2024 Oregon elections
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Federal
President
United States House of Representatives
All six of Oregon's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2024. These seats were represented by four Democrats and two Republicans prior to the election.
In Oregon's 5th district, Democratic state representative Janelle Bynum defeated incumbent Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer, flipping the district.[2] Democratic state representative Maxine Dexter was elected to Oregon's 3rd district, replacing retiring Democratic representative Earl Blumenauer.[3] Incumbent representatives Suzanne Bonamici, Cliff Bentz, Val Hoyle, and Andrea Salinas all won reelection in their respective districts.
State offices
Secretary of state
After winning the election for Secretary of State in 2020, Democrat and former state legislator Shemia Fagan resigned from office on May 8, 2023, after revelations that she took a consulting job at a cannabis company while her office was auditing Oregon's marijuana industry, which many considered to be a conflict of interest. Cheryl Myers took office as acting Secretary of State while Governor Tina Kotek sought for another person to serve Fagan's remaining term. On June 28, 2023, Kotek announced former Portland city auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade to serve the remaining term.[4]
In the May primary election, Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read was nominated by the Democratic Party and State Senator Dennis Linthicum was nominated by the Republican Party. The Progressive Party and Pacific Green Party both nominated Dr. Nathalie Paravicini.
In the general election, Read was elected with 54% of the vote.[5]
Attorney general
Ellen Rosenblum, a Democrat and former judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals, was first elected in 2012, and was re-elected to the position in 2016 and 2020. Rosenblum has announced that she will not run for re-election.
In the May primary, Speaker of the House Dan Rayfield was nominated by the Democratic Party. The Republican Party nominated attorney Will Lathrop.
In the general election, Rayfield was elected with 54% of the vote.[5]
State treasurer
Democrat and former state legislator Tobias Read was elected to a second term in 2020. Read is running for Secretary of State.
In the May primary, State Senators Elizabeth Steiner and Brian Boquist were nominated by the Democratic and Republican Parties, respectively.
In the general election, Steiner was elected with a plurality of 49% of the vote.[5]
Legislature
All 60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives and 15 of 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate were up for election in 2024.
In the general election, Democrats gained one seat in each chamber, enough for a three-fifths supermajority and the possibility of passing tax increases without Republican votes.[6][7]
Local elections
Portland
Incumbent Democratic mayor Ted Wheeler was eligible to run for re-election to a third term in office but decided not to run. Incumbent city auditor Simone Rede is eligible to run for re-election, and has stated her intention to do so. In addition, the Portland City Council was expanded from five seats to twelve (three each from one of four districts), all of which were elected for the first time.
The 2024 Portland elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting after it was instituted by the passage of a 2022 ballot measure.[8] All elected city positions were up for election, but will return to staggered rotation in subsequent elections. All seats are nonpartisan.
