The Green Papers: Oregon 2007 Off Year Election |
Oregon
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Gordon Harold Smith First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Ron Wyden First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 30 January 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert Packwood (Republican): 1 October 1995 (Oregon state law does not permit the state's Governor to make temporary appointments to fill vacancies in the United States Senate)]; elected to a full term: 1998; re-elected: 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors | |||||
Democratic | Governor Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Democratic (4 Undetermined); 1 Republican (1 Undetermined) | |||||
CD 1 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman David Wu Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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CD 2 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Gregory Paul "Greg" Walden Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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CD 3 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Earl Blumenauer Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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CD 4 {map} |
Democratic | Congressman Peter A. "Pete" DeFazio First elected: 1986 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Darlene Hooley Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Democratic | Secretary of State Bill Bradbury Appointed: 1999; first elected: 2000; 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - At term limit |
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Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Democratic | Attorney General Hardy Myers First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - At term limit |
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Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Democratic | Treasurer Randall Edwards First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - At term limit |
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Commissioner of Labor and Industries 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018. The Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall be elected for a term of four years [ORS 651.030] | |||||
Nonpartisan | Labor and Industries Commissioner Dan Gardner First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 18 May 2010 |
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If a candidate receives a majority of the vote for this non-partisan office in the May primary, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top two vote getters go to a runoff in November. [OR Revised Statutes 249.088] | |||||
Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2002. A 2011 law eliminated this as an elected office effective at the end of the current Superintendent's term or resignation. This office is now an appointed position. | |||||
Nonpartisan | Public Instruction Superintendent Susan Castillo First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 18 May 2010 |
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If a candidate receives a majority of the vote for this non-partisan office in the May primary, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top two vote getters go to a runoff in November. [OR Revised Statutes 249.088] |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |