OREGON'S STATEWIDE ELECTIONS, 2006

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Oregon's 2006 statewide election included a May 16 Primary Election and a November 7 General Election.
Ten statewide ballot measures were on the November ballot.
The following offices were up for election: Governor, Supreme Court Position 6 (to succeed Wallace P. Carson, Jr.), 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.

Contents

Election Process

Voter Statistics and Turnout

Key: abbreviations of Oregon political parties

Candidates (Legislative)

U.S. Congress

State Legislature

Results

Candidates (Executive)

Governor

Labor Commissioner

Superintendent of Schools

Candidates (Judicial)

Lower courts

District Attorneys

Related pages

References

Endorsements

Election Process

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.
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.

Voter Statistics and Turnout

According to the Annual Oregon Population Report for 2005, the total estimated population of Oregon as of July 1, 2005 was 3,631,440, of which 2,765,827 were of voting age. Of these, 69,146 were ineligible to vote due to legal impediments, leaving an estimated 2,696,681 Oregonians eligible to vote. 1,976,669 voters were in fact registered for the 2006 election, 73.3% of those estimated eligible, and 70.8% of these registered voters or 1,399,650 voters actually did cast their ballots.

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)

Candidates (Legislative)

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.
Main articles: Oregon United States House elections, 2006

State Legislature

In the bicameral Oregon Legislative Assembly, each of the 30 Senate districts is composed of exactly two House districts.
Detailed district boundaries may be found at the Secretary of State's web site.^[2][3][4][5]
Oregon's State House in its entirety comes up for election in even numbered years. All 60 biennially elected seats in the House were up for election. Each seat has a 2-year term with no term limits. The Democrats won in 31 of 60 districts, gaining four seats and control of Oregon's State House for the first time since 1990.

'House party balance'		2004	'2006'	+/-
	Democrat-held	27	31	+4
	Republican-held	33	29	-4
'Total'		'60'

Oregon State Senators serve four year terms without term limits. Their terms are staggered so that only half of the Senators are up for re-election every two even-numbered years.
The Rebublicans lost one seat in the State Senate, because Senator Westlund, although not up for election, switched first to non-partisan Independent to challenge for the Governor's seat, then withdrew from that race and re-registered as a Democrat, gaining the Democrats one seat. The Democrats, however, also lost Senator Gordly, who was not up for election either, but she re-registered as a non-partisan Independent. Outside the party changes by these two individual Senators, no other seats in the Senate shifted party as a result of the election, although three incumbents declined to run for various reasons and another lost his primary.

'Senate party balance'		2004	'2006'	+/-
	Democrat-held	18	18	net 0
	Republican-held	12	11	-1
	Independent-held	0	1	+1
'Total'		'30'

Most races were not strongly contested in the General Election. In 60% of the legislative races, the "underdog" candidate raised less than 25% of the funds his or her opponent raised. Also, in 85% of the 75 legislative races, the winner was the candidate who raised more money.^[6]
Candidates for the Oregon Senate^[7] and House^[8] are listed 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. Box colors indicate party affiliation for both incumbents and General Election winners (light blue for Democrats, light red for Republicans). Names and statistics of General Election winners are also 'boldfaced'. (The Oregon Blue Book contains much of the information detailed below.)
For primary candidates, see Oregon primary election, 2006. [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)

