Oregon 2018 Election Results

Ballot Measures, January 23, 2018

Oregon voters decided 1 statewide ballot measure on January 23, 2018.

Ballot measures

General Election, May 15, 2018

Oregon held its general election on May 15, 2018, deciding the office of Labor Commissioner.

Statewide races

General Election, November 6, 2018

Oregon held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 77 legislative seats and the office of Governor. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Democrats came out of the election with three-fifths supermajorities in both chambers, enough to pass tax increases without Republican votes, and kept the governor's office.
• House Democrats, hoping to gain one seat, took three instead, reaching a 38-22 majority, and Senate Democrats added the Medford-Ashland seat for an 18-12 edge. The new margins give leaders a stronger hand on their stated priorities, new school funding and cap-and-trade.
  • Rachel Prusak (D) unseated Rep. Julie Parrish (R) in HD-37 by about 5 points, and Courtney Neron (D) beat Rep. Rich Vial (R) in HD-26 despite being heavily outraised.
  • In Hood River's HD-52, Anna Williams (D) unseated appointed Rep. Jeff Helfrich (R) by about 900 votes.
  • Jeff Golden (D) won the open Medford-Ashland seat, Senate District 3, over Jessica Gomez (R) by about 10 points.
  • The closest legislative race of the night was a Republican hold: Sen. Chuck Thomsen (R) kept Senate District 26 by about 200 votes over Chrissy Reitz (D).
• Kate Brown (D) beat state Rep. Knute Buehler (R) by about 6 points to win her first full four-year term, after polls showed her with only a slight edge for most of the race, the most expensive governor's race in state history. Buehler had hoped to be the first Republican elected governor in 36 years.
• Democrats' 4 pickups were the only seats to change parties. In 17 seats, only one major party fielded a candidate. In May, Val Hoyle (NP) won the nonpartisan labor commissioner's office.
• Of the 5 measures on the November ballot, voters passed one and defeated four conservative measures.
  • Passed: Measure 102, letting cities and counties use bond money for affordable housing built with private or nonprofit partners.
  • Failed: Measure 103, a constitutional ban on grocery taxes and the most expensive measure of the year; Measure 104, which would have widened the three-fifths vote requirement to cover more revenue bills and fees; Measure 105, a repeal of the state's sanctuary law; and Measure 106, a ban on public funding of abortion.
  • In a January special election, voters approved health care taxes funding the Oregon Health Plan in Measure 101.

Legislature

• House (60 seats): 35 D, 25 R before the election, 38 D, 22 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
• Senate (30 seats): 17 D, 13 R before the election, 18 D, 12 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Statewide races

Legislative races

Ballot measures