| OREGON 2008 BALLOT |
Offices up for Election in 2008
United States President & Vice President
United States Senate: 1 seat
United States House of Representatives: All seats
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor & Industries (unexpired term)
State Supreme Court: Position 7
State Senate: Districts 1, 2, 5, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30
State House of Representatives: All seats
State Initiatives & Referenda |
| PRESIDENT & VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES |
 John McCain/Sarah Palin (R)
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (D)
Bob Barr/Wayne A. Root (L)
Cynthia McKinney/Rosa Clemente (PG)
Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (Peace)
Chuck Baldwin/Darrell L. Castle (C)
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UNITED STATES SENATE |
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Gordon H. Smith (R) Incumbent
Jeff Merkley (D)
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UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
District 1 |
District 2 |
David Wu (D) Incumbent
Joel Haugen (I)
Scott Semrau (C)
H. Joe Tabor (L)
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Richard Hake (C)
Noah Lemas (D)
Greg Walden (R) Incumbent
Tristin Mock (PG) |
District 3 |
District 4 |
Earl Blumenauer (D) Incumbent
Delia Lopez (R)
Michael Meo (PG)
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Peter A. DeFazio (D) Incumbent
Jaynee Germond (C)
Mike Beilstein (PG) |
District 5 |
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Sean Bates (I)
Mike Erickson (R)
Steve Milligan (L)
Douglas Patterson (C)
Alex Polikoff (PG)
Kurt Schrader (D)
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ATTORNEY GENERAL |
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J. Ashlee Albies (WF)
Walt Brown (PG)
John R. Kroger (D)
James E. Leuenberger (C)
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SECRETARY OF STATE |
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Kate Brown (D)
Rick Dancer (R)
Seth Alan Woolley (PG)
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TREASURER |
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Allen Alley (R)
Michael Marsh (C)
Ben Westlund (D)
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COMMISSIONER OF THE BUREAU OF LABOR & INDUSTRIES |
Brad Avakian (NP) Incumbent
Pavel Goberman (NP)
Mark Welyczko (NP)
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SUPREME COURT |
Position 7 |
Martha L. Waters Incumbent
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STATE SENATE |
Total Senate Seats: 30 |
Total Senate Seats up for Election: 16 |
Total Senate Republicans: 11
Total (R) Seats up for Election: 7 |
Total Senate Democrats: 19
Total (D) Seats up for Election: 9
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District 1 |
District 2 |
Jeff Kruse (R) Incumbent
Eldon Rollins (D)
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Richard Koopmans (D)
Jason A. Atkinson (R) Incumbent |
District 5 |
District 9 |
Joanne Verger (D) Incumbent |
Fred Girod (R) Incumbent
Bob McDonald (D)
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District 12 |
District 14 |
Brian J. Boquist (R)
Kevin C. Nortness (D)
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Mark Hass (D) Incumbent
Lisa Michaels (R) |
District 17 |
District 18 |
Suzanne Bonamici (D) Incumbent |
Ginny Burdick (D) Incumbent
John Wight (R) |
District 21 |
District 22 |
Diane Rosenbaum (D) |
Margaret Carter (D) Incumbent
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District 23 |
District 25 |
Jackie Dingfelder (D) |
Laurie Monnes Anderson (D) Incumbent
Dave Kim (R) |
District 27 |
District 28 |
Maren Lundgren (D)
Chris Telfer (R) |
Doug Whitsett (R) Incumbent |
District 29 |
District 30 |
David Nelson (R) Incumbent |
Ted Ferrioli (R) Incumbent |
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
Total House Seats: 60 |
Total House Seats up for Election: 60 |
Total House Republicans: 29
Total (R) Seats up for Election: 29 |
Total House Democrats: 31
Total (D) Seats up for Election: 31
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District 1 |
District 2 |
Wayne Krieger (R) Incumbent
Richard Goche (D) |
Tim J. Freeman (R)
Harry McDermott (D) |
District 3 |
District 4 |
Ron Maurer (R) Incumbent
Julie Rubenstein (D) |
Dennis Richardson (R) Incumbent
Keith Wangle (I) |
District 5 |
District 6 |
Peter Buckley (D) Incumbent
Pete Belcastro (I) |
Sal Esquivel (R) Incumbent
Lynn Howe (D)
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District 7 |
District 8 |
Bruce Hanna (R) Incumbent
Donald Nordin (D)
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Paul R. Holvey (D) Incumbent
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District 9 |
District 10 |
Arnie Roblan (D) Incumbent
Al Pearn (R) |
Jean Cowan (D) Incumbent
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District 11 |
District 12 |
Phil Barnhart (D) Incumbent |
Elizabeth Terry Beyer (D) Incumbent
Sean MP VanGordon (R) |
District 13 |
District 14 |
Nancy Nathanson (D) Incumbent
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Chris Edwards (D) Incumbent |
District 15 |
District 16 |
Andy Olson (R) Incumbent
Dick Olsen (D)
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Sara A. Gelser (D) Incumbent |
District 17 |
District 18 |
Sherrie Sprenger (R) Incumbent
Dan Thackaberry (D)
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Vic Gilliam (R) Incumbent
Jim Gibert (D) |
District 19 |
District 20 |
Kevin Cameron (R) Incumbent
Hanten Day (D) |
Vicki Berger (R) Incumbent
Richard Riggs (D)
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District 21 |
District 22 |
Brian Clem (D) Incumbent
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Betty Komp (D) Incumbent
Tom M. Chereck Jr. (R) |
District 23 |
District 24 |
Jim Thompson (R)
Jason Brown (D)
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Jim Weidner (R)
Bernt Hansen (D)
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District 25 |
District 26 |
Kim Thatcher (R) Incumbent |
Matt Wingard (R)
Jessica Adamson (D)
Mark Delphine (L) |
District 27 |
District 28 |
Tobias Read (D) Incumbent
Michael F. DeVietro (R)
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Jeff Barker (D) Incumbent
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District 29 |
District 30 |
Chuck Riley (D) Incumbent
Terry L. Rilling (I)
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David Edwards (D) Incumbent
Andy Duyck (R)
Ken Cunningham (C)
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District 31 |
District 32 |
Brad Witt (D) Incumbent
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Deborah Boone (D) Incumbent
Tim Bero (WI-R) |
District 33 |
District 34 |
Mitch Greenlick (D) Incumbent
James Ellison (R)
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Chris Harker (D) Incumbent
Piotr Kuklinski (R) |
District 35 |
District 36 |
Larry Galizio (D) Incumbent
Tony Marino (R)
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Mary Nolan (D) Incumbent
Steve Oppenheim (R)
Jay A. Ellefson (L) |
District 37 |
District 38 |
Scott Bruun (R) Incumbent
Michele Eberle (D) |
Chris Garrett (D)
Steve Griffith (R) |
District 39 |
District 40 |
Toby Forsberg (D)
Bill Kennemer (R) |
Dave Hunt (D) Incumbent
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District 41 |
District 42 |
Carolyn Tomei (D) Incumbent
Randy Uchytil (R)
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Jules Kopel-Bailey (D)
Chris Extine (PG) |
District 43 |
District 44 |
Chip Shields (D) Incumbent
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Tina Kotek (D) Incumbent |
District 45 |
District 46 |
Michael E. Dembrow (D)
Jim Karlock (L)
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Ben Cannon (D) Incumbent |
District 47 |
District 48 |
Jefferson Smith (D) |
Mike Schaufler (D) Incumbent |
District 49 |
District 50 |
John Nelsen (R)
Nick Kahl (D) |
John Lim (R) Incumbent
Greg Matthews (D)
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District 51 |
District 52 |
Linda Flores (R) Incumbent
Brent Barton (D)
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Suzanne VanOrman (D)
Matt Lindland (R) |
District 53 |
District 54 |
Gene Whisnant (R) Incumbent
Conrad Ruel (D)
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Chuck Burley (R) Incumbent
Judy Stiegler (D) |
District 55 |
District 56 |
George Gilman (R) Incumbent
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Bill Garrard (R) Incumbent |
District 57 |
District 58 |
Greg Smith (R) Incumbent
Jerry Sebestyen (WI-D) |
Bob Jenson (R) Incumbent
Ben Talley (D) |
District 59 |
District 60 |
John E. Huffman (R) Incumbent
Mike Ahern (D)
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Cliff Bentz (R) Incumbent
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| INITIATIVES & REFERENDA |
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Status |
Measure 54 - Amends Constitution: Standardizes Voting Eligibility for School Board Elections with other State and Local Elections
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YES |
Measure 55 - Amends Constitution: Changes Operative Date of Redistricting Plans; Allows Affected Legislators to Finish Term in Original District
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YES |
Measure 56 - Amends Constitution: Provides that May and November Property Tax Elections are Decided by Majority of Voters Voting
Click here for summary |
YES |
Measure 57 - Increases Sentences for Drug Trafficking; Theft Against Elderly and Specified Repeat and Identity Theft Crimes; Requires Addiction Treatment for Certain Offenders
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YES |
Measure 58 - Prohibits Teaching Public School Student in Language other than English for More than Two Years
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NO |
Measure 59 - Creaes an Unlimited Deduction for Federal Income Taxes on Individual Taxpayers' Oregon Income Tax Returns
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NO |
Measure 60 - Teacher "Classroom Performace," not Senority, Determines Pay Raises; "Most Qualified" Teachers Retained, Regardless of Seniority
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NO |
Measure 61 - Creates Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences for Certain Theft, Identity Theft, Forgery, Drug, and Buglary Crimes
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YES |
Measure 62 - Amends Constitution: Allocates 15 percent of Lottery Proceeds to Public Safety Fund for Crime Prevention, Investigation, Prosecution
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NO |
Measure 63 - Exempts Specified Property Owners from Building Permit Requirements for Improvements Valued at/under $35,000
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NO |
Measure 64 - Penalizes Person, Entity for Using Funds Collected with "Public Resource" (Defined) for "Political Purpose" (Defined)
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YES |
Measure 65 - Changes General Election Nomination Processes for Major/Minor Party, Independent Candidates for Most Partisan Offices
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NO |
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