Results

Senate District, incumbent, ''county(s)''	House District, incumbent	Notes	Candidates	Votes Garnered	Margin
1 Jeff Kruse (R)''Curry (Coos) (Douglas)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	1 Wayne Krieger (R)		'Wayne Krieger' (R) Robert Taylor (L) Write-ins	'16,736' 5,861 182	'73.47%' 25.73% .80%
	2 Susan Morgan (R)	Morgan ran unopposed	'Susan Morgan' (R) Write-ins	'16,962' 453	'97.40%' 2.60%
2 Jason Atkinson (R)''Josephine''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	3 Gordon Anderson (R)	Anderson announced resignation after Primary filing deadline	'Ron Maurer' (R) Howard Owens (D) Write-ins	'14,394' 8,645 47	'62.35%' 37.45% .20%
	4 Dennis Richardson (R)	★ editorial by Richardson	'Dennis Richardson' (R) Richard Koopmans (D) Write-ins	'16,604' 7,214 71	'69.50%' 30.20% .30%
3 Alan C. Bates (D)''Jackson''			'Alan C. Bates' (D) Lynn Aiello(R) Write-ins	'30,552' 17,321 92	'63.7%' 36.11% .19%
	5 Peter Buckley (D)	Buckley ran unopposed	'Peter Buckley' (D) Write-ins	'19,310' 496	'97.50%' 2.50%
	6 Sal Esquivel (R)		'Sal Esquivel'(R) Mike Moran (D) Write-ins	'11,423' 10,541 43	'51.91%' 47.90% .20%
4 Floyd Prozanski (D)''(Douglas) (Lane)''			'Floyd Prozanski' (D) Bill Eddie (R) Write-ins	'30,402' 17,327 96	'63.57%' 36.23% .20%
	7 Bruce Hanna (R)	Laura Aviani-Skinner (I) filed but did not qualify, for the third time.	'Bruce Hanna' (R) Write-ins	'15,505' 664	'95.89%' 4.11%
	8 Paul Holvey (D)		'Paul R. Holvey' (D) Andrew Hill (R) Write-ins	'18,481' 5,460 63	'76.99%' 22.75% .26%
5 Joanne Verger (D)''Lincoln (Lane) (Douglas) (Coos) (Yamhill) (Tillamook)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	9 Arnie Roblan (D)		'Arnie Roblan' (D) Al Pearn (R) Write-ins	'13,340' 9,793 32	'57.59%' 42.27% .14%
	10 Alan Brown (R)		'Jean Cowan' (D) Alan Brown (R) Write-ins	'12,904' 12,112 68	'42.27%' 57.59% 0.14%
6 Bill Morrisette (D)''(Lane) (Linn)''			'Bill Morrisette' (D) Renee Lindsey (R) Write-ins	'14,753' 30,161 99	'32.77%' 67.01% 0.22%
	11 Phil Barnhart (D)		'Phil Barnhart' (D) J. Oakley (R) Write-ins	'16,206' 10,009 57	'61.69%' 38.10% 0.22%
	12 Elizabeth Terry Beyer (D)		'Terry Beyer' (D) Bill Lioio (R) Write-ins	'11,015' 6,093 36	'64.25%' 35.54% 0.21%
7 Vicki Walker (D)''(Lane)''			'Vicki L. Walker' (D) Jim Torrey (R) Write-ins	'25,667' 23,962 134	'51.58%' 48.15% 0.27%
	13 Robert Ackerman (D)	Thomas Ray Albright, Republican nominee, withdrew August 1; replaced by Monica Johnson, loser of Republican primary to challenge for Oregon's 4th District U.S. House. That challenge was also lost.	'Nancy Nathanson' (D) Monica Johnson (R) Write-ins	'17,505' 6,622 73	'72.33%' 27.36% 0.30%
	14 Debi Farr (R)		'Chris Edwards' (D) Debi Farr (R) Write-ins	'12,320' 11,257 56	'52.13%' 47.63% 0.24%
8 Frank Morse (R)''(Benton) (Linn)''			'Frank Morse' (R) Mario E. Magana Write-ins	'27,127' 18,767 134	'58.94%' 40.77% 0.29%
	15 Andy Olson (R)		'Andy Olson' (R) Sam H.W Sappington (D) Write-ins	'16,317' 7,634 47	'67.99%' 31.81% 0.20%
	16 Sara Gelser (D)		'Sara A. Gelser' (D) Robin M. Brown (R) Write-ins	'15,058' 7,252 40	'67.37%' 32.45% 0.18%
9 Roger Beyer (R)''(Clackamas) (Linn)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	17 Jeff Kropf (R)	Kropf dropped out of the race in July. Girod was chosen 8/13 as the new nominee. (another article in Albany Democrat-Herald)	'Fred Girod' (R) Dan Thackaberry (D) Write-ins	'12,658' 8,682 91	'59.06%' 40.51% 0.42%
	18 Mac Sumner (R)	Sumner announced his resignation shortly after winning the election.[9][10]	'Mac Sumner' (R) Jim Gilbert (D) Roger Shipman (C) Write-ins	'11,526' 9,840 504 34	'52.62%' 44.92% 2.30% 0.16%
10 Jackie Winters (R)''(Marion)''			'Jackie Winters' (R) Paul Evans (D) Write-ins	'24,641' 21,232 99	'53.60%' 46.18% 0.22%
	19 Kevin Cameron (R)	Jerry DeFoe was chosen 6/3 as the Libertarian nominee, filed 6/5, then withdrew 6/23 and instead challenged for Oregon's 5th District U.S. House seat and lost.	'Kevin Cameron' (R) Brian Grisham (D) Write-ins	'12,506' 9,529 54	'56.62%' 43.14% 0.24%
	20 Vicki Berger (R)		'Vicki Berger' (R) Connie Garcia (D) Write-ins	'13,382' 9,040 79	'59.47%' 40.18% 0.35%
Senate District, incumbent, ''county(s)''	House District, incumbent	Notes	Candidates	Votes Garnered	Margin
11 Peter Courtney (D)''(Marion)''			'Peter Courtney'(D) Jared Thatcher (R) Keith Humphrey (C) Write-ins	'15,593' 10,814 767 49	'57.28%' 39.72% 2.82% 0.18%
	21 Billy Dalto (R)	August article in Statesman-Journal	'Brian Clem' (D) Billy Dalto (R) Write-ins	'9,598' 6,025 101	'61.04%' 38.32% 0.64%
	22 Betty Komp (D)		'Betty Komp' (D) Carl Wieneke (R) Michael Marsh (C) Write-ins	'5,830' 5,090 381 22	'51.49%' 44.95% 3.36% 0.19%
12 Gary George (R)''(Polk) (Yamhill)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	23 Brian Boquist (R)		'Brian Boquist' (R) Jason Brown (D) Paul Delaney (L) Write-ins	'13,422' 8,760 942 27	'57.98%' 37.84% 4.07% 0.12%
	24 Donna G. Nelson (R)	Statesman Journal Endorses Peralta, News Register Endorses Peralta	'Donna G. Nelson' (R) Sal Peralta (D) David Terry (L) Write-ins	'11,206' 10,847 85 160	'48.58%' 47.03% 3.69% 0.69%
13 Charles Starr (R)''(Washington) (Yamhill) (Polk)''		Incumbent Senator Starr lost his party's primary to Larry George.	'Larry George' (R) Rick Ross (D) Write-ins	'26,504' 18,318 117	'58.98%' 40.76% 0.26%
	25 Kim Thatcher (R)		'Kim Thatcher' (R) Charles E. Lee (D) Write-ins	'11,956' 8,977 38	'57.01%' 42.81% 0.18%
	26 Jerry Krummel (R)		'Jerry Krummel' (R) Lee Coleman (D) Charles F. Radley (L) Write-ins	'14,424' 9,313 617 33	'59.15%' 38.19% 2.53% 0.14%
14 Ryan Deckert (D)''(Washington)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	27 Mark Hass (D)	Incumbent Representative Hass declined to run for a fourth term.	'Tobias Read' (D) Dominic Biggi (R) Write-ins	'14,325' 9,706 43	'59.50%' 40.32% 0.18%
	28 Jeff Barker (D)		'Jeff Barker' (D) Eldon Derville-Teer (R) Write-ins	'10,924' 5,912 86	'64.56%' 34.94% 0.51%
15 Bruce Starr (R)''(Washington)''		Oregonian profile of Napolitano	'Bruce Starr' (R) John Napolitano (D) Write-ins	'19,973' 16,308 71	'54.94%' 44.86% 0.20%
	29 Chuck Riley (D)		'Chuck Riley' (D) Terry Rilling (R) Scott Harwood (L) Write-ins	'7,987' 6,659 769 34	'51.70%' 43.10% 4.98% 0.22%
	30 Derrick Kitts (R)	Kitts challenged incumbent David Wu for Oregon's 1st US Congress District and lost.	'David Edwards' (D) Everett Curry (R) Ken Cunningham (C) Write-ins	'12,253' 8,965 442 38	'56.47%' 41.32% 2.04% 0.18%
16 Betsy Johnson (D)''Clatsop Columbia (Tillamook) (Washington)''			'Betsy Johnson' (D) Don Fell (R) Robert J. Simmering (C) Write-ins	'30,645' 16,040 1,429 85	'63.58%' 33.28% 2.96% 0.18%
	31 Brad Witt (D)		'Brad Witt' (D) Mike Kocher (R) Bob Ekström (C) Write-ins	'13,975' 6,955 2,802 62	'58.73%' 29.23% 11.78% 0.26%
	32 Deborah Boone (D)		'Deborah Boone' (D) Norm Myers (R) Write-ins	'14,876' 9,112 61	'61.86%' 37.89% 0.25%
17 Charlie Ringo (D)''(Multnomah)''		Incumbent Senator Ringo declined to run January 12, 2006	'Brad Avakian' (D) Piotr Kuklinski (R) Richard Whitehead (L) John R. Pivarnik (C) Write-ins	'31,612' 13,497 1,445 371 89	'67.24%' 28.71% 3.07% 0.79% 0.19%
	33 Mitch Greenlick (D)		'Mitch Greenlick' (D) Mark Eggleston (R) David E. Long (L) Write-ins	'19,481' 7,378 1,080 62	'69.57%' 26.35% 3.86% 0.22%
	34 Brad Avakian (D)	Incumbent Representative Avakian ran in Oregon's 17th Senate district race and won, after Incumbent Senator Ringo declined to run.	'Suzanne Bonamici' (D) Joan Draper (R) Gregory F. Rohde (L) Write-ins	''11,780' 6,902 439 27	'61.52%' 36.05% 2.29% 0.14%
18 Ginny Burdick (D)''(Multnomah) (Washington)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	35 Larry Galizio (D)		'Larry Galizio' (D) Shirley Parsons (R) Write-ins	'12,628' 10,000 47	'55.69%' 44.10% 0.21%
	36 Mary Nolan (D)		'Mary Nolan' (D) Frank Dane (L) Write-ins	'20,344' 3,520 137	'84.76%' 14.67% 0.57%
19 Richard Devlin (D)''(Clackamas)''		Independent candidate Christie M. Schaefer was listed at one point but failed to qualify enough signatures.	'Richard Devlin' (D) David Newell (R) Marc Delphine (L) Write-ins	'30,963' 18,299 1,218 65	'61.26%' 36.20% 2.41% 0.13%
	37 Scott Bruun (R)	Oregonian article about two of the candidates	'Scott Bruun' (R) Bev Backa (D) David M. Akin (L) Write-ins	'12,531' 10,461 507 20	'53.28%' 44.48% 2.16% 0.09%
	38 Greg MacPherson (D)		'Greg MacPherson' (D) Fred Bremner (R) Write-ins	'18,361' 8,335 45	'68.66%' 31.17% 0.17%
20 Kurt Schrader (D)''(Clackamas)''		Schrader ran unopposed. Thomas F. Lemons (R) won his Republican primary for the district, but withdrew July 20.	'Kurt Schrader' (D) Write-ins	'28,530' 1,154	'96.11%' 3.89%
	39 Wayne Scott (R)		'Wayne Scott' (R) Mike Caudle (D) Wes Wagner (L) Write-ins	'12,247' 9,214 819 51	'54.84%' 41.26% 3.67% 0.23%
	40 Dave Hunt (D)	Hunt ran unopposed.	'Dave Hunt' (D) Write-ins	'13,606' 418	'97.02%' 2.98%
Senate District, incumbent, ''county(s)''	House District, incumbent	Notes	Candidates	Votes Garnered	Margin
21 Kate Brown (D)''(Multnomah)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	41 Carolyn Tomei (D)	Incumbent Representative Tomei ran unopposed.	'Carolyn Tomei' (D) Write-ins	'15,998' 510	'96.91%' 3.09%
	42 Diane Rosenbaum (D)		'Diane Rosenbaum' (D) Jeff Cropp (G) Write-ins	'20,325' 3,870 155	'83.47%' 15.89% 0.64%
22 Margaret Carter (D)''(Multnomah)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	43 Chip Shields	Incumbent Representative Shields ran unopposed.	'Chip Shields' (D) Write-ins	'18,340' 378	'97.98%' 2.02%
	44 Gary Hansen (D)	Incumbent Representative Hansen ran for Multnomah County Commissioner in District 2, and won.	'Tina Kotek' (D) Jay Kushner (R) Write-ins	'13,931' 3,645 97	'78.83%' 20.62% 0.55%
23 Avel Gordly (I)''(Multnomah)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006. Senator Gordly dropped her Democratic Party affiliation to register as a non-partisan Independent in June 2006.
	45 Jackie Dingfelder (D)		'Jackie Dingfelder' (D) Dick Osborne (R) Write-ins	'18,460' 4,603 73	'79.79%' 19.90% 0.32%
