Oregon Voter Guide 2022: Who Is Running, Where To Drop Your Ballot

PORTLAND, OR — Tuesday is primary election day in Oregon, and everyone should have received a ballot a couple of weeks ago.

In a change this year, people will no longer have to get ballots in on election day. People just have to make sure that a ballot is postmarked by the end of election day, and the ballot must arrive within one week.

There are dozens of candidates running for offices from governor and U.S. senator to city commissioner and county auditor.

Below is an office-by-office list of candidates, with links to campaign websites. In most cases, the candidates are divided by party, but there are several offices that are nonpartisan.

As of Friday, only 432,540 voters — or 14.7 percent of registered voters — had returned ballots. That would be a record low for the state.

For more information, you can go to the Secretary of State's online voter guide.

To find the nearest place to drop off your ballot, check out the Secretary of State's drop box finder.

The state also maintains a ballot tracker so you can make sure that your vote is counted.

Elections results will start coming in around 8 p.m. Tuesday.

U.S. Senate

Democrats

• Ron Wyden (incumbent).
• William Barlow III.
• Brent Thompson.

Republicans

• Darin Harbick.
• Sam Palmer.
• Joe Rae Perkins.
• Christopher Christensen.
• Ibrahim Taher.
• Robert Fleming.
• Jason Beebe.

U.S. House of Representatives

1st District

Democrats

• Suzanne Bonamici (incumbent).
• Scott Phillips.
• Christian Robertson.

Republicans

• Chris Mann
• Army Murray

2nd District

Democrats

• Adam Prine.
• Joseph Vetter.

Republicans

• Cliff Bentz (incumbent).
• Mark Cavener.
• Kat Gallant.

3rd District

Democrats

• Earl Blumenauer (Incumbent).
• Jonathan Polhemus.

Republican

• Joanna Harbour.

4th District

Democrats

• Sam Al-Abdrabbuh.
• Doyle Canning.
• Val Hoyle.
• Andrew Kalloch.
• Steve Laible.
• Jake Matthews.
• John Selker.
• G. Tommy Smith.

Republican

• Alek Skarlatos.

5th District

Democrats

• Kurt Schrader (incumbent).
• Jamie McLeod-Skinner.

Republicans

• Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
• Jimmy Crumpacker.
• John Di Paola.
• Madison Oatman.
• Laurel Roses.

6th District

Democrats

• Ricky Barajas.
• Carrick Flynn.
• Kathleen Harder.
• Teresa Alonso Leon.
• Steven Cody Reynolds.
• Andrea Salinas.
• Loretta Smith.
• Matt West.
• Greg Gordon.

Republicans

• Mike Erickson.
• Ron Noble.
• Angela Plowhead.
• David Russ.
• Amy Ryan Courser.
• Nate Sandvig.
• Jim Bunn.

Governor

Democrats

• Julian Bell.
• Wilson Bright.
• George Carrillo.
• Michael Cross.
• Ifeanyichukwu Chikioke Diru.
• Peter Hall.
• Tina Kotek.
• Keisha Larnell Merchant (Coach Kay).
• Tobias Read.
• Patrick Starnes.
• David Stauffer.
• John Sweeney.
• Michael Trimble.
• David Beem.
• Michael David.
• Genevieve Wilson.

Republicans

• Bridget Barton.
• Curt Boice.
• Reed Christensen.
• Christine Drazan.
• John Fosdick III.
• Jessica Gomez.
• Nicholas Hess.
• Tim McCloud.
• Kerry McQuisten.
• Brandon Merritt.
• Bud Pierce.
• Stan Pulliam.
• Amber Richardson.
• Paul Romero.
• Marc Thielman.
• Bob Tiernan.
• Raymond Baldwin.
• David Burch.
• John Prescott.
• Bill Sizemore.
• Stefan Strek.

Oregon Labor Commissioner

• Christina Stephenson.
• Cheri Helt.
• Casey Kulla.
• Brent Barker.
• Aaron Baca.
• Chris Henry.
• Robert Neuman.

Oregon Supreme Court

Position 6

• Roger DeHoog (incumbent).

Oregon Court Of Appeals

Position 3

• Darleen Ortega (incumbent).
• Vance Day.

Position 5

• Scott Shorr (incumbent).

Position 8

• Ramón Pagán (incumbent).

Metro Area Candidates

Portland City Council

Position 2

• Sandeep Bali.
• Steven Cox.
• Alana Joy McCreary.
• Dan Ryan (incumbent).
• Michael Simpson.

Position 3

• Rene Gonzalez.
• Jo Ann Hardesty (incumbent).
• Kim Kasch.
• Vadim Mozyrsky.
• Peggy Sue Owens.
• Joseph Whitcomb.
• Jeffrey Wilebski.

Portland Auditor

• Simone Rede.
• Brian Setzler.

Multnomah County Commission Chair

• Bruce Broussard.
• Joe Demers.
• Sharia Mayfield.
• Sharon Meieran.
• Jessica Vega Pederson.
• Lori Stegmann.

Multnomah County Commissioner, Position 2

• Derry Jackson.
• Susheela Jayapal.
• Elizabeth Taylor.

Multnomah County Auditor

• Jennifer McGuirk.

Multnomah County Sheriff

• Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell.
• Derrick Peterson.

Washington County Commissioner

At-Large

• Kathryn Harrington (incumbent).
• Beach Pace.

District 2

• Don Frazier.
• Pam Treece (incumbent).

District 4

• Jerry Willey (incumbent).

Washington County Auditor

• Kristine Adams-Wannberg.
• John Hutzler (incumbent).

Washington County Justice Of The Peace

• Dan Cross (incumbent).

Clackamas County Commissioner

Position 2

• Libra Forde.
• Steve Frost.
• Mark Robert Johnson.
• Bill Osburn.
• Paul Savas (incumbent).

Position 5

• Sonya Fischer (incumbent).
• Dana Hindman-Allen.
• Evan Geier.
• Ben West.

Clackamas County Assessor

• Bronson Ruenda.

Metro Council

Metro Council President

• Gary Lyndon Dye.
• Gregory Horner.
• Lynn Peterson (incumbent).
• Alisa Pyszka.

District 1

• Ashton Simpson.

District 2

• Christine Lewis (incumbent).
• Mei Wong.

District 4

• James Ball.
• Juan Gonzalez (incumbent).

District 6

• Duncan Hwang (incumbent).
• Terri Preeg Riggsby.

Metro Auditor

• Brian Evans (incumbent).