Ballot measures
There were five statewide Oregon ballot measures on the general election ballot. As a result of the election, two passed and three were rejected by voters.[9]
Measure 115
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Impeachment of Elected State Executives Amendment: Authorizes impeachment of statewide elected officials by Oregon Legislature with two-thirds vote by each House; establishes process. | ||||||||||
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Oregon Ballot Measure 115, entitled the Impeachment of Elected State Executives Amendment, was a successful amendment to the Constitution of Oregon.[10][11] As approved by voters, it amended the state Constitution to grant the Oregon State Legislature the power to impeach and remove statewide elected officials in the Executive branch of the Oregon state government: the Oregon Governor, Oregon Secretary of State, Oregon Attorney General, Oregon State Treasurer, and Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries.[12][13]
Under the amendment, grounds for impeachment are "malfeasance or corrupt conduct in office, willful neglect of statutory or constitutional duty or other felony or high crime." The measure requires a two-thirds supermajority vote of the Oregon House of Representatives to impeach a statewide elected official. If successfully impeached, the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court would preside over a trial in the Oregon State Senate. After the conclusion of the trial, a vote of the state senators would be held on conviction of the official and would require another two-thirds supermajority vote to convict.[14]
Background of Measure 115
On May 1, 2023, then Oregon secretary of state Shemia Fagan announced that she would resign following reporting from Willamette Week that she had been working as a private consultant for the owners of La Mota, a cannabis dispensary chain operating in Oregon, while the Audits Division, which reported to Fagan, worked on an audit of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission.[15] Fagan's resignation followed calls from Republican leaders in both chambers of the Oregon State Legislature for her to resign and occurred after Governor Tina Kotek launched an ethics investigation into Fagan's actions. Over a month after Fagan's resignation, each house of the Oregon Legislature voted unanimously to send the proposed impeachment referral to voters for the 2024 general election.[16][17]
As of 2024, Oregon was the only state without an impeachment doctrine enshrined in its state Constitution.[18] The only mechanism Oregon had for removing elected officials from office was recall, a process that had never in Oregon's history been successful at removing a governor or other statewide elected official.[19]
Proponents of the measure argued that it was needed to expedite the removal of a statewide official for malfeasance and to give state legislators a mechanism for doing so that can be utilized by legislators in all other states. Oregon Rep. Jami Cate, a Lebanon Republican, cited the past ethics violations of previous elected officials, including Fagan, as evidence that this was a tool needed by the state legislature.[14] Opponents argued that the current recall system was already sufficient and that voters should retain the right to remove officials that they themselves elected.[20]
Measure 116
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Independent Public Service Compensation Commission Amendment: Establishes “Independent Public Service Compensation Commission” to determine salaries for specified officials; eliminates legislative authority to set such salaries. | ||||||||||
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Oregon Ballot Measure 116, the Independent Public Service Compensation Commission Amendment, was a proposed amendment to the Oregon Constitution.[10][11] If approved, it would have established an "Independent Public Service Compensation Commission", which would determine salaries for politicians and other government figures in the state.[21] Newspaper editorials by The Oregonian and Willamette Week opposed the ammendment, stating that the Commission would not be independent from the Oregon Legislature, which would later determine who would get appointed to the Commission and how it would operate.[22][23]
Measure 117
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Ranked-Choice Voting for Federal and State Elections Measure: Gives voters option to rank candidates in order of preference; candidates receiving majority of votes in final round wins. | ||||||||||
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Oregon Ballot Measure 117, the Ranked-Choice Voting for Federal and State Elections Measure, was a proposed state initiative.[10][11] If approved, primary and general elections for statewide and federal offices would have been done through ranked-choice (instant-runoff) voting, as opposed to the current plurality voting system, starting in 2028. It would also have made the office of the secretary of state provide voter education on how to use the system.[24] Other states that had adopted similar measures are Maine and Alaska. Two Oregon counties had already adopted RCV for local elections, being Benton and Multnomah.[25]
Measure 118
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Corporate Tax Revenue Rebate for Residents Initiative: Increases highest corporate minimum taxes; distributes revenue to eligible individuals; state replaces reduced federal benefits. | ||||||||||
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Oregon Ballot Measure 118, the Corporate Tax Revenue Rebate for Residents Initiative, was a proposed state initiative.[10][11] If accepted, the measure would have increased the state corporate minimum tax to 3% on businesses with sales of more than $25 million, and then used those funds to give a tax rebate of $1,600 to all Oregonians regardless of their income level.