	46 Steve March (D)	Incumbent Representative March ran for Multnomah County Auditor, and lost.	'Ben Cannon' (D) William Cornett (R) Paul Loney (G) Write-ins	'16,348' 3,493 1,318 75	'76.99%' 16.45% 6.21% 0.35%
24 Frank Shields (D)''(Multnomah)''		Incumbent Senator Shields withdrew from the race 3/9/2006.	'Rod Monroe' (D) T.J. Reilly (R) Ron McCarty (I) Write-ins	'17,304' 15,483 2,653 85	'48.71%' 43.58% 7.47% 0.24%
	47 Jeff Merkley (D)		'Jeff Merkley' (D) Bruce McCain (R) Write-ins	'11,106' 6,192 65	'63.96%' 35.66% 0.37%
	48 Mike Schaufler (D)	Republican nominee Dave Mowry withdrew on July 21.	'Mike Schaufler' (D) N. W. (Bill) Stallings (C) Write-ins	'11,262' 3,672 232	'74.26%' 24.21% 1.53%
25 Laurie Monnes Anderson''(Multnomah)'' (D)	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	49 Karen Minnis (R)	Brad Fudge (L) filed for the ballot, but was disqualified on Sept. 1. Oregonian coverage of Brading's complaint about campaign tactics	'Karen Minnis' (R) Rob Brading (D) Write-ins	'8,601' 7,911 92	'51.80%' 47.65% 0.55%
	50 John Lim (R)	Statesman-Journal story about ethics investigation into Lim's travel	'John Lim' (R) Jill Selman-Ringer (D) Brian D. Lowery (L) Write-ins	'11,362' 6,107 557 48	'62.86%' 33.79% 3.08% 0.27%
26 Rick Metsger (D)''(Multnomah) (Clackamas) Hood River''			'Rick Metsger' (D) Carol York (R) Write-ins	'25,183' 18,964 81	'56.94%' 42.88% 0.18%
	51 Linda Flores (R)		'Linda Flores' (R) Ryan Olds (D) Write-ins	'11,926' 8,755 30	'57.58%' 42.27% 0.14%
	52 Patti Smith (R)		'Patti Smith' (R) Suzanne VanOrman (D) Write-ins	'12,588' 9,994 34	'55.66%' 44.19% 0.15%
27 Ben Westlund (D)''(Deschutes)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006. Westlund dropped (R) party affil to run for Governor as an indep. Withdrew from Gov. race 8/10/06.
	53 Gene Whisnant (R)		'Gene Whisnant' (R) Bill A. Smith (D) Write-ins	'16,527' 11,406 31	'59.10%' 40.79% 0.11%
	54 Chuck Burley (R)		'Chuck Burley' (R) Phil Philiben (D) Write-ins	'14,780' 11,873 67	'55.31%' 44.43% 0.25%
28 Doug Whitsett (R)''Lake Crook Klamath (Deschutes) (Jackson)''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	55 George Gilman (R)	Incumbent Representative Gilman ran unopposed.	'George Gilman' (R) Write-ins	'16,491' 417	'97.53%' 2.47%
	56 Bill Garrard (R)		'Bill Garrard' (R) James Calvert (D) Write-ins	'13,759' 6,855 46	'66.60%' 33.18% 0.22%
29 David Nelson (R)''Morrow Umatilla Union Wallowa''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	57 Greg Smith (R)	Nancy Wolfe won the Democratic party primary, but withdrew. St. Germain was nominated to take her place 8/7/06.	'Greg Smith' (R) Tonia St. Germain (D) Write-ins	'14,119' 6,058 45	'69.82%' 29.96% 0.22%
	58 Bob Jenson (R)		'Bob Jenson' (R) Ben Talley (D) Write-ins	'10,194' 4,629 31	'68.63%' 31.16% 0.21%
30 Ted Ferrioli (R)''Wasco Sherman Gilliam Jefferson Wheeler (Deschutes) Grant Baker Harney Malheur''	This senate seat not up for election in 2006
	59 John H. Dallum (R)		'John H. Dallum' (R) Jim Gilbertson (D) Write-ins	'10,733' 10,453 32	'50.58%' 49.26% 0.15%
	60 R. Tom Butler (R)		'R. Tom Butler' (R) Peter Hall (D) Write-ins	'13,362' 4,575 46	'74.30%' 25.44% 0.26%
Senate District, incumbent, ''county(s)''	House District, incumbent	Notes	Candidates	Votes Garnered	Margin

