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Governor elections in Oregon

45 elections · 1789–present · popular vote
● In officeTina KotekDemocratic
2022 Oregon Governor
Tina Kotek D 917,074 · Christine Drazan R 850,347 · Betsy Johnson I 168,431
2018 Oregon Governor
Kate Brown D 934,498 · Knute Buehler R 814,988
2016 Oregon Governor, Special
Kate Brown D 985,027 · Bud Pierce R 845,609
2014 Oregon Governor
John Kitzhaber D 733,230 · Dennis Richardson R 648,542
2010 Oregon Governor
John Kitzhaber D 716,525 · Chris Dudley R 694,287
2006 Oregon Governor
Ted Kulongoski D 699,786 · Ron Saxton R 589,748
2002 Oregon Governor
Ted Kulongoski D 618,004 · Kevin Mannix R 581,785
1998 Oregon Governor
John Kitzhaber D 717,061 · Bill Sizemore R 334,001
1994 Oregon Governor
John Kitzhaber D 622,083 · Denny Smith R 517,874
1990 Oregon Governor
Barbara Roberts D 508,749 · Dave Frohnmayer R 444,646 · Al Mobley I 144,062
1986 Oregon Governor
Neil Goldschmidt D 549,456 · Norma Paulus R 506,989
1982 Oregon Governor
Victor Atiyeh R 639,841 · Ted Kulongoski D 374,316
1978 Oregon Governor
Victor Atiyeh R 498,452 · Robert Straub D 409,411
1974 Oregon Governor
Robert Straub D 444,812 · Victor Atiyeh R 324,751
1970 Oregon Governor
Tom McCall R 369,964 · Robert Straub D 293,892
1966 Oregon Governor
Tom McCall R 377,346 · Robert Straub D 305,008
1962 Oregon Governor
Mark O. Hatfield R 345,497 · Robert Y. Thornton D 265,359
1958 Oregon Governor
Mark O. Hatfield R 331,900 · Robert D. Holmes D 267,934
1956 Oregon Governor, Special
Robert D. Holmes D 369,439 · Elmo Smith R 361,840
1954 Oregon Governor
Paul L. Patterson R 322,522 · Joseph K. Carson D 244,170
1950 Oregon Governor
Douglas McKay R 334,160 · Austin F. Flegel D 171,750
1948 Oregon Governor, Special
Douglas McKay R 271,295 · Lew Wallace D 226,958
1946 Oregon Governor
Earl Snell R 237,681 · Carl C. Donaugh D 106,474
1942 Oregon Governor
Earl Snell R 220,188 · Lew Wallace D 62,561
1938 Oregon Governor
Charles A. Sprague R 214,062 · Henry L. Hess D 158,744
1934 Oregon Governor
Charles H. Martin D 116,677 · Peter Zimmerman I 95,519 · Joe E. Dunne R 86,923
1930 Oregon Governor
Julius Meier I 135,608 · Edward F. Bailey D 62,434 · Phil Metschan Jr. R 46,480
1926 Oregon Governor
I. L. Patterson R 120,073 · Walter M. Pierce D 93,470 · H. H. Stallard I 12,402
1922 Oregon Governor
Walter M. Pierce D 133,392 · Ben W. Olcott R 99,164
1918 Oregon Governor
James Withycombe R 81,067 · Walter M. Pierce D 65,440
1914 Oregon Governor
James Withycombe R 121,037 · C. J. Smith D 94,594 · W. J. Smith S 14,284
1910 Oregon Governor
Oswald West D 54,853 · Jay Bowerman R 48,751
1906 Oregon Governor
George Earle Chamberlain D 46,002 · James Withycombe R 43,508
1902 Oregon Governor
George Earle Chamberlain D 41,857 · W. J. Furnish R 41,611
1898 Oregon Governor
Theodore Thurston Geer R 45,093 · William R. King D 34,542
1894 Oregon Governor
William Paine Lord R 41,139 · Nathan Pierce P 26,123 · William Galloway D 17,865
1890 Oregon Governor
Sylvester Pennoyer D 38,920 · David P. Thompson R 33,765
1886 Oregon Governor
Sylvester Pennoyer D 27,901 · Thomas R. Cornelius R 24,199
1882 Oregon Governor
Zenas Ferry Moody R 21,481 · Joseph Showalter Smith D 20,029
1878 Oregon Governor
William Wallace Thayer D 16,201 · Cornelius C. Beekman R 16,132
1874 Oregon Governor
La Fayette Grover D 9,713 · J. C. Tolman R 9,163 · Thomas F. Campbell I 6,532
1870 Oregon Governor
La Fayette Grover D 11,726 · Joel Palmer R 11,095
1866 Oregon Governor
George Lemuel Woods R 10,316 · James K. Kelly D 10,039
1862 Oregon Governor
A. C. Gibbs N 7,029 · John F. Miller D 3,450
1858 Oregon Governor
John Whiteaker D 5,134 · E. M. Barnum D 4,213