Oregon statewide elections, 2006

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Oregon's 2006 statewide election included a May 16 Primary Election and a November 7 General Election. Many statewide and local offices were up for election, as well as several ballot measures.

Both partisan and non-partisan offices were at stake in the 2006 election cycle. Oregon conducts partisan and non-partisan elections differently:

For partisan offices (such as the state legislature and governor's races), major parties (Democratic and Republican) run candidates in the Primary to select their nominee for the General Election. (The state takes on the administrative and financial burden of primaries for the two major parties, while other parties determine their candidate according to whatever nominating process they choose.) A plurality (that is, more votes than any opponent) is sufficient for a major party candidate to win nomination; candidates need not get more than 50% of the vote to advance to the General Election.

Non-partisan offices (such as judges, district attorneys, and superintendent) may be filled in the Primary, if any candidate wins a majority of the vote. If no candidate wins over 50% of the vote, however, the top two vote-winners will face each other in a runoff in the November General Election.

In 2006, the following offices were up for election: Governor, Supreme Court Position 6 (to replace Wally Carson), and numerous seats in the state legislature (House of Representatives and Senate), the state Circuit Courts, and the District Attorney's offices. Many other offices that were uncontested, or that were local to various towns, counties, or regions, were also on Oregon ballots. Such races are not listed on this page.)

County governments conduct the elections. Immediately after an election, their web sites ^[1] are the best place to find accurate election results. The Secretary of State's office posts official results 30 days after an election.

Contents 1 Key: abbreviations of Oregon political parties 2 Candidates (Legislative) 2.1 U.S. Congress 2.2 State Legislature 3 Candidates (Executive) 3.1 Governor 3.2 Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries 3.3 Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 Candidates (Judicial) 4.1 Oregon Supreme Court 4.2 Lower courts 4.3 District Attorneys 5 Related pages 6 References 7 Endorsements

[edit] Key: abbreviations of Oregon political parties

• (C) Constitution Party of Oregon
• (D) Democratic Party
• (G) Pacific Green Party
• (L) Libertarian Party of Oregon
• (R) Republican Party
• (I) independent (no party affiliation)

[edit] Candidates (Legislative)

Third party candidates and independent candidates are included in the "notes" columns in the tables below.

[edit] U.S. Congress

Neither of Oregon's US Senate seats was up for election in 2006. (Senate terms are 6 years.)

Current US Senators for Oregon:

• Gordon Smith (R)
• Ron Wyden (D)

All five of Oregon's National Congressional districts (US House of Representatives) were up for election in 2006 (as they are every two years.)

All five races were contested, but were won by the incumbent.

House District, incumbent	Democrats	Republicans	notes
1 David Wu	David Wu losers in primary: Pavel Goberman Alexa Lewis Shantu Shah	Derrick Kitts	other candidates: Dean Wolf (C) Drake Davis (L)
2 Greg Walden	Carol Voisin losers in primary: Scott Silver Charles H. Butcher III Dan Davis	Greg Walden loser in primary: Paul Daghlian	other candidates: Jack Brown (C) Carl F. Worden (I) is also running, according to United States House elections, 2006 complete list#Oregon
3 Earl Blumenauer	Earl Blumenauer loser in primary: John Sweeney	Bruce Broussard	also running: David Brownlow (C)
4 Peter DeFazio	Peter DeFazio	Jim Feldkamp loser in primary: Monica Johnson
5 Darlene Hooley	Darlene Hooley	Mike Erickson	other candidates: Paul Aranas (G) Doug Patterson (C)

[edit] State Legislature

elections for the Oregon Senate and House of Representatives

In the bicameral Oregon Legislative Assembly, each of the 30 Senate districts is composed of exactly two House districts. In the chart below, House districts are listed next to the Senate district to which they belong (rather than listing the Senate and House in separate charts.) The counties covered by each Senate district are listed in italics, with (parentheses) if the county extends into other districts. (The Oregon Blue Book contains much of the information detailed below.)