The measure received overwhelming opposition from Oregon politicians across the political spectrum (including Governor Tina Kotek and State Treasurer Tobias Read), public policy organizations, and businesses.[26][27][28] Opponents of the measure believed that an increased sales tax would be passed on to consumers through price increases, and criticized the tax rebate for its lack of income or age test (i.e. that even Oregon billionaires would receive an annual check).[27] The primary donors who supported the bill are Californian residents who wish to promote the idea of a universal basic income.[28][29]
Measure 118 was considered the most controversial of the five, and it united a broad coalition of politicians and business executives opposing it. It was overwhelmingly rejected by a majority of voters in all of Oregon's 36 counties.[30][31]
Measure 119
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Unionization of Cannabis Workers Initiative: Cannabis retailers/producers must remain neutral regarding communications to their employees from labor organizations; penalties. | ||||||||||
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Oregon Ballot Measure 119, the Unionization of Cannabis Workers Initiative, was a successful initiative.[10][11] As approved by voters, it would have made it easier for workers in the Cannabis industry to unionize.[32] According to the Oregon Department of Employment, there were 7,281 workers that this initiative would have affected.[33]
On May 20, 2025, a federal judge at the United States District Court for the District of Oregon struck down Measure 119, declaring it unconstitutional. The judge assigned to the case cited the measure as a violation of the free speech of cannabis business owners, and that it was preempted by the NLRA.[34] At the request of the union UFCW Local 555, the Oregon Legislature passed House Bill 4162 in 2026 to fully repeal Ballot Measure 119 following the court ruling.[35][36]
Polling
A poll was conducted by Public Policy Polling (a firm affiliated with the Democratic Party), and sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute. It was administered on October 16–17, 2024, with a sample of 716 likely voters. These figures have a margin of error of ± 3.7%.[37]
| Measure | For | Against | Undecided |
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| Measure 115 | 53% | 24% | 22% |
| Measure 116 | 49% | 26% | 25% |
| Measure 117 | 41% | 40% | 20% |
| Measure 118 | 29% | 54% | 17% |
| Measure 119 | 49% | 29% | 23% |
Results
| Measure | Description | Votes | |
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| Measure 115 | Amends Constitution: Authorizes impeachment of statewide elected officials by Oregon Legislature with two-thirds vote by each House; establishes process | 1,340,837 (64.20%) | 747,543 (35.80%) |
