Calling all political junkies! Let’s saddle up for what’s sure to be an exciting May primary election night—with important decisions being made (by YOU) regarding local circuit court judges, Metro Council seats, a controversial transportation measure, and who will be going head to head in November to claim seats in the senate and congress, as well as what will surely be a nail-biting governor’s race. 😬
Check out the latest updates on the races Portlanders care most about below, with new ballot drops scheduled to land at 8 pm, 10 pm, and midnight. BUT! An important thing to remember: Ballots that are mailed and postmarked by 8 pm tonight will still be counted, but it may take days for the final results to be tallied in certain races. However, we should have a pretty good idea where most races stand after the first ballot drop at 8 pm, and certain local races should be decided as soon as tomorrow. And if you get too sleepy to stay up, check back in with the Mercury‘s Good Morning, News tomorrow at 9 am for the latest, overnight results! LET’S DIVE IN!
Statewide voter turnout (as of 9:15 pm): 24.7%
Multnomah County voter turnout (as of 8 pm): 21.57%
Oregon Governor
Democrat:
8 pm drop, 228,363 votes in
Tina Kotek: 84.81%
Fora Alexander: 2.2%
Republican:
8 pm drop, 185,304 votes in
Christine Drazan: 44.37%
Ed Diehl: 30.73%
Chris Dudley: 15.8%
Danielle Bethell: 2.04%
David Medina: 4.67%
Oregon State Senate
District 17:
8 pm drop, 12,325 votes in
Democrat:
Lisa Reynolds: 86.39%
Autumn Sharp: 13.28%
Republican:
John A N Chee (uncontested)
Oregon House of Representatives
Oregon House District 38:
8 pm drop, 9,033 votes in
Democrat:
Daniel Nguyen: 75.82%
John (Waz) Wasielewski: 24.07%
Republican:
No candidate filed
Oregon House District 41
8 pm drop, 9,033 votes in
Democrat:
Mark Gamba: 93.50%
Priyesh Krishnan: 6.14%
Republican:
Elvis Clark (uncontested)
Oregon House District 43
8 pm drop, 8,139 votes in
Democrat:
Tawna Sanchez: 94.74%
Cye Sterling: 4.88%
Republican:
Tim LeMaster (uncontested)
Labor Commissioner
8 pm drop, 439,643 votes in
Christina Stephenson: 64.50%
Chris Lynch: 34.9%
Metro Council
Metro Council President:
8 pm drop, 196,204 votes in
Juan Carlos González: 64.71%
Bruce Broussard: 6.80%
Chris Christensen: 15.64%
Ken Ross: 10.54%
Philip Fensterer: 1.63%
Write-in: 0.67%
Metro Council District 1:
8 pm drop, 22,463 votes in
Ashton Simpson: 58.44%
Noah Ernst: 40.26%
Write-In: 1.30%
Metro Council District 4:
8 pm drop, 23,494 votes in
Miles Palacios: 51.16%
Alex Phan 47.86%
Write-In 0.97%
Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge
Circuit Court Position 2:
8 pm drop, 99,753 votes in
Laura Maurer Rowan: 29.98%
Diane Sykes: 28.02%
Chris Behre: 18.11%
Anit Jindhal: 8.42%
Juliet Britton: 14.18%
Circuit Court Position 5:
8 pm drop, 97,949 votes in
Joanna Perini-Abbott: 64.33%
John Casalino: 35.09%
Circuit Court Position 12:
8 pm drop, 97,939 votes in
Adrian Brown: 30.23%
Peter G. Klym: 69.01%
Circuit Court Position 14:
8 pm drop, 99,858 votes in
Joseph Hagedorn: 34.49%
Bradford Gerke: 6.27%
Kristine Almquist: 9.36%
Heidi Brown: 12.96%
Michael Lee: 11.95%
Elizabeth Savage: 24.45%
Measures
Measure 120: Transportation Services
8 pm drop, 563,958 votes in
Yes: 17.68%
No: 82.32%
Measure 26-261: Five Year Levy, Oregon Historical Society
116,890 votes in
Yes: 59.06%
No: 40.94%
US House of Representatives
8 pm drop, 586,765 votes in
US House, 1st District:
Democrat:
Suzanne Bonamici: 88.9%
Jamil Ahmad: 10.6%
Republican:
Barbara J Kahl: 71.7%
John Verbeek: 27%
US House, 3rd District:
Democrat:
Maxine Dexter: 90.3%
Jessica Salas: 6.57%
Andrew Castilleja: 2.6%
Republican:
Loran Ayles: (uncontested)
US House, 5th District:
Democrat:
Janelle Bynum: 84%
Zeva Rosenbaum: 15.5%
Republican:
Patti Adair: 56.8%
Jonathan Lockwood: 42.3%
US Senate
8 pm drop, 586,765 votes in
Democrat:
Jeff Merkley: 93.6 %
Paul Damian Wells: 5.78%
Republican:
Brent Barker: 23.4%
Deborah C Brown: 3.84%
David A Burch: 2.53%
Russell McAlmond: 11.6%
Jo Rae Perkins: 24.9%
Timothy Skelton: 1.57%
David Brock Smith: 31.2%