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{{short description|Oregon affiliate of the Democratic Party}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Democratic Party of Oregon
| logo             = Democratic Party of Oregon logo.svg
| chairman         = [[Nathan Soltz]]
| seats1_title     = [[United States congressional delegations from Oregon|U.S. Senate delegation]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|2|2|hex=#226381}}
| seats2_title     = [[United States congressional delegations from Oregon|U.S. House delegation]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|5|6|hex=#226381}}
| seats3_title     = Statewide offices
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|5|5|hex=#226381}}
| seats4_title     = [[Oregon State Senate|Oregon Senate]]
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|17|30|hex=#226381}}
| seats5_title     = [[Oregon House of Representatives|Oregon House]]
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|35|60|hex=#226381}}
| foundation       = {{start date|1851}}
| colors           = [[Green]], [[Blue]]
| national         = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
| membership_year  = 2023
| membership       = {{loss}}1,026,458<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voter Registration by County: August 2021 |url=https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/pages/electionsstatistics.aspx |access-date=September 29, 2021 |website=Oregon Secretary of State}}</ref>
| ideology         = [[Modern liberalism in the United States|Modern liberalism]]
| headquarters     = 1220 SW Morrison Street, Suite 910<br>[[Portland, OR|Portland]], [[Oregon]]
| website          = {{URL|www.dpo.org}}
| colorcode        = #226381
| country          = Oregon
| youth_wing       = Young Democrats of Oregon Caucus
| symbol           = [[File:Democratic Disc.svg|100px]]
}}
The '''Democratic Party of Oregon''' is the [[Oregon]] affiliate of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref>"[http://www.oregondemocrats.org/contact_us Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503041245/http://www.oregondemocrats.org/contact_us |date=2010-05-03 }}." Democratic Party of Oregon. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.</ref> The State Central Committee, made up of two delegates elected from each of [[List of counties in Oregon|Oregon's 36 counties]] and one additional delegate for every 15,000 registered Democrats, is the main authoritative body of the party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.multdems.org/stateparty |title=State Party &#124; Multnomah County Democratic Party |access-date=2008-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208061432/http://www.multdems.org/stateparty |archive-date=2008-12-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The party has 17 special group caucuses which also each have representation on the State Central Committee.

After Oregon was admitted as a state in 1859, Oregon elected twice as many Democrats as Republicans between 1859 and 1879 in statewide elections.<ref name="Oregon 1956">History of the Democratic Party in Oregon, 1900-1956, Burton, Robert E.</ref> It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all but one of Oregon's six [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House]] seats, both [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] seats, both houses of the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|state legislature]], and the [[Governor of Oregon|governorship]].

== Platform and legislative agenda ==
{{Expand section|date=February 2022}}
The Democratic Party of Oregon hosts a Platform Convention every two years where they set their platform and priority legislative action items. The most recent editions of these documents are available on their [https://dpo.org/party/platform-priority-legislative-action-items/ website].

At the beginning of the 2022 short session, House Democrats announced priorities such as addressing homelessness and cost of housing, community safety, education, workforce development and training, childcare, access to health care, and climate change.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Oregon House Democrats to Prioritize Building a Robust, Equitable Recovery for Oregon|publisher=Oregon House Democrats|date=1 February 2022|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/housedemocrats/Documents/Oregon%20House%20Democrats%20to%20Prioritize%20Building%20a%20Robust,%20Equitable%20Recovery%20for%20Oregon.pdf}}</ref>

==Current membership==
As of [https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/registration/2021-January.pdf August 2021], there were 1,026,458 registered Democrats in Oregon, compared to 730,113 registered Republicans, and 982,540 registered Non-Affiliated voters.

==Organization==
As prescribed by Oregon state statutes governing major political parties, the party comprises all registered voters designating their party affiliation as Democrat.  In each biennial primary election conducted in even-numbered years, such affiliated voters elect members from each precinct to their respective county's central committee, which in turn elects delegates to a state convention, charged with organizing the party at the state level, and arranging for the day-to-day conduct of the party. These county central committees also send delegates to the standing committees of their respective congressional districts, which support their constituent county central committees and coordinate district-wide party activities and campaigns.

===Officers===
* Chair: Nathan Soltz
* Vice-chair: Kim Schmith
* Vice-chair: Eileen Kiely
* Secretary: Jesse Maldonado
* Treasurer: Ashton Simpson
* DNC Member: Steph Newton-Azorr
* DNC Member: Diane Grover
* DNC Member: Kien Truong

===Party caucuses===
The state party recognizes 19 party caucuses formed to address specific political issues in their constituent communities:

* Asian American & Pacific Islanders Caucus
* Black Caucus
* Disability Justice Caucus
* Education Caucus
* Elections Integrity Caucus
* Environmental Caucus
* Gun Owners Caucus
* Health Care Caucus
* Jewish Caucus
* Labor Caucus
* Latino Caucus
* Native American Caucus
* Rural Caucus
* Senior Caucus
* Small Business Caucus
* Stonewall Caucus (LGBTQ+)
* Veteran's Caucus
* Women's Caucus
* Young Democrats Caucus

==Current elected officials==

===Members of Congress===
Democrats control both of Oregon's U.S. Senate seats and 5 out of 6 of Oregon's U.S. House seats.