Candidates (Executive)

Oregon Blue Book list of elected executive officials

Governor

Main articles: Oregon gubernatorial election, 2006

Incumbent Governor Ted Kulongoski (D) won the election.
; 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.

Labor Commissioner

'Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries'
winner in primary:

★ Dan Gardner

Superintendent of Schools

'Superintendent of Public Instruction'
winner in primary:

★ Susan Castillo
loser in primary:

★ Deborah L. Andrews

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.
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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.
=== Oregon Supreme Court ===
'Position 6' (incumbent: Wally Carson)
candidates for November runoff:

★ Virginia Linder (campaign website)

★ Jack Roberts
loser in primary:

★ W Eugene Hallman

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 RobertsHenderson: ''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

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

Related pages

★ Oregon primary election, 2006

★ Oregon gubernatorial election, 2006

★ Multnomah County, Oregon election, 2006

★ Portland, Oregon and Metro election, 2006

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. map of Senate districts

3. map of House districts

4. local district maps by district, by county, by region (large collection of highly detailed maps)

5. interactive district map (allows you to zoom in to see detail)
6. http://www.oregonfollowthemoney.org/Press/2006/110906CA.htm
7. Senate candidates
8. House candidates
9. http://www.blueoregon.com/2006/12/breaking_rep_ma.html
10. http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061102/ELECTION18/611020340/1042
11. 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 Election.

★ Oregon 2006 Primary Election page, with official results.

★ Oregon Secretary of State's official list of candidates for Nov 7 General Election.

★ Oregon 2006 General Election page, with official results.

★ Oregon Secretary of State's Statistical Summary for the 2006 General Election

★ Oregon State University Population Research Center's Annual Oregon Population Report for July 1, 2005

★ 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

Endorsements

★ Willamette Week

★ Portland Mercury

★ Carpenters Local 247 Political Endorsements