is important that an elected official can get backing behind the bills they are trying to push forward.

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2016

The following issues were listed on Stine's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Bernie or Hillary?: I support Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. I will preface this by one of these two MUST be the next President of the United States. We have had 25 years of conservative rule on the Supreme Court. It has brought us Bush v. Gore, Citizens United, Heller v. District of Columbia, and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. The next President will likely be the one to fill the current vacancy, and perhaps select a few more. It is vital that the slots be filled by a Democratic Party nominee. Marijuana: I believe that marijuana should be legal in this country. Support for recreational marijuana has been above 50% for a few years, and support will continue to increase. We’re throwing money away to enforce laws against a substance, that a majority of people believe should be available. The wasteful bans and law enforcement actions need to end. TPP: Ron Wyden has voted for NAFTA, CAFTA, the China Trade Bill, and is leading the charge for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is referred by some as “NAFTA on steroids”. Free trade is not free, as the cost of these agreements have been an enormous detriment to the middle class in our country. The Economic Policy Institute reports that Oregon has lost or displaced more jobs on a percentage basis, than any other due to China entering the WTO. Health Care: Ron Wyden teamed with Paul Ryan to draft a plan to end Medicare as we know it. Medicare gives a guarantee, one that allows our senior citizens access to health care. The Wyden-Ryan plan puts us on a path to end that guarantee. The central tenet of Medicare is the linkage between the senior citizen and the guarantee, once that is broken it makes it easier to break the rest apart, whereupon the cost goes onto the senior. Social Security: Social Security is the only source of income for 14.4 million people. It is important that we ensure that is viable now, and in the future. I do not support any cuts. I would be supportive of a plan to lift the current cap that Social Security has, in which someone that makes $118,500 a year pays as much into the program as someone that makes $118.5 million a year. This will put more revenue into the system, to sustain it until 2074.	”
—Kevin Stine's campaign website, http://www.kevinstine.org/issues/

Campaign finance summary

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Kevin Stine campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2018	Oregon State Senate District 3	Lost primary	$8,332	N/A**
Grand total			$8,332	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Current members of the Oregon State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Rob Wagner

Majority Leader:Kayse Jama

Minority Leader:Bruce Starr

Senators

District 1

David Smith (R)

District 2

Noah Robinson (R)

District 3

Jeff Golden (D)

District 4

Floyd Prozanski (D)

District 5

Dick Anderson (R)

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District 7

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District 8

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Fred Girod (R)

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District 11

Kim Thatcher (R)

District 12

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District 13

Courtney Neron (D)

District 14

Kate Lieber (D)

District 15

Janeen Sollman (D)

District 16

Suzanne Weber (R)

District 17

Lisa Reynolds (D)

District 18

WInsvey Campos (D)

District 19

Rob Wagner (D)

District 20

Mark Meek (D)

District 21

Kathleen Taylor (D)

District 22

Lew Frederick (D)

District 23

Khanh Pham (D)

District 24

Kayse Jama (D)

District 25

Chris Gorsek (D)

District 26

Christine Drazan (R)

District 27

Anthony Broadman (D)

District 28

Diane Linthicum (R)

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