| Measure 116 | Amends Constitution: Establishes "Independent Public Service Compensation Commission" to determine salaries for specified officials; eliminates legislative authority to set such salaries | 981,715 (47.54%) | 1,083,451 (52.46%) |
| Measure 117 | Gives voters option to rank candidates in order of preference; candidate receiving majority of votes in final round wins | 893,668 (42.30%) | 1,219,013 (57.70%) |
| Measure 118 | Increases highest corporate minimum taxes; distributes revenue to eligible individuals; state replaces reduced federal benefits | 477,516 (22.53%) | 1,641,682 (77.47%) |
| Measure 119 | Cannabis retailers/processors must remain neutral regarding communications to their employees from labor organizations; penalties | 1,166,425 (56.74%) | 889,265 (43.26%) |
Results by county
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Yes 80-90%
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No 80-90%
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| County | Measure 115 | Measure 116 | Measure 117 | Measure 118 | Measure 119 | ||||||||||
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| Yes | No | Total | Yes | No | Total | Yes | No | Total | Yes | No | Total | Yes | No | Total | |
| Baker | 4392 (47.86%) | 4785 (52.14%) | 9177 | 2864 (31.46%) | 6240 (68.54%) | 9104 | 2241 (24.21%) | 7017 (75.79%) | 9258 | 1296 (13.97%) | 7979 (86.03%) | 9275 | 3217 (35.78%) | 5774 (64.22%) | 8991 |
| Benton | 31814 (67.07%) | 15623 (32.93%) | 47437 | 27182 (58.14%) | 19573 (41.86%) | 46755 | 27239 (56.79%) | 20725 (43.21%) | 47964 | 12999 (27.14%) | 34890 (72.86%) | 47889 | 30589 (65.47%) | 16135 (34.53%) | 46724 |
| Clackamas | 143553 (63.81%) | 81405 (36.19%) | 224958 | 104845 (46.97%) | 118372 (53.03%) | 223217 | 88555 (38.67%) | 140454 (61.33%) | 229009 | 50305 (21.95%) | 178859 (78.05%) | 229164 | 122254 (55.27%) | 98925 (44.73%) | 221179 |
| Clatsop | 13389 (62.22%) | 8130 (37.78%) | 21519 | 10461 (48.77%) | 10987 (51.23%) | 21448 | 9000 (41.11%) | 12895 (58.89%) | 21895 | 5342 (24.34%) | 16608 (75.66%) | 21950 | 12136 (56.93%) | 9180 (43.07%) | 21316 |
| Columbia | 16932 (57.4%) | 12566 (42.6%) | 29498 | 11731 (40.33%) | 17359 (59.67%) | 29090 | 10130 (34.03%) | 19639 (65.97%) | 29769 | 6082 (20.41%) | 23719 (79.59%) | 29801 | 14409 (49.61%) | 14638 (50.39%) | 29047 |
| Coos | 18246 (54.57%) | 15193 (45.43%) | 33439 | 13004 (39.68%) | 19766 (60.32%) | 32770 | 10283 (30.63%) | 23287 (69.37%) | 33570 | 6494 (19.18%) | 27363 (80.82%) | 33857 | 15217 (46.55%) | 17471 (53.45%) | 32688 |
| Crook | 7667 (49.43%) | 7845 (50.57%) | 15512 | 5490 (35.81%) | 9840 (64.19%) | 15330 | 3712 (23.79%) | 11891 (76.21%) | 15603 | 2215 (14.15%) | 13434 (85.85%) | 15649 | 5577 (36.82%) | 9569 (63.18%) | 15146 |
| Curry | 7094 (53.85%) | 6080 (46.15%) | 13174 | 5694 (43.68%) | 7341 (56.32%) | 13035 | 4263 (32.3%) | 8935 (67.7%) | 13198 | 3024 (22.88%) | 10194 (77.12%) | 13218 | 6309 (48.77%) | 6626 (51.23%) | 12935 |
