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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Oregon, including theoffices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia,election dates, andfrequently asked questions.

Election dates

See also:Oregon election calendar

Statewide election dates in Oregon are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see thestatewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

May 19, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Noteworthy elections

In 2025, Ballotpedia did not cover any elections in additional detail in this state.

Statewide ballot measures

See also:Oregon 2026 ballot measures

What's on your ballot?

See also:Sample Ballot Lookup

List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Oregon. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Pleaseclick here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Jeff Merkley Incumbent	U.S. Senate Oregon	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Johnson	U.S. Senate Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Russell McAlmond	U.S. Senate Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Timothy Skelton	U.S. Senate Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jacob Ryan	U.S. Senate Oregon	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Suzanne Bonamici Incumbent	U.S. House Oregon District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cliff Bentz Incumbent	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrea Carr	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Peter Larson	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Russell McAlmond	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Peter Black	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mary Doyle	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mitchel Knight	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rebecca Mueller	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dawn Rasmussen	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Patty Snow	U.S. House Oregon District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Maxine Dexter Incumbent	U.S. House Oregon District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jessica Salas	U.S. House Oregon District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Val Hoyle Incumbent	U.S. House Oregon District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Monique DeSpain	U.S. House Oregon District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Raiph Huber	U.S. House Oregon District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Melissa Bird	U.S. House Oregon District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
William King	U.S. House Oregon District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Janelle Bynum Incumbent	U.S. House Oregon District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Patti Adair	U.S. House Oregon District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jonathan Lockwood	U.S. House Oregon District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jo Rae Perkins	U.S. House Oregon District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Zeva Rosenbaum	U.S. House Oregon District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joseph Lehman	U.S. House Oregon District 5	Libertarian	Candidacy Declared General
Andrea Salinas Incumbent	U.S. House Oregon District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Russ	U.S. House Oregon District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Faler	U.S. House Oregon District 6	Unaffiliated	Candidacy Declared General

State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Tina Kotek Incumbent	Governor of Oregon	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Danielle Bethell	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Burch	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ed Diehl	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christine Drazan	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Dudley	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kyle Duyck	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Caleb Kintz	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Patrick Kopke-Hales	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Medina	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Neuman	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brad T. Peters	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matthew Piatt	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Paul Romero	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Wen Waddell	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Martin Ward	Governor of Oregon	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Forest Alexander	Governor of Oregon	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Atkinson	Governor of Oregon	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brittany Jones	Governor of Oregon	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tristan Sheppard	Governor of Oregon	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexander Ziwahatan	Governor of Oregon	Independent Party	Candidacy Declared General
LaNicia Duke	Governor of Oregon	Unaffiliated	Candidacy Declared General
No candidates available for this race	Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries
Jeff Golden Incumbent	Oregon State Senate District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brad Hicks	Oregon State Senate District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Denise Krause	Oregon State Senate District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cedric Hayden Incumbent	Oregon State Senate District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jami Cate	Oregon State Senate District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nicole De Graff	Oregon State Senate District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Manning Incumbent	Oregon State Senate District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Valerie Draper Woldeit	Oregon State Senate District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Angela Plowhead	Oregon State Senate District 10	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tracy Cramer	Oregon State Senate District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Virginia Stapleton	Oregon State Senate District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Courtney Neron Incumbent	Oregon State Senate District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Glenn Lancaster	Oregon State Senate District 13	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Frank Mansfield	Oregon State Senate District 16	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lisa Reynolds Incumbent	Oregon State Senate District 17	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rob Wagner Incumbent	Oregon State Senate District 19	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jeffrey Helfrich	Oregon State Senate District 26	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bret Cecil	Oregon House of Representatives District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Seth Benham	Oregon House of Representatives District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cobey Giesler	Oregon House of Representatives District 3	Independent	Candidacy Declared General
Alek Skarlatos Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Pam Marsh Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kim Wallan Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ky Fireside	Oregon House of Representatives District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Troy Cribbins	Oregon House of Representatives District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Claire Lynn	Oregon House of Representatives District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ken Jackola	Oregon House of Representatives District 11	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ivan Maluski	Oregon House of Representatives District 11	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Charlie Conrad	Oregon House of Representatives District 12	Unaffiliated	Candidacy Declared General
Nancy Nathanson Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 13	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julie Fahey Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 14	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joanna Robinson	Oregon House of Representatives District 15	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Beth Jones	Oregon House of Representatives District 17	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matthew Lawson	Oregon House of Representatives District 18	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anna Munson	Oregon House of Representatives District 19	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lesly Muñoz Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 22	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lesly Munoz	Oregon House of Representatives District 22	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kriss Wright	Oregon House of Representatives District 23	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lucetta Elmer Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 24	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bob Niemeyer	Oregon House of Representatives District 25	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Christian Honl	Oregon House of Representatives District 32	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ciatta Thompson	Oregon House of Representatives District 33	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexandria Goddard	Oregon House of Representatives District 34	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Johan Arteaga	Oregon House of Representatives District 35	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hai Pham Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 36	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jules Walters Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 37	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mary Dirksen	Oregon House of Representatives District 37	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ben Edtl	Oregon House of Representatives District 37	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chad Parker	Oregon House of Representatives District 37	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
No candidates available for this race	Oregon House of Representatives District 38
April Dobson Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 39	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kell Fox	Oregon House of Representatives District 40	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Charles Gallia	Oregon House of Representatives District 40	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Sugar	Oregon House of Representatives District 40	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rob Nosse Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 42	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alexander Wodzinski	Oregon House of Representatives District 43	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lamar Wise Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 48	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ricki Ruiz Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 50	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Bunch Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 51	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Scott Cantonwine	Oregon House of Representatives District 51	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Fleming	Oregon House of Representatives District 52	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Osborn	Oregon House of Representatives District 52	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hank Sanders	Oregon House of Representatives District 52	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bernard R. Seeger	Oregon House of Representatives District 52	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nick Walden Poublon	Oregon House of Representatives District 52	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Emerson Levy Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 53	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Greg Smith Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 57	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jim Doherty	Oregon House of Representatives District 57	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mark Owens Incumbent	Oregon House of Representatives District 60	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary

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