2010 Oregon elections

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2010 Oregon elections

| country = Oregon

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2008 Oregon elections

| previous_year = 2008

| next_election = 2012 Oregon elections

| next_year = 2012

| election_date = November 2, 2010

| turnout =

}}

File:Oregon Voters' Pamphlet 2010.jpg

General elections were held in Oregon on November 2, 2010. Primary elections took place on May 18, 2010.

Federal

=United States Senate=

Democratic incumbent Ron Wyden ran for re-election. His Republican opponent was Jim Huffman.

=United States House of Representatives=

{{main|United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2010}}

{{see also|United States House of Representatives elections, 2010}}

All five of Oregon's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2010. All five incumbents ran for re-election, including Democrat David Wu in District 1, Republican Greg Walden in District 2, Democrat Earl Blumenauer in District 3, Democrat Peter DeFazio in District 4, and Democrat Kurt Schrader in District 5.{{cite web |url=http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G10/OR |title=Oregon 2010 Midterm Elections |work=The Green Papers |access-date=April 18, 2010 }}

State

=Governor=

Incumbent Governor Ted Kulongoski was term-limited. Former two-term governor John Kitzhaber, a Democrat, defeated the Republican nominee, former NBA player Chris Dudley.

=Superintendent of Public Instruction=

[[File:2010 Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction election.svg|thumb|Results by county

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| title = {{legend|#51C2C2|Castillo}}

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| title = {{legend|#FF9A50|Maurer}}

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In May, incumbent Susan Castillo faced State Representative Ron Maurer for Superintendent of Public Instruction, a nonpartisan office. She received just over 50% of the vote, meaning that she was re-elected rather than facing a runoff in November.{{cite news

|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873663

|title=Oregon 2010 Primary Results: Superintendent of Public Instruction

|date=May 18, 2010

|access-date=May 20, 2010

|work=The Oregonian

}}

==Results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Superintendent of Public Instruction election, May 18, 2010{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873663 |title=May 2010 Primary Election Results|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=May 20, 2010}}

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

| candidate = Susan Castillo

| party = Nonpartisan

| votes = 349,055

| percentage = 50.04

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

| candidate = Ron Maurer

| party = Nonpartisan

| votes = 346,199

| percentage = 49.63

}}

{{Election box candidate no change

| candidate = Write-in

| party = Nonpartisan

| votes = 2,243

| percentage = 0.32

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 697,497

| percentage =

}}

=Treasurer=

The 2010 elections in Oregon also included a special election for Treasurer to complete the term of Ben Westlund, who was elected in 2008 but died in office. Interim Treasurer Ted Wheeler defeated State Senator Rick Metsger in the Democratic primary, and then defeated Republican State Senator Chris Telfer, who was unopposed in the Republican primary, in November.

==Democratic primary results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Oregon State Treasurer Democratic primary election, May 18, 2010{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873663 |title=May 2010 Primary Election Results|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=May 20, 2010}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Ted Wheeler

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 215,399

| percentage = 64.92

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Rick Metsger

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 114,114

| percentage = 34.39

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = write-ins

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 2,263

| percentage = 0.68

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 331,776

| percentage =

}}

==General election results==

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Oregon State Treasurer special election, 2010{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordPDF/6873642 |title=State Treasurer, page 5 - Official Results|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|access-date=November 5, 2010}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Ted Wheeler

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 729,958

| percentage = 54.03

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Chris Telfer

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 553,791

| percentage = 40.99

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Walt Brown

| party = Oregon Progressive Party

| votes = 36,533

| percentage = 2.70

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Michael Marsh

| party = Constitution Party of Oregon

| votes = 29,246

| percentage = 2.16

}}

{{Election box candidate no change|

| party = | candidate = write-ins

| votes = 1,541 | percentage = 0.11

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{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 1,351,069| percentage = 100

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing|

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser =

}}

=State legislature=

Sixteen of the 30 seats in the Oregon State Senate, and all 60 seats in the Oregon House of Representatives, were up for election in 2010.

=Judicial Offices=

Two seats on the Oregon Supreme Court, three seats on the Oregon Court of Appeals, and many Circuit Court Judges were up for election in 2010.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100613133910/http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Oregon_judicial_elections,_2010 Oregon judicial elections, 2010] at Judgepedia

=Ballot measures=

==January==

Two measures, both veto referendums, appeared on the state's ballot in a January special election.

===[[Oregon Ballot Measures 66 and 67 (2010)|Measure 66]]===

Raises tax on household income at and above $250,000 (and $125,000 for individual filers). Reduces income taxes on unemployment benefits in 2009. Provides funds currently budgeted for education, health care, public safety, other services.

{{Referendum

| title = Measure 66

| yes = 692,687 | yespct = 54.27

| no = 583,707 | nopct = 45.73

| total = 1,276,394

| turnoutpct = 62.7

| electorate = 2,044,042

| source = Oregon State Elections Division{{Cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873685|title=Statistical Summary - 2010 January Special Election|author=Elections Division|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|date=January 2010|access-date=2010-07-29}}

}}

===[[Oregon Ballot Measures 66 and 67 (2010)|Measure 67]]===

Raises $10 corporate minimum tax, business minimum tax, corporate profits tax. Provides funds currently budgeted for education, health care, public safety, other services.

{{Referendum

| title = Measure 67

| yes = 682,720 | yespct = 53.59

| no = 591,188 | nopct = 46.41

| total = 1,273,908

| turnoutpct = 62.7

| electorate = 2,044,042

| source = Oregon State Elections Division

}}

==May==

Two measures, both legislative referrals, appeared on the state's ballot in May 2010.

===Measure 68===

File:2010 Oregon ballot measure 68 results map by county.svg

Revises constitution: Allows state to issue bonds to match voter approved school district bonds for school capital costs.

{{Referendum

| title = Measure 68

| yes = 498,073 | yespct = 65.10

| no = 267,052 | nopct = 34.90

| total = 765,125

| turnoutpct = 37.6

| electorate = 2,033,951

| source = Oregon State Elections Division{{Cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873663|title=May 18, 2010 Primary Election Abstracts of Votes - State Measure No. 68|author=Elections Division|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|date=May 2010|access-date=2010-07-29}}{{Cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873664|title=Statistical Summary - 2010 Primary Election|author=Elections Division|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|date=May 2010|access-date=2010-07-29}}

}}

===Measure 69===

File:2010 Oregon ballot measure 69 results map by county.svg

External links

[https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Pages/electionhistory.aspx Election history archives] from the Oregon Secretary of State
[http://www.votesmart.org/election_state.php?state_id=OR&go2.x=10&go2.y=6&dist= Candidates for Oregon State Offices] at Project Vote Smart
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100131024411/http://www.pollster.com/polls/or/ Oregon Polls] at Pollster.com

[http://www.opensecrets.org/races/election.php?state=OR Oregon Congressional Races in 2010] campaign finance data from OpenSecrets
[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/state_overview.phtml?s=OR&y=2010 Oregon 2010] campaign finance data from Follow the Money
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100303024250/http://www.imagineelection.com/ Imagine Election] - Find out which candidates will appear on your ballot. Search by address or zip code.

Category:2010 elections in the United States by state

Category:Oregon elections by year

2010 Oregon elections

Federal

=United States Senate=

=United States House of Representatives=

State

=Governor=

=Superintendent of Public Instruction=

==Results==

=Treasurer=

==Democratic primary results==

==General election results==

=State legislature=

=Judicial Offices=

=Ballot measures=

==January==

===[[Oregon Ballot Measures 66 and 67 (2010)|Measure 66]]===

===[[Oregon Ballot Measures 66 and 67 (2010)|Measure 67]]===

==May==

===Measure 68===

===Measure 69===

==November==

===Measure 70===

===Measure 71===

===Measure 72===

===Measure 73===

===Measure 74===

===Measure 75===

===Measure 76===

See also

References

External links