US General Election
2022 Oregon elections
Ageneral election was held in the U.S. state ofOregon on November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2022.
United States Senate [ edit ] IncumbentDemocratic senatorRon Wyden won re-election to a fifth term. Wyden was first elected in a1996 special election and reelected in1998 ,2004 ,2010 , and2016 .[ 1]
Six other candidates, includingRepublican nomineeJo Rae Perkins , ran.
United States House of Representatives [ edit ] All five of Oregon's seats in theUnited States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2022, as well as a sixth seat it gained due to the2020 census . These seats were represented by four Democrats and one Republican.
IncumbentDemocratic governorKate Brown took office on February 18, 2015, upon the resignation ofJohn Kitzhaber .[ 2] She was subsequently elected in the gubernatorial special election in2016 [ 3] and was re-elected to a full term in2018 .[ 4] She is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a second full term until 2026.[ 5]
An unprecedented 34 candidates ran in the primary elections with the eventual nominees being DemocratTina Kotek , formerspeaker of the Oregon House of Representatives , and RepublicanChristine Drazan , the former minority leader of theOregon House of Representatives . Former Democratic state senatorBetsy Johnson ran as anIndependent . Other notable candidates includedState Treasurer Tobias Read (D), former state RepresentativeBob Tiernan (R), 2016 Republican nomineeBud Pierce , andSandy Mayor Stan Pulliam (R).Pulitzer Prize -winning journalistNicholas Kristof announced a run, but was declared ineligible by theOregon Secretary of State's office, due to the state's residency requirements.[ 6]
IncumbentVal Hoyle decided not to run for a second term, instead running forOregon's 4th congressional district , which was being vacated by retiring incumbentPeter DeFazio .[ 7] Since the commissioner of labor is a nonpartisan role, a general election is only held in the event that no one in the primary election secures 50% of the vote.[ 8]
Seven candidates ran in the primary, with civil rights attorneyChristina Stephenson and former state RepresentativeCheri Helt facing off in a runoff election.[ 9] Stephenson defeated Helt.[ 10]
All 60 seats in theOregon House of Representatives were up for election, as were 15 of the 30 seats in theOregon State Senate .
There were four statewideOregon ballot measures on the general election ballot. As a result of the election, all four measures passed.[ 11] [ 12] [ 13]
Measure Description Votes Yes No Measure 111 Amends Constitution: State must ensure affordable healthcare access, balanced against requirement to fund schools, other essential services 951,446 (50.73%) 924,231 (49.27%) Measure 112 Amends Constitution: Removes language allowing slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime 1,047,028 (55.59%) 836,295 (44.41%) Measure 113 Amends Constitution: Legislators with ten unexcused absences from floor sessions disqualified from holding next term of office 1,292,127 (68.32%) 599,204 (31.68%) Measure 114 Requires permit to acquire firearms; police maintain permit/firearm database; criminally prohibits certain ammunition magazines 975,862 (50.65%) 950,891 (49.35%)
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