Initial results in Oregon’s 2016 primary election are in, and they show that Bernie Sanders has won the Beaver State as expected, although not by a huge margin. Of Oregon’s 2,293,928 voters, 954,125 cast ballots, for a total turnout of 41%. In Oregon, voters register by party, so we can also compare turnout among voters identifying with a […]
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Oregon Republicans choose Monica Wehby as Jeff Merkley’s November opponent; Dennis Richardson to face Governor John Kitzhaber
As in several states on the East Coast, tonight is primary night in two of the three states in the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Idaho. Voters belonging to or identifying with the country’s major political parties are choosing the nominees who will go on to the autumn general election as the parties’ standard bearers. In […]
Suzanne Bonamici elected to succeed David Wu in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District
Oregon’s congressional delegation is finally whole again. After having spent nearly six months without representation in Congress, voters in the Beaver State’s 1st Congressional District (which spans the northwestern part of the state) finally got the chance this month to choose a new representative to serve them in the U.S. House. And tonight, with the first […]