2016 Oregon state elections


A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8, 2016. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2016.

Federal

President of the United States

won the state's 7 electoral votes.

United States House of Representatives

All five of Oregon's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election in 2016. All five incumbents, four Democrats and one Republican, won re-election.

United States Senate

Incumbent Democratic senior Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to a fourth full term in office.

Attorney General

Incumbent attorney general Ellen Rosenblum was re-elected.

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Independent Party primary

No Independent Party candidates filed to run in the primary.

Results

General Election

Governor

This election determined who fills the remaining two years of the term of Democratic governor John Kitzhaber, who was re-elected in 2014 and resigned in 2015. The incumbent governor is Democrat Kate Brown, who succeeded to the governor's office as Oregon Secretary of State. Brown won re-election; the next gubernatorial election is in 2018.

Secretary of State

Main Article: 2016 Oregon Secretary of State election
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins declined to seek election; she was appointed in March 2015 following Kate Brown's ascension to the governorship.
Dennis Richardson defeated Brad Avakian, to become the first Republican to win a statewide election in Oregon since 2002

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Independent Party primary

Other candidates

Endorsements

Polling

General Election

State Treasurer

Incumbent treasurer Ted Wheeler is term-limited and successfully ran for mayor of Portland. Tobias Read was elected to succeed him.

Legislative

The Democrats have an 18–12 majority in the Oregon State Senate in the previous session. Of 30 Senate seats, 16 were up for election. In the Oregon House of Representatives, in which Democrats hold a 35–25 majority, all 60 seats were up for election.

Ballot measures

There were seven statewide Oregon ballot measures on the November 2016 ballot: