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Oregon state executive official elections, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 16
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: N/A (all-mail elections)
- Voter ID: N/A
- Poll times: N/A
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 6, 2018 |
| Primary: May 15, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: No polling hours (vote-by-mail) Voting in Oregon |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| Federal and state primary competitiveness State executive elections in 2018 Impact of term limits in 2018 State government trifectas and triplexes |
| Other state executive elections |
The following state executive offices were up for election in Oregon in 2018. Click on the following links to learn more about each race:
Candidates and election results
Governor
General election
General election for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Oregon on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kate Brown (D)  | 50.1 | 934,498 |
 | Knute Buehler (R) | 43.7 | 814,988 | |
 | Patrick Starnes (Independent Party of Oregon) | 2.9 | 53,392 | |
 | Nick Chen (L) | 1.5 | 28,927 | |
 | Aaron Auer (Constitution Party) | 1.1 | 21,145 | |
 | Chris Henry (Progressive Party) | 0.6 | 11,013 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 3,034 | ||
| Total votes: 1,866,997 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alex DiBlasi (G)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon
Incumbent Kate Brown defeated Ed Jones and Candace Neville in the Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kate Brown | 83.8 | 324,451 |
| Ed Jones | 8.6 | 33,464 | ||
 | Candace Neville | 7.5 | 29,110 | |
| Total votes: 387,025 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Oregon on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Knute Buehler | 46.1 | 144,103 |
 | Sam Carpenter | 29.0 | 90,572 | |
 | Greg Wooldridge | 20.2 | 63,049 | |
 | Bruce Cuff | 1.6 | 4,857 | |
 | Jeff Smith | 1.5 | 4,691 | |
 | Dave Stauffer | 0.7 | 2,096 | |
| Jonathan Edwards | 0.3 | 861 | ||
| Keenan Bohach | 0.3 | 787 | ||
| Brett Hyland | 0.2 | 755 | ||
| Jack Tacy | 0.2 | 512 | ||
| Total votes: 312,283 | |||
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Independent Party of Oregon primary election
Independent Party of Oregon primary for Governor of Oregon
Patrick Starnes defeated Skye Allen and Dan Pistoresi in the Independent Party of Oregon primary for Governor of Oregon on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Starnes | 58.7 | 6,030 |
| Skye Allen | 23.4 | 2,405 | ||
| Dan Pistoresi | 18.0 | 1,846 | ||
| Total votes: 10,281 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Shawn Liebling (Independent Party of Oregon)
Labor commissioner
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries
Val Hoyle won election outright against Lou Ogden and Jack Howard in the primary for Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Val Hoyle (Nonpartisan) | 52.5 | 375,762 |
 | Lou Ogden (Nonpartisan) | 35.5 | 253,977 | |
 | Jack Howard (Nonpartisan) | 12.1 | 86,477 | |
| Total votes: 716,216 | |||
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Context of the 2018 election
Party control in Oregon
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Democrats in Oregon gained a state government trifecta as a result of the 2012 elections by regaining control of the state House. The state House was split 30-30 after the 2010 elections. Democrats also held a trifecta from 2006 until 2010.
Oregon Party Control: 1992-2025
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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Voter information
How the primary works
A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Oregon generally utilizes a closed primary process. The selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members for presidential and legislative elections.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Poll times
Oregon is an all-mail voting state.[3] Each county provides privacy booths that voters can use to mark their ballot.[4] County clerks' offices are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. local time on Election Day.[5] Oregon is divided between the Mountain and Pacific time zones.
Registration requirements
- Check your voter registration status here.
To register to vote in Oregon, one must be a resident of Oregon, a United States citizen, and at least 16 years old. Voters must be at least 18 years old by the day of the election in order to receive a ballot.[6] Potential voters can register online or by mailing in a voter registration form to your county election office. The deadline to register is 21 days before the election.[6]
Automatic registration
Oregon implemented automatic voter registration in 2016. For more information, click here.
Online registration
- See also: Online voter registration
Oregon has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.
Same-day registration
Oregon does not allow same-day voter registration.[6]
Residency requirements
To register to vote in Oregon, you must be a resident of the state.[6]
Verification of citizenship
Oregon does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration. An individual must attest that they are a U.S. citizen when registering to vote. According to the state's voter registration application, a voter who knowingly falsely registers "can be fined up to $125,000 and/or imprisoned for up to 5 years."[7]
All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[8] Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.
Verifying your registration
The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office allows residents to check their voter registration status online by visiting this website.
Voter ID requirements
Oregon is an all-mail voting state. When registering to vote, voters must provide their driver's license number or state ID card number. If voters can not provide this information, they can print and sign a online voter registration form and mail it to their county election office to complete their registration.[3]
Early and absentee voting
Oregon conducts what are commonly referred to as all-mail elections. In Oregon, voting is conducted primarily, although not necessarily exclusively, by mail. Election officials automatically distribute mail-in ballots to eligible electors.
Impact of term limits
Two state executive seats in Oregon were up for election in 2018. In the 2018 elections, no officials were ineligible to run because of term limits.
Of the 283 state executives offices on the ballot in 2018, 131 of them were represented by incumbents who were subject to term limits. Of the 36 gubernatorial seats up for election in 2018, 13 governors—two Democrats and 11 Republicans—were term-limited and therefore unable to run for re-election. Of the 31 states with term limits that held state executives elections in 2018, some incumbents in 18 of the states were term-limited.
A total of 49 state executive officials were ineligible to run in the 2018 elections because of term limits. This represented 17 percent of the 283 total seats up for election in 2018.[9] Republicans had more than six times as many state executive officials term-limited in 2018 than Democrats. A total of seven Democrats were term-limited, while 40 Republicans were term-limited. The other two term-limited officials were nonpartisan.
Past elections
2016
The following elections took place in 2016.
- Oregon gubernatorial special election, 2016
- Oregon Attorney General election, 2016
- Oregon Treasurer election, 2016
- Oregon Secretary of State election, 2016
2014
The following elections took place in 2014.
- Oregon down ballot state executive elections, 2014
- Oregon gubernatorial election, 2014
- Oregon state executive official elections, 2014
2012
The following elections took place in 2012.
- Oregon down ballot state executive elections, 2012
- Oregon Secretary of State election, 2012
- Oregon state executive official elections, 2012
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Oregon state executive election 2018. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
State profile
| Demographic data for Oregon | ||
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| Oregon | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 4,024,634 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 95,988 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 85.1% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 1.8% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 4% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 4.1% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 12.3% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 89.8% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 30.8% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $51,243 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 18.4% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Oregon. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Oregon
Oregon voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
Pivot Counties (2016)
Ballotpedia identified 206 counties that voted for Donald Trump (R) in 2016 after voting for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012. Collectively, Trump won these Pivot Counties by more than 580,000 votes. Of these 206 counties, two are located in Oregon, accounting for 0.97 percent of the total pivot counties.[10]
Pivot Counties (2020)
In 2020, Ballotpedia re-examined the 206 Pivot Counties to view their voting patterns following that year's presidential election. Ballotpedia defined those won by Trump won as Retained Pivot Counties and those won by Joe Biden (D) as Boomerang Pivot Counties. Nationwide, there were 181 Retained Pivot Counties and 25 Boomerang Pivot Counties. Oregon had two Retained Pivot Counties, 1.10 of all Retained Pivot Counties.
More Oregon coverage on Ballotpedia
- Elections in Oregon
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 4, 2024
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State,"Frequently Asked Questions," accessed October 4, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Oregon Secretary of State, “Voting in Oregon,” accessed April 20, 2023
- ↑ Deschutes County Oregon, “Voting in Oregon FAQ,” accessed April 20, 2023
- ↑ Oregon.gov, "Public Elections Calendar, November 2024," accessed January 9, 2024
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Online Voter Registration," accessed April 20, 2023
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Oregon Voter Registration Card," accessed November 2, 2024
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Some of the 49 state executive officials in 2018 may have resigned before their term ended. These state executive officials were still counted in the total number of term-limited state executives in 2018.
- ↑ The raw data for this study was provided by Dave Leip of Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