For more detail on district boundaries, see the Secretary of State's web site:

• map of Senate districts (similar to map at right, but also includes many towns and cities)
• map of House districts
• more local maps by district, by county, by region (large collection of highly detailed maps)
• interactive district map (allows you to zoom in to see detail)

Candidates for the Oregon Senate and House, 2006. For primary candidates, see Oregon primary election, 2006. Official list of House candidates, Senate candidates. Many links to candidate sites can be found at the Democratic Party's web site (www.dpo.org) and the Republican Party's web site (www.orgop.org)

General Election winners are indicated below with a colored box (light blue for Democrats, light red for Republicans.)

Senate District, incumbent, county(s)	House District, incumbent	Democratic Candidates	Republican Candidates	notes
1 Jeff Kruse (R) Curry (Coos) (Douglas)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	1 Wayne Krieger		Wayne Krieger	Robert Taylor (L)
	2 Susan Morgan		Susan Morgan
2 Jason Atkinson (R) Josephine	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	3 Gordon Anderson (R)	Howard Owens	Ron Maurer
	4 Dennis Richardson	Richard Koopmans	Dennis Richardson	editorial by Richardson
3 Alan Bates Jackson		Alan Bates	Lynn Aiello
	5 Peter Buckley	Peter Buckley
	6 Sal Esquivel	Mike Moran	Sal Esquivel
4 Floyd Prozanski (Douglas) (Lane)		Floyd Prozanski	Bill Eddie
	7 Bruce Hanna		Bruce Hanna	Laura Aviani-Skinner (I)
	8 Paul Holvey	Paul R. Holvey	Andrew Hill
5 Joanne Verger (D) Lincoln (Lane) (Douglas) (Coos) (Yamhill) (Tillamook)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	9 Arnie Roblan	Arnie Roblan	Al Pearn
	10 Alan Brown	Jean Cowan	Alan Brown
6 Bill Morrisette (Lane) (Linn)		Bill Morrisette	Renee Lindsey
	11 Phil Barnhart	Phil Barnhart	J. Oakley
	12 Elizabeth Terry Beyer	Terry Beyer	Bill Lioio
7 Vicki Walker (Lane)		Vicki L. Walker	Jim Torrey
	13 Robert Ackerman (D)	Nancy Nathanson		Thomas Ray Albright, the Republican nominee, withdrew on August 1.
	14 Debi Farr	Chris Edwards	Debi Farr
8 Frank Morse (Benton) (Linn)		Mario E. Magana	Frank Morse
	15 Andy Olson	Sam H.W Sappington	Andy Olson
	16 Sara Gesler	Sara A. Gesler	Robin M. Brown
9 Roger Beyer (Clackamas) (Linn)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	17 Jeff Kropf	Dan Thackaberry	Fred Girod	Kropf dropped out of the race in July. Girod was chosen 8/13 as the new nomonee. (another article in Albany Democrat-Herald)
	18 Mac Sumner	Jim Gilbert	Mac Sumner
10 Jackie Winters (Marion)		Paul Evans	Jackie Winters
	19 Kevin Cameron	Brian Grisham	Kevin Cameron	Jerry Defoe (L)
	20 Vicki Berger	Connie Garcia	Vicki Berger
Senate District, incumbent, county(s)	House District, incumbent	Democratic Candidates	Republican Candidates	notes
11 Peter Courtney (Marion)		Peter Courtney	Jared Thatcher
	21 Billy Dalto	Brian Clem	Billy Dalto	August article in Statesman-Journal
	22 Betty Komp	Betty Komp	Carl Wieneke
12 Gary George (Polk) (Yamhill)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	23 Brian Boquist	Jason Brown	Brian Boquist	Paul Delaney (L)
	24 Donna Nelson	Sal Peralta	Donna Nelson	David Terry (L)
13 Charles Starr (Washington) (Yamhill) (Polk)		Rick Ross	Larry George
	25 Kim Thatcher	Charles E. Lee	Kim Thatcher
	26 Jerry Krummel	Lee Coleman	Jerry Krummel	Charles F. Radley (L)
14 Ryan Deckert D (Washington)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	27 Mark Hass	Tobias Read	Dominic Biggi
	28 Jeff Barker	Jeff Barker	Eldon Derville-Teer
15 Bruce Starr (Washington)		John Napolitano	Bruce Starr	Oregonian profile of Napolitano
	29 Chuck Riley	Chuck Riley	Terry Rilling
	30 Derrick Kitts	David Edwards	Everett Curry	Kitts is running against incumbent David Wu for the US Congress (district 1)
16 Betsy Johnson D Clatsop Columbia (Tillamook) (Washington)		Betsy Johnson	Don Fell	Robert J. Simmering (C)
	31 Brad Witt	Brad Witt	Mike Kocher
	32 Deborah Boone	Deborah Boone	Norm Myers
17 Charlie Ringo D (Multnomah)		Brad Avakian		John R. Pivarnik (C)
	33 Mitch Greenlick	Mitch Greenlick	Mark Eggleston	David E. Long (L)
	34 Brad Avakian	Suzanne Bonamici	Joan Draper	Gregory F. Rohde (L)
18 Ginny Burdick D (Multnomah) (Washington)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	35 Larry Galizio	Larry Galizio	Shirley Parsons
	36 Mary Nolan	Mary Nolan		Frank Dane (L)
19 Richard Devlin D (Clackamas)		Richard Devlin	David Newell	Christie M. Schaefer (I)
	37 Scott Bruun	Bev Backa	Scott Bruun	David M. Akin (L) Oregonian article about the two candidates
	38 Greg Macpherson	Greg Macpherson	Fred Bremner
20 Kurt Schrader (Clackamas)		Kurt Schrader		Thomas F. Lemons was listed at one time as a Republican candidate, but did not appear on the ballot.
	39 Wayne Scott	Mike Caudle	Wayne Scott	Wes Wagner (Libertarian) is also running.
	40 Dave Hunt	Dave Hunt
Senate District, incumbent, county(s)	House District, incumbent	Democratic Candidates	Republican Candidates	notes
21 Kate Brown (Multnomah)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	41 Carolyn Tomei	Carolyn Tomei
	42 Diane Rosenbaum	Diane Rosenbaum		Jeff Cropp (Pacific Green Party) is also running.
22 Margaret Carter (Multnomah)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	43 Chip Shields	Chip Shields
	44 Gary Hansen	Tina Kotek	Jay Kushner	Democratic web site and blog
23 Avel Gordly (Multnomah)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006			Gordly dropped her Democratic Party affiliation in 6/06.
	45 Jackie Dingfelder	Jackie Dingfelder	Dick Osborne
	46 Steve March	Ben Cannon	William Cornett	Paul Loney (Pacific Green Party) is also running. Bing Wong, Democratic party leader for this district
24 Frank Shields (Multnomah)		Rod Monroe	T.J. Reilly	Ron McCarty (I)
	47 Jeff Merkley	Jeff Merkley	Bruce McCain
	48 Mike Schaufler	Mike Schaufler		Dave Mowry, the Republican nominee, withdrew on July 21.
25 Laurie Monnes Anderson (Multnomah)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	49 Karen Minnis	Rob Brading	Karen Minnis	Brad Fudge (L) filed for the ballot, but was disqualified on Sept. 1. Oregonian coverage of Brading's complaint about campaign tactics
	50 John Lim	Jill Selman-Ringer	John Lim	Brian D. Lowery (L) Statesman-Journal story about ethics investigation into Lim's travel
26 Rick Metsger D (Multnomah) (Clackamas) Hood River		Rick Metsger	Carol York
	51 Linda Flores	Ryan Olds	Linda Flores
	52 Patti Smith	Suzanne VanOrman	Patti Smith
27 Ben Westlund (Deschutes)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006			Westlund dropped (Rep) party affil to run for Governor as an indep. Withdrew from Gov. race 8/10/06.
	53 Gene Whisnant	Bill A. Smith	Gene Whisnant
	54 Chuck Burley	Phil Philiben	Chuck Burley
28 Doug Whitsett Lake Crook Klamath (Deschutes) (Jackson)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	55 George Gilman		George Gilman
	56 Bill Garrard	James Calvert	Bill Garrard
29 David Nelson Morrow Umatilla Union Wallowa	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	57 Greg Smith	Tonia St. Germain	Greg Smith	Nancy Wolfe won the Democratic party, but withdrew. St. Germain was nominated to take her place 8/7/06.
	58 Bob Jenson	Ben Talley	Bob Jenson
30 Ted Ferrioli Wasco Sherman Gilliam Jefferson Wheeler (Deschutes) Grant Baker Harney Malheur	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	59 John Dallum	Jim Gilbertson	John Dallum
	60 Tom Butler	Peter Hall	Tom Butler
Senate District, incumbent, county(s)	House District, incumbent	Democratic Candidates	Republican Candidates	notes

[edit] Candidates (Executive)

Oregon Blue Book list of elected executive officials

[edit] Governor

Incumbent Governor Ted Kulongoski (D) won the election.

Oregon gubernatorial election, 2006 has more complete info.

Democratic Party

winner in primary:

• Ted Kulongoski (incumbent)

losers in primary:

Jim Hill, Pete Sorenson

Republican Party

winner in primary:

• Ron Saxton

losers in primary:

Jason A. Atkinson, Kevin Mannix, W. Ames Curtright, David W. Beem, William E. Spidal, Gordon Leitch, Bob Leonard Forthan

Pacific Green Party

• Joe Keating

Constitution Party

• Mary Starrett

Libertarian Party

• Richard Morley

Independent

• Ben Westlund gathered enough signatures to appear on the ballot, but withdrew from the race August 10.

[edit] Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries

winner in primary:

• Dan Gardner

[edit] Superintendent of Public Instruction

winner in primary:

• Susan Castillo

loser in primary:

• Deborah L. Andrews

[edit] Candidates (Judicial)

Many judicial positions are not contested. Incumbents are rarely opposed, and when they resign, it is often timed such that the Governor chooses their replacement. ^[2]

If a judicial position becomes vacant and the Governor declines to make an appointment, it must be filled at the next General Election. If it's not too late to file for a Primary Election, candidates will appear on that ballot in the first round of a runoff election. If there is no Primary before the next General Election, all candidates appear on the General Election ballot, and a plurality vote may determine the winner.

[edit] Oregon Supreme Court

Position 6 (incumbent: Wally Carson)

candidates for November runoff:

• Virginia Linder (campaign website)
• Jack Roberts

loser in primary:

• W Eugene Hallman

[edit] Lower courts

(Several seats with only one candidate will be on the ballot, for the Court of Appeals and Circuit Courts. Such races are generally not listed on this page.)

Oregon has 26 State Court districts. Most of them are comprised of a single county, but several include multiple counties.

Info on each district:

• http://www.fedstats.gov/mapstats/statecourts/sc41.html
• http://bluebook.state.or.us/state/judicial/judicial27.htm

