- Oregon legislative elections, 2008
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Elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly took place in 2008. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were on May 20, 2008, and the general election was held on November 4, 2008. Fifteen of the Oregon State Senate's thirty seats were up for election, as were all 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives.
Nine of the 16 Senate seats up for election were previously held by Democrats. Four of these races had both Democratic and Republican candidates in the general election. The other seven seats were previously held by Republicans, and four of them were contested by both major parties. Democrats lost one seat (District 27 in the Bend area) to the Republican Party, and went into 2009 with a majority of 18 seats to the Republicans' 12. In the Oregon House of Representatives, Democrats gained five seats.
In the general election, there were 39 races with both Democratic and Republican candidates; 24 were in districts previously represented by a Republican, 15 in districts previously represented by Democrats. Sixteen Democrats ran without a Republican opponent, and five Republicans ran without a Democratic opponent.
Eighteen incumbent House members and six incumbent Senators earned enough write-in votes in the opposing party's primary to earn a dual endorsement.[1]
Contents
General election Senate candidates
Oregon Senate districts outside the Willamette Valley.
Portland area Senate districts.
Willamette Valley Senate districts south of Portland area.Every two years, half of the state senate seats come up for election. In 2008 there was also an election for District 17, resulting from Senator Brad Avakian's appointment to Oregon Labor Commissioner. Thus, 16 seats were up for election.
Except where footnoted, candidates were unopposed in their party's primary.
District Party Incumbent Status Party Candidate Votes % 1 Republican Jeff Kruse
of RoseburgRe-elected Republican Jeff Kruse 38,366 69.69 Democratic Eldon Rollins 16,461 29.90 write-ins 229 0.42 2 Republican Jason Atkinson
of Central PointRe-elected Republican Jason Atkinson 39,265 68.81 Democratic Richard Koopmans 17,570 30.79 write-ins 224 0.39 5 Democratic Joanne Verger
of Coos BayRe-elected Democratic Joanne Verger 40,012 96.77 write-ins 1,337 3.23 9 Republican Fred Girod
of StaytonRe-elected Republican Fred Girod[2] 31,201 61.09 Democratic Bob McDonald[3] 19,753 38.68 write-ins 116 0.23 12 Republican Gary George
of NewbergRetired Republican Brian Boquist 33,264 60.62 Democratic Kevin Nortness 21,480 39.14 write-ins 130 0.24 14 Democratic Mark Hass
of BeavertonRe-elected Democratic Mark Hass 35,847 67.79 Republican Lisa Michaels 16,850 31.86 write-ins 186 0.35 17 Democratic Suzanne Bonamici
of PortlandRe-elected Democratic Suzanne Bonamici 44,475 96.90 write-ins 1,423 3.10 18 Democratic Ginny Burdick
of PortlandRe-elected Democratic Ginny Burdick 41,916 69.96 Republican John Wight 17,809 29.72 write-ins 189 0.32 21 Democratic Kate Brown
of MilwaukieRetired[4] Democratic Diane Rosenbaum 49,149 97.67 write-ins 1,172 2.33 22 Democratic Margaret Carter
of PortlandRe-elected Democratic Margaret Carter 48,939 98.15 write-ins 921 1.85 23 Democratic Avel Gordly
of PortlandRetired Democratic Jackie Dingfelder[5] 44,631 97.68 write-ins 1,058 2.32 25 Democratic Laurie Monnes Anderson
of GreshamRe-elected Democratic L. M. Anderson 27,013 58.45 Republican Dave Kim[6] 19,036 41.19 write-ins 167 0.18 27 Democratic Ben Westlund
of BendRetired[7] Republican Chris Telfer[8] 42,061 59.60 Democratic Maren Lundgren 28,379 40.21 write-ins 129 0.18 28 Republican Doug Whitsett
of Klamath FallsRe-elected Republican Doug Whitsett 39,416 97.65 write-ins 949 2.35 29 Republican David Nelson
of PendletonRe-elected Republican David Nelson 32,747 98.13 write-ins 623 1.87 30 Republican Ted Ferrioli
of John DayRe-elected Republican Ted Ferrioli 35,606 97.91 write-ins 760 2.09 General election House candidates
Incumbents are shown in italics. Except where footnoted, candidates were unopposed in their party's primary.
