| Office
|
Candidates |
Comment |
| President |
George W Bush
(R)
John Kerry (D)
|
The
decisive though not landslide win most of the polls had suggested.
May take Oregon off the short list of battlegrounds for next
time. |
| US
Senate |
Ron
Wyden
(D)
Al King (R) |
A landslide
win, about what was expected, in a lopsided race. |
| US
House 1 |
David
Wu (D)
Goli Ameri (R) |
Immediate
thought: Ameri badly overplayed her hand, and Wu racked up sympathy
points. Wu probably was always favored, but his landside-level
win here, one of his strongest, might have evolved otherwise. |
| US
House 2 |
Greg
Walden (R)
John McColgan (D) |
Another
lopsided race: Walden was never in any danger. |
| US
House 3 |
Earl
Blumenauer (D)
Tami Mars (R) |
Never
a doubt about this one; the race was very quiet. |
| US
House 4 |
Peter
DeFazio (D)
Jim Feldkamp (R) |
DeFazio
was always favored, but showed his residual strength against
a highly energetic opponent who waged a worthy, if uphill, fight. |
| US
House 5 |
Darlene
Hooley (D)
Jim Zupancic (R) |
Incumbent
strength once again: The closest match of the congressional
bunch, and still a clear win for the incumbent. When will an
Oregon challenger next get the outside backing Ameri and Zupancic
got? |
| Secretary
State |
Bill
Bradbury (D)
Betsy Close (R) |
The
presidency aside, Oregonians were not in an incumbent-dumping
mood. All the congressional incumbents survived; so too all
the statewides, led by Bradbury, who scored best among them. |
| Attorney
Genl |
Hardy
Myers (D)
Paul Connolly (R) |
Some
indicators had suggested a moderately close race here; didn't
pan out. |
| Treasurer |
Randall
Edwards (D)
Jeff Caton (R) |
No
significant challenge either for the non-controversial treasurer. |
| Issue
31 |
postpone
election |
Yes
almost 2-1 - no major debate here. |
| Issue
32 |
mobile
home, motor vehicles |
Yes
passing with 61% with some votes out - but not in doubt. Again,
no controversy. |
| Issue
33 |
med
marijuana |
No
failing decisively. Problem was that many med marijuana advocates
saw more problems than solutions in this measure. |
| Issue
34 |
Tillamook
Forest plan |
No
failing in a landslide - 60%+ |
| Issue
35 |
lawsuit
claim limit |
no
call yet - still close, that in itself a bit of a surprise. |
| Issue
36 |
same
sex marriage |
Yes
passing decisively, though not in a landslide. |
| Issue
37 |
land
use, compensate |
Yes
passing decisively. This will be big fodder for lawsuits and
legislators for a long time to come. |
| Issue
38 |
abolishes
SAIF |
No
failing in a landslide - at base, no one really wanted this
but Liberty Northwest. |
| Portland
mayor |
Tom
Potter
Jim Francesconi |
Big
win for Potter (62.4%) - the win was no surprise, though the
magnitude of it was to some degree. A call for change. |
| Senate
3 |
Jim
Wright (R)
Alan Bates (D) |
A Democratic
Senate pickup in the southwest: Bates was an unusually strong
candidate. |
| Senate
5 |
Al
Pearn (R)
JoAnn Verger (D) |
A key
piece in a Democratic takeover of the state Senate - this is
still not completely resolved, but Verger seems to have nailed
it. |
| Senate
14 |
Ryan
Deckert (D)
Jay Omdahl (R) |
Never
in doubt, as it turns out, despite a sometimes energetic campaign
by Ondahl. Lesson taken: Washington is getting ever more Democratic. |
| Senate
25 |
Ron
Sunseri (R)
Laurie Monnes Anderson (D) |
Another
key piece in Democrats nailing the Senate - Monnes Anderson
swept to a convincing win (indicating too possible partisan
changes in this sometimes Republican area). |
| House
6 |
Sal
Esquivel (R)
John Doty (D) |
A populist
Democratic challenge falls short - an interesting try, though,
but tough in this SW Oregon country. |
| House
10 |
Alan
Brown (R)
Jean Cowan (D) |
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| House
29 |
Mary
Gallegos (R)
Chuck Riley (D) |
Second
time was the charm for Riley; tacking to the center did not
save Gallegos. A takeover of a Republican seat. |
| House
32 |
Deborah
Boone (D)
Douglas S. Olson (R) |
A strong
contest on the coast, ably defended. |
| House
35 |
Suzanne
Gallagher (R)
Larry Galizio (D) |
Another
takeover of a Republican seat, from a moderate Republican to
a moderate Democrat. |
| House
51 |
Linda
Flores (R)
Kathryn Firestone (D) |
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| House
54 |
Chuck
Burley (R)
Judy Stiegler (D) |
UPDATE:
The original election night reports were reversed: Burley defeated
Stiegler.
Stieglerhas pulled off a rare win here - a major crack in
the Deschutes County Republican wall. Can it be followed up? |
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OREGON RESULTS
