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Municipal elections in Multnomah County, Oregon (2018)

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2018 Multnomah County elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: March 6, 2018
Primary election: May 15, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: County commissioner, Auditor, Sheriff, Circuit Court
Total seats up: 20
Election type: Partisan
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2018
Multnomah County, Oregon, held general elections for county commissioner, auditor, sheriff, and circuit court on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on May 15, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was March 6, 2018.[1]

Elections

Commission

Chair

General election

Primary election

Grey.pngDeborah Kafoury (i)
Grey.pngD. Bora Harris
Grey.pngChuck Crockett
Grey.pngWes Soderback

District 2

Primary election

Grey.pngBruce Broussard
Grey.pngMaria Garcia
Grey.pngSusheela Jayapal
Grey.pngSharon Maxwell

Auditor

General election

General election candidates


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Primary election

Grey.pngScott Learn
Grey.pngJennifer McGuirk
Grey.pngMark Ulanowicz

Sheriff

Primary election

Grey.pngMichael Reese (i)

Ballot measures

See also:November 6, 2018 ballot measures in Oregon

Measure 26-200: Portland Campaign Finance Limits Charter Amendment Approveda
Measure 26-199: Metro Affordable Housing Bonds Approveda
Measure 26-201: Portland Clean Energy Initiative Approveda

Judicial

Oregon Tax Court

General election

General election candidates

Oregon 4th Judicial District

General election

Oregon 4th Judicial Court

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeCandidates
Position 10

Green check mark transparent.pngKatharine von Ter Stegge (i)
Position 15

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Ramras (i)
Position 27

Green check mark transparent.pngPatricia McGuire (i)
Position 30

Green check mark transparent.pngBenjamin Souede (i)
Bob Callahan 


Primary

Oregon 4th Judicial Court

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
OfficeCandidates
Position 3

Green check mark transparent.pngJerry B. Hodson (i)
Position 4

Green check mark transparent.pngShelley Russell (i)
Position 7

Green check mark transparent.pngAndrew Lavin (i)
Position 8

Green check mark transparent.pngEric J. Bergstrom (i)
Position 16

Green check mark transparent.pngSusan M. Svetkey (i)
Position 23

Green check mark transparent.pngMelvin Oden-Orr (i)
Position 28

Green check mark transparent.pngJudith H. Matarazzo (i)
Position 29

Green check mark transparent.pngKathryn Villa-Smith (i)
Position 31

Green check mark transparent.pngCheryl A. Albrecht (i)
Position 32

Green check mark transparent.pngXiomara Torres (i)
Position 37

Green check mark transparent.pngLeslie Roberts (i)
Alexander Hamalian 


Additional elections on the ballot

See also:Oregon elections, 2018

About the county

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by theUnited States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Multnomah County, Oregon
Multnomah CountyOregon
Population735,3343,831,074
Land area (sq mi)43195,995
Race and ethnicity**
White77.9%84.3%
Black/African American5.5%1.9%
Asian7.4%4.4%
Native American0.9%1.2%
Pacific Islander0.6%0.4%
Other (single race)2.2%3.1%
Multiple5.4%4.8%
Hispanic/Latino11.6%13%
Education
High school graduation rate91.5%90.7%
College graduation rate45.9%33.7%
Income
Median household income$69,176$62,818
Persons below poverty level13.8%13.2%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**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 censushere.


Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

Two of 36 Oregon counties—5.6 percent—arePivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
CountyTrump margin of victory in 2016Obama margin of victory in 2012Obama margin of victory in 2008
Columbia County, Oregon11.46%5.16%12.02%
Tillamook County, Oregon5.58%4.86%9.89%