District Candidate (Party) 31 Brad Witt (D) 32 Tim Bero (R)[6] Deborah Boone (D)
33 James (Jim) Ellison (R)[6]
Mitch Greenlick (D)
34 Chris Harker (D)
Piotr Kuklinski (R)
35 Larry Galizio (D)
Tony Marino (R)
36 Mary Nolan (D)
Steve Oppenheim (R)
Jay A Ellefson (L)37 Scott Bruun (R)
Michele Eberle (D)
38 Chris Garrett (D)[9]
Steve Griffith (R)
39 Toby Forsberg (D)
Bill Kennemer (R)
40 Dave Hunt (D) 41 Carolyn Tomei (D)
Randy Uchytil (R)
42 Jules Kopel-Bailey (D)[10]
Chris Extine (G)
43 Chip Shields (D) 44 Tina Kotek (D) 45 Michael Dembrow (D)[11]
Jim Karlock (L)
46 Ben Cannon (D) 47 Jefferson Smith (D) 48 Mike Schaufler (D) 49 Nick Kahl (D)[12]
John Nelsen (R)
50 John Lim (R)
Greg Matthews (D)
51 Brent Barton (D)
Linda Flores (R)
52 Matt Lindland (R)[13]
Suzanne Van Orman (D)[14]
53 Conrad Ruel (D)
Gene Whisnant (R)
54 Chuck Burley (R)
Judy Stiegler (D)
55 George Gilman (R) 56 Bill Garrard (R) 57 Jerry Sebestyen (D)[6]
Greg Smith
58 Bob Jenson (R)
Ben Talley (D)[15]
59 Mike Ahern (D)
John E. Huffman (R)
60 Cliff Bentz (R)[16] District Candidate (Party) 1 Richard (Rick) Goche (D)
Wayne Krieger (R)
2 Tim Freeman (R)[17]
Harry McDermott (D)
3 Ron Maurer (R)
Julie Rubenstein (D)
4 Dennis Richardson (R)[18]
Keith Wangle (IPO)
5 Peter Buckley (D)
Pete Belcastro (IPO)
6 Sal Esquivel (R)
Lynn Howe (D)
7 Bruce Hanna (R)
Donald Nordin (D)[19]
8 Paul Holvey (D) 9 Al Pearn (R)
Arnie Roblan (D)
10 Jean Cowan (D) 11 Phil Barnhart (D) 12 Elizabeth Terry Beyer (D)
Sean MP VanGordon (R)
13 Nancy Nathanson (D) 14 Chris Edwards (D) 15 Dick Olsen (D)
Andy Olson (R)
16 Sara Gelser (D) 17 Sherrie Sprenger (R)[20]
Dan Thackaberry (D)
18 Jim Gilbert (D)
Vic Gilliam (R)
19 Kevin Cameron (R)
Hanten (HD) Day (D)
20 Vicki Berger (R)
Richard Riggs (D)
21 Brian Clem (D) 22 Tom M. Chereck, Jr. (R)
Betty Komp (D)
23 Jason Brown (D)[21]
Jim Thompson (R)[22]
24 Bernt (Al) Hansen (D)
Jim Weidner (R)[23]
25 Kim Thatcher (R) 26 Jessica Adamson (D)
Matt Wingard (R)
Marc Delphine (L)27 Russell McAlmond (R)
Tobias Read (D)
28 Jeff Barker (D)
Greg Steiert (R)
29 Chuck Riley (D)
Terry L Rilling (IPO)
30 David Edwards (D)
Andy Meyer (R)
Ken Cunningham (C)See also
- Oregon Democratic primary, 2008
- Oregon Republican primary, 2008
- United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2008
- United States Senate election in Oregon, 2008
- Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly (2007–2008)
- Seventy-fifth Oregon Legislative Assembly (2009–2010)
Source
- ORESTAR, the online elections system of the Oregon Secretary of State's Elections Division
Citations and primary election notes
- ^ Sinks, James (June 23, 2008). "On east side, 6 from GOP earn Democrats' nod". The Bend Bulletin. http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:BULB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=122296DA52F04058&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73.
- ^ Defeated Sarah Arcune and Herman Joseph Baurer in the Republican primary.
- ^ Defeated Steven Frank in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Ran for Oregon Secretary of State
- ^ Defeated Sean Cruz in the Democratic primary.
- ^ a b c d Successful write-in candidate; see Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division Official Results.
- ^ Ran for Oregon State Treasurer
- ^ Defeated John Robbins in the Republican primary
- ^ Defeated Linda Brown in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Defeated Regan Felice Gray, Gordon Hillesland, and Teddy Keizer in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Defeated Cyreena Boston and Jon Coney in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Defeated Barbara Kyle in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Defeated Phyllis Thiemann in the Republican primary.
- ^ Defeated Steve Richkind in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Defeated Barbara Ann Wright in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Defeated Tim K. Smith in the Republican primary.
- ^ Defeated Jim Fox in the Republican primary.
- ^ Defeated Ronald Schutz in the Republican primary.
- ^ Defeated G. Nick McKibbin in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Defeated Bruce Cuff, Marc Lucca, and Cliff Wooten in the Republican primary.
- ^ Defeated Wesley West in the Democratic primary.
- ^ Defeated Craig Pope in the Republican primary.
- ^ Defeated Jim Bunn and Edward (Ed) Glad in the Republican primary.
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