| Deschutes | 75997 (63.41%) | 43861 (36.59%) | 119858 | 57345 (48.85%) | 60052 (51.15%) | 117397 | 50258 (41.93%) | 69606 (58.07%) | 119864 | 26870 (22.47%) | 92723 (77.53%) | 119593 | 62226 (53.55%) | 53974 (46.45%) | 116200 |
| Douglas | 28193 (48.27%) | 30211 (51.73%) | 58404 | 20123 (34.95%) | 37457 (65.05%) | 57580 | 15173 (25.8%) | 43628 (74.2%) | 58801 | 8637 (14.51%) | 50880 (85.49%) | 59517 | 22871 (39.95%) | 34376 (60.05%) | 57247 |
| Gilliam | 459 (42.5%) | 621 (57.5%) | 1080 | 381 (35.44%) | 694 (64.56%) | 1075 | 260 (23.79%) | 833 (76.21%) | 1093 | 173 (15.71%) | 928 (84.29%) | 1101 | 373 (35.09%) | 690 (64.91%) | 1063 |
| Grant | 1695 (40.46%) | 2494 (59.54%) | 4189 | 1214 (29.31%) | 2928 (70.69%) | 4142 | 979 (23.25%) | 3231 (76.75%) | 4210 | 515 (12.15%) | 3724 (87.85%) | 4239 | 1369 (33.44%) | 2725 (66.56%) | 4094 |
| Harney | 1680 (41.66%) | 2353 (58.34%) | 4033 | 1270 (31.67%) | 2740 (68.33%) | 4010 | 864 (21.19%) | 3214 (78.81%) | 4078 | 471 (11.5%) | 3625 (88.5%) | 4096 | 1387 (35.11%) | 2563 (64.89%) | 3950 |
| Hood River | 8260 (69.72%) | 3588 (30.28%) | 11848 | 6668 (57.11%) | 5007 (42.89%) | 11675 | 6172 (51.96%) | 5707 (48.04%) | 11879 | 3079 (25.82%) | 8848 (74.18%) | 11927 | 7197 (62.04%) | 4403 (37.96%) | 11600 |
| Jackson | 60620 (54.13%) | 51360 (45.87%) | 111980 | 48747 (44.09%) | 61821 (55.91%) | 110568 | 43580 (38.68%) | 69098 (61.32%) | 112678 | 24118 (21.36%) | 88797 (78.64%) | 112915 | 56020 (50.87%) | 54106 (49.13%) | 110126 |
| Jefferson | 5861 (52.7%) | 5261 (47.3%) | 11122 | 4192 (37.98%) | 6844 (62.02%) | 11036 | 3237 (28.9%) | 7965 (71.1%) | 11202 | 1960 (17.45%) | 9275 (82.55%) | 11235 | 4615 (42.28%) | 6300 (57.72%) | 10915 |
| Josephine | 18853 (41.19%) | 26917 (58.81%) | 45770 | 13960 (30.48%) | 31840 (69.52%) | 45800 | 12720 (27.49%) | 33545 (72.51%) | 46265 | 8006 (17.11%) | 38785 (82.89%) | 46791 | 17220 (37.88%) | 28239 (62.12%) | 45459 |
| Klamath | 16846 (50.69%) | 16386 (49.31%) | 33232 | 11228 (34.29%) | 21518 (65.71%) | 32746 | 8919 (26.72%) | 24460 (73.28%) | 33379 | 4870 (14.4%) | 28959 (85.6%) | 33829 | 12720 (39.06%) | 19848 (60.94%) | 32568 |
| Lake | 1807 (45.3%) | 2182 (54.7%) | 3989 | 1205 (30.33%) | 2768 (69.67%) | 3973 | 854 (21.23%) | 3168 (78.77%) | 4022 | 480 (11.77%) | 3599 (88.23%) | 4079 | 1235 (31.9%) | 2636 (68.1%) | 3871 |
| Lane | 126114 (64.21%) | 70280 (35.79%) | 196394 | 104384 (54.11%) | 88536 (45.89%) | 192920 | 87502 (43.96%) | 111562 (56.04%) | 199064 | 44081 (21.98%) | 156480 (78.02%) | 200561 | 110031 (57.03%) | 82908 (42.97%) | 192939 |
| Lincoln | 17480 (62.74%) | 10383 (37.26%) | 27863 | 13886 (50.17%) | 13794 (49.83%) | 27680 | 12166 (43.2%) | 15998 (56.8%) | 28164 | 7566 (26.72%) | 20745 (73.28%) | 28311 | 15992 (57.98%) | 11588 (42.02%) | 27580 |
| Linn | 36845 (54.66%) | 30563 (45.34%) | 67408 | 25478 (38.24%) | 41155 (61.76%) | 66633 | 20842 (30.68%) | 47098 (69.32%) | 67940 | 13063 (19.12%) | 55254 (80.88%) | 68317 | 30260 (45.73%) | 35905 (54.27%) | 66165 |