In the 2016 presidential election,Hillary Clinton (D) won Oregon with 50.1 percent of the vote.Donald Trump (R) received 39.1 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Oregon cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 73.3 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Oregon supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 56.7 to 43.3 percent. The state, however, favored Democrats in every election between between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Oregon. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.[2][3]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 26.9 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 36 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 31.6 points. Clinton won four districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 21 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 20.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 24 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 24 points. Trump won three districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.
2016 presidential results by state House district
DistrictObamaRomney2012 MarginClintonTrump2016 MarginParty Control
137.15%59.91%R+22.830.45%63.42%R+33R
235.86%61.05%R+25.227.65%65.58%R+37.9R
338.59%58.64%R+20.132.16%60.97%R+28.8R
434.06%63.51%R+29.427.52%66.33%R+38.8R
560.76%35.69%D+25.158.86%33.66%D+25.2D
643.64%53.69%R+1040.10%52.36%R+12.3R
740.94%55.86%R+14.932.79%59.77%R+27R
868.36%28.03%D+40.365.84%26.50%D+39.3D
949.44%47.54%D+1.940.23%52.56%R+12.3D
1055.67%41.16%D+14.547.25%45.02%D+2.2D
1155.39%41.57%D+13.850.86%41.87%D+9D
1256.62%40.21%D+16.449.34%41.70%D+7.6D
1363.69%32.89%D+30.862.35%29.39%D+33D
1457.20%40.05%D+17.151.09%40.77%D+10.3D
1544.80%52.00%R+7.239.46%51.33%R+11.9R
1668.67%27.22%D+41.469.48%20.98%D+48.5D
1736.23%60.65%R+24.427.71%64.47%R+36.8R
1838.39%59.05%R+20.733.45%58.97%R+25.5R
1944.87%52.96%R+8.142.46%50.19%R+7.7R
2050.99%46.50%D+4.549.71%42.02%D+7.7D
2157.81%39.39%D+18.453.19%38.56%D+14.6D
2254.27%42.99%D+11.352.07%40.38%D+11.7D
2343.15%54.01%R+10.936.74%55.52%R+18.8R
2447.77%49.67%R+1.944.83%46.73%R+1.9R
2543.43%54.28%R+10.840.87%50.61%R+9.7R
2649.24%48.65%D+0.651.80%40.43%D+11.4R
2762.96%34.72%D+28.266.84%25.48%D+41.4D
2859.90%37.33%D+22.659.87%31.58%D+28.3D
2954.53%42.09%D+12.452.00%38.65%D+13.4D
3056.91%40.02%D+16.957.59%33.00%D+24.6D
3152.12%44.60%D+7.544.06%47.64%R+3.6D
3252.75%44.09%D+8.745.64%46.09%R+0.5D
3365.90%31.83%D+34.172.64%20.98%D+51.7D
3463.85%33.25%D+30.667.22%24.53%D+42.7D
3560.70%36.93%D+23.863.83%28.39%D+35.4D
3679.34%17.38%D+6282.77%11.05%D+71.7D
3752.79%45.42%D+7.457.22%35.31%D+21.9R
3865.77%32.10%D+33.771.88%22.01%D+49.9D
3942.78%55.07%R+12.338.83%54.39%R+15.6R
4053.15%44.33%D+8.849.14%42.74%D+6.4D
4170.80%26.25%D+44.570.28%22.34%D+47.9D
4287.06%7.84%D+79.287.10%6.08%D+81D
4389.37%6.92%D+82.589.00%5.40%D+83.6D
4482.65%13.55%D+69.181.66%11.41%D+70.2D
4579.69%17.31%D+62.480.42%13.55%D+66.9D
4679.45%16.72%D+62.780.06%13.10%D+67D
4766.01%31.23%D+34.863.57%29.15%D+34.4D
4861.00%36.01%D+2559.27%32.83%D+26.4D
4957.08%40.26%D+16.851.57%40.49%D+11.1D
5054.82%42.75%D+12.151.27%41.12%D+10.2D
5153.04%44.74%D+8.350.91%41.90%D+9D
5251.53%45.97%D+5.646.57%45.78%D+0.8R
5340.98%56.77%R+15.839.36%53.26%R+13.9R
5454.38%42.95%D+11.455.64%35.94%D+19.7R
5532.25%65.13%R+32.924.43%69.92%R+45.5R
5628.24%69.10%R+40.923.76%69.30%R+45.5R
5732.89%64.08%R+31.227.24%65.33%R+38.1R
5833.98%63.22%R+29.227.37%65.78%R+38.4R
5942.10%55.62%R+13.536.82%56.07%R+19.3R
6026.45%70.57%R+44.120.38%73.39%R+53R
Total54.64%42.46%D+12.251.96%40.57%D+11.4-
Source:Daily Kos

See also

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