Contested Circuit Court judge positions

Dist. num & county(s)	Position	incumbent	candidates	notes
1 - Jackson	9		Lisa C. Greif Ron Grensky	(runoff) Jackson County primary results
2 - Lane	14		Debra Vogt Alan Leiman	(runoff) Lane County primary results
3 - Marion	2		Paul Lipscomb Ross Day	Liscomb won in the Primary.
4 - Multnomah	28	Cliff Freeman (d.)	James J. McIntyre Ulanda L. Watkins Christopher D. Wright Judith Hudson Matarazzo Mary Overgaard Mark K. Kramer Charles L. Best James E. Leuenberger Theodore E. Sims	This seat became vacant shortly before the filing deadline when Judge Freeman passed away. Trung Tu also filed for this seat, but withdrew his candidacy. The Portland Tribune has a writeup of each candidate. The Oregonian and Willamette Week endorsed Judith Hudson Matarazzo.
4 - Multnomah	31	David Gernant	Cheryl Albrecht Kathleen Payne	(runoff) Mult. County primary results Endorsements: Cheryl Albrecht Gov. Barbara Roberts, 36 judges including 3 Supreme Court Justices, 6 state Senators and Representatives, Sheriff Bernie Giusto, Mult. Co. Corrections Deputies Assn., The Oregonian, Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, and the Multnomah County Democrats (dual endorsement.) Kathleen Payne Multnomah County District Attorney Michael D. Schrunk, Attorney General Hardy Myers, Steve Doell of Crime Victims United, the Portland Police Assn., former Mayor Vera Katz, and the Multnomah County Democrats (dual endorsement.)
4 - Multnomah	37	Youlee Yim You	Charles Henderson (write-in) Leslie Roberts	Incumbent Youlee You, who was appointed 8/9/06, filed for election, but withdrew her candidacy after her qualification to run for office (specifically, 3 years' residence in Oregon immediately prior to filing) was called into question by opponent Leslie Roberts and denied by the Secretary of State's office. Leslie Roberts' is the only name on the ballot; Charles Henderson is running as a write-in candidate. Media coverage: Oregonian story, Oregonian columnist Steve Duin, Willamette Week, Portland Tribune, op-ed by Leslie Roberts in The Oregonian. Endorsements: Roberts: Governor Barbara Roberts Henderson: The Oregonian, [Willamette Week, The Portland Mercury, Portland City Commissioner Erik Sten, Gresham City Councilors Karylinn Echols, Jacquenette McIntire, and Paul Warr-King, 14 of 35 current Judges of the Multnomah County Circuit Court.
5 - Clackamas	11		Susie L. Huva	Huva won outright in the primary, with 52.11 % of the vote.
6 - Morrow, Umatilla	5		Christopher R. Brauer Annetta L. Spicer	(runoff) The East Oregonian has election results here. Umatilla election results
7 - Gilliam, Hood River, Sherman, Wasco, Wheeler				no contested races
8 - Baker				no contested races
9 - Malheur				no contested races
10 - Union, Wallowa				no contested races
11 - Deschutes				no contested races
12 - Polk				no contested races
13 - Klamath				no contested races
14 - Josephine				no contested races
15 - Coos, Curry				no contested races
16 - Douglas	5		George Ambrosini William (Bill) Marshall Nancy Cook
17 - Lincoln				no contested races
18 - Clatsop	3		Cindee S. Matyas Don H. Haller, III	(runoff) Clatsop County election results
19 - Columbia				no contested races
20 - Washington	6		Vincent A. Deguc Charlie Bailey	(runoff) Washington County election results
	13		Jim Fun	Fun won outright in the May primary, with 66.24% of the vote.
21 - Benton				no contested races
22 - Crook, Jefferson				no contested races
23 - Linn				no contested races
24 - Grant, Harney				no contested races
25 - Yamhill				no contested races
26 - Lake				no contested races
27 - Tillamook				no contested races

[edit] District Attorneys

NOTE: Most races for District Attorney were probably decided in the May Primary election, but I haven't had time to look through every County's election results. Please see the relevant County Election office results for most accurate info.

County	Candidate
BENTON	Scott A. Heiser
CLATSOP	Joshua Marquis
COLUMBIA	Stephen Atchison
DESCHUTES	Mike Dugan
DOUGLAS	Jack L. Banta
GILLIAM	Michelle T. Timko Marion Weatherford Earl R. Woods, Jr.
GRANT	Jim Carpenter Ryan S. Joslin
KLAMATH	Edwin I. Caleb Ginger Lee Harris
MARION	Walter M Beglau
MORROW	John L. Ballard Valerie B. Doherty Elizabeth Ballard (winner in primary)
SHERMAN	Tara R. Lawrence Wade M. Mcleod
TILLAMOOK	William (Bill) Porter
WALLOWA	Daniel Ousley Mona K. Williams
WASHINGTON	Bob Hermann
WHEELER	Thomas W. Cutsforth

[edit] Related pages

• Oregon primary election, 2006
• Oregon gubernatorial election, 2006
• Multnomah County, Oregon election, 2006
• Portland, Oregon and Metro election, 2006

[edit] References

1. ^ list of county election web sites (where available, their web sites are linked; this is the most accurate source of election results within 30 days after an election.)
2. ^ Unsigned editorial. Four strong picks for circuit court judge. The Oregonian. April 21, 2006. URL accessed Sept. 2, 2006.

• Oregon Secretary of State's official list of candidates for May 16 Primary
• Oregon Primary Election page, with official results.
• Oregonian Voter Guide
• The Oregonian's election results
• The League of Women Voters produces a nonpartisan voting guide before every election.
• Oregon Blue Book
• Oregon Democratic Party web site
• Multnomah County Democrats web site
• Oregonian newspaper Elections site
• Oregon Elections site (not an official government site, but pretty thorough.)
• OregonLive election results

[edit] Endorsements

• Williamette Week
• Portland Mercury
• Carpenters Local 247 Political Endorsements

Oregon 2006 Elections
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