| Malheur | 5777 (55.43%) | 4646 (44.57%) | 10423 | 3395 (32.97%) | 6903 (67.03%) | 10298 | 2494 (23.97%) | 7909 (76.03%) | 10403 | 1981 (19.05%) | 8416 (80.95%) | 10397 | 4168 (40.81%) | 6044 (59.19%) | 10212 |
| Marion | 89601 (60.56%) | 58342 (39.44%) | 147943 | 64133 (44.02%) | 81561 (55.98%) | 145694 | 52631 (35.38%) | 96108 (64.62%) | 148739 | 32412 (21.73%) | 116767 (78.27%) | 149179 | 75558 (52.08%) | 69510 (47.92%) | 145068 |
| Morrow | 2032 (45.45%) | 2439 (54.55%) | 4471 | 1501 (34.06%) | 2906 (65.94%) | 4407 | 1108 (24.88%) | 3345 (75.12%) | 4453 | 702 (15.61%) | 3794 (84.39%) | 4496 | 1773 (40.6%) | 2594 (59.4%) | 4367 |
| Multnomah | 303176 (80.28%) | 74484 (19.72%) | 377660 | 198771 (52.73%) | 178186 (47.27%) | 376957 | 220355 (56.95%) | 166600 (43.05%) | 386955 | 105773 (27.3%) | 281666 (72.7%) | 387439 | 280752 (74.44%) | 96378 (25.56%) | 377130 |
| Polk | 25735 (57.31%) | 19167 (42.69%) | 44902 | 19320 (43.66%) | 24930 (56.34%) | 44250 | 15992 (35.44%) | 29138 (64.56%) | 45130 | 9498 (20.98%) | 35764 (79.02%) | 45262 | 22346 (50.79%) | 21654 (49.21%) | 44000 |
| Sherman | 651 (58.97%) | 453 (41.03%) | 1104 | 274 (24.77%) | 832 (75.23%) | 1106 | 205 (18.34%) | 913 (81.66%) | 1118 | 122 (10.83%) | 1004 (89.17%) | 1126 | 307 (28.24%) | 780 (71.76%) | 1087 |
| Tillamook | 8902 (58.63%) | 6282 (41.37%) | 15184 | 6674 (44.15%) | 8443 (55.85%) | 15117 | 5369 (34.96%) | 9990 (65.04%) | 15359 | 3263 (21.07%) | 12227 (78.93%) | 15490 | 7480 (49.92%) | 7504 (50.08%) | 14984 |
| Umatilla | 17338 (59.37%) | 11863 (40.63%) | 29201 | 10405 (36.08%) | 18433 (63.92%) | 28838 | 8253 (28.23%) | 20982 (71.77%) | 29235 | 5096 (17.37%) | 24242 (82.63%) | 29338 | 11617 (40.53%) | 17049 (59.47%) | 28666 |
| Union | 6757 (48.9%) | 7062 (51.1%) | 13819 | 4868 (35.55%) | 8827 (64.45%) | 13695 | 3876 (27.84%) | 10046 (72.16%) | 13922 | 1920 (13.71%) | 12086 (82.86%) | 14006 | 5338 (39.61%) | 7504 (60.39%) | 13477 |
| Wallowa | 2317 (47.99%) | 2511 (52.01%) | 4828 | 1724 (36.08%) | 3054 (63.92%) | 4778 | 1402 (29.01%) | 3430 (70.99%) | 4832 | 832 (17.14%) | 4021 (82.86%) | 4853 | 1788 (37.91%) | 2928 (62.09%) | 4716 |
| Wasco | 7043 (56.33%) | 5460 (43.67%) | 12503 | 5273 (42.78%) | 7053 (57.22%) | 12326 | 4310 (34.22%) | 8285 (65.78%) | 12595 | 2524 (19.91%) | 10154 (80.09%) | 12678 | 6032 (49.14%) | 6243 (50.86%) | 12275 |
| Washington | 196795 (70.38%) | 82821 (29.62%) | 279616 | 151162 (54.9%) | 124201 (45.1%) | 275363 | 139282 (49.47%) | 142245 (50.53%) | 281527 | 71116 (25.23%) | 210739 (74.77%) | 281855 | 170221 (62.17%) | 103575 (37.83%) | 273796 |
| Wheeler | 338 (40.67%) | 493 (59.33%) | 831 | 258 (31.62%) | 558 (68.38%) | 816 | 207 (24.82%) | 627 (75.18%) | 834 | 132 (15.77%) | 705 (84.23%) | 837 | 303 (37.04%) | 515 (62.96%) | 818 |
| Yamhill | 30578 (56.61%) | 23433 (43.39%) | 54011 | 22605 (42.22%) | 30932 (57.78%) | 53537 | 19235 (35.18%) | 35439 (64.82%) | 54674 | 10499 (19.11%) | 44429 (80.89%) | 54928 | 25518 (47.88%) | 27773 (52.12%) | 53291 |