====U.S. Senate====
Since [[United States Senate election in Oregon, 2008|2009]], Democrats have held both of Oregon's seats in the [[U.S. Senate]]:

<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
File:Jeff Merkley, 115th official photo (cropped).jpg|Junior U.S. Senator {{Sortname|last=Merkley|first=Jeff}}
File:Ron Wyden 117th Congress (cropped).jpeg|Senior U.S. Senator {{Sortname|last=Wyden|first=Ron}}
</gallery>

====U.S. House of Representatives====
Democrats hold five of the six seats Oregon is apportioned in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] following the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!District
!Member
!Photo
|-
|[[Oregon's 1st congressional district|1st]]
|{{Sortname|first=Suzanne|last=Bonamici}}
|[[File:Suzanne Bonamici.jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Oregon's 3rd congressional district|3rd]]
|{{Sortname|first=Maxine|last=Dexter}}
|[[File:Dexter Maxine 119th Congress.jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Oregon's 4th congressional district|4th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Val|last=Hoyle}}
|[[File:Rep. Val Hoyle portrait, 118th Congress.jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Oregon's 5th congressional district|5th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Janelle|last=Bynum}}
|[[File:Bynum Janelle 119th Congress.jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|-
|[[Oregon's 6th congressional district|6th]]
|{{Sortname|first=Andrea|last=Salinas}}
|[[File:Andrea Salinas, Official Portrait, 118th Congress.jpg|center|frameless|130px]]
|}

===Statewide offices===
The Oregon Democratic Party holds all five elected state executive offices.

<gallery widths="180" heights="180">
File:Tina Kotek (3x4a).jpg|[[Governor of Oregon|Governor]] {{Sortname|last=Kotek|first=Tina}}
File:Tobias Read 2017.jpg|[[Oregon Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Tobias Read]]
File:Dan Rayfield - Oregon Attorney.jpg|[[Attorney General of Oregon|Attorney General]] {{Sortname|last=Rayfield|first=Dan}}
Elizabeth Steiner.jpg|[[Treasurer of Oregon|Treasurer]] {{Sortname|last=Steiner|first=Elizabeth}}
File:Christina Stephenson (cropped).jpg|[[Oregon Commissioner of Labor|Commissioner of Labor]] [[Christina Stephenson]] ''(officially nonpartisan)''
</gallery>

=== Legislative Leadership ===

* [[List of presidents of the Oregon State Senate|Senate President:]] [[Peter Courtney|Rob Wagner]]
* Senate President Pro Tempore: [[James Manning Jr.|James I. Manning Jr.]]
* Senate Majority Leader: [[Kate Lieber]]
* Speaker of the House: [[Dan Rayfield]]
* Speaker Pro Tempore of the House: [[Paul Holvey]]
* House Majority Leader:  [[Julie Fahey]]
* House Majority Whip: [[Andrea Valderrama]]

===Oregon State Legislature===
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====Senate====
{| class="wikitable"
! District !! Home !! Senator !! Party
|-
| 3 || [[Ashland, Oregon|Ashland]]|| [[Jeff Golden]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 4 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || [[Floyd Prozanski]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 7 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || [[James Manning Jr.]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 8 || [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]] || [[Sara Gelser]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
|10 || [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] || [[Deb Patterson (politician)|Deb Patterson]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
|13 || [[Wilsonville, Oregon|Wilsonville]] || [[Aaron Woods (politician)|Aaron Woods]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 14 || [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]] || [[Kate Lieber]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 15 || [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]] || [[Janeen Sollman]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 17 || [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] || [[Elizabeth Steiner]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 18 || [[Aloha, Oregon|Aloha]] || [[Wlnsvey Campos]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 19 || [[Lake Oswego, Oregon|Lake Oswego]] ||[[Rob Wagner (politician)|Rob Wagner]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 20 || [[Gladstone, Oregon|Gladstone]] ||[[Mark Meek]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 21 || rowspan="4"|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] || [[Kathleen Taylor (politician)|Kathleen Taylor]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic
|-
| 22 || [[Lew Frederick]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 23 || [[Michael Dembrow]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 24 ||[[Kayse Jama]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 25 || [[Troutdale, Oregon|Troutdale]] || [[Chris Gorsek]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|}
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====House of Representatives====
{| class="wikitable"
! District !! Home !! Representative !! Party
|- }
| 5 || [[Ashland, Oregon|Ashland]] || [[Pam Marsh]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 7 || [[Springfield, Oregon|Springfield]] || [[John Lively (politician)|John Lively]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 8 || [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || [[Paul Holvey]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 10 || [[Otis, Oregon|Otis]] || [[David Gomberg]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 13 || rowspan="2"|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]] || [[Nancy Nathanson]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 14 || [[Julie Fahey]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 16 || [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]] || [[Dan Rayfield]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 19 || [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] || [[Tom Andersen]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 20 || [[Monmouth, Oregon|Monmouth]] || [[Paul Evans (Oregon politician)|Paul Evans]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 26 || [[Tigard, Oregon|Tigard]] || [[Ben Bowman (politician)|Ben Bowman]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic]
|-
| 26 || [[Wilsonville, Oregon|Wilsonville]] || [[Courtney Neron Misslin]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 27 || [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]] || [[Ken Helm]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 28 || [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] || [[Dacia Grayber]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 29 || [[Forest Grove, Oregon|Forest Grove]] || [[Susan McLain]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic
|-
| 30 || [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]] || [[Nathan Sosa]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic
|-
| 33 || [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] || [[Maxine Dexter]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 34 || rowspan="2"|[[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]] ||[[Lisa Reynolds]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 35 || [[Farrah Chaichi]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 36 || [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]] || [[Hai Pham]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 37 || [[West Linn, Oregon|West Linn]] || [[Jules Walters]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 38 || [[Lake Oswego, Oregon|Lake Oswego]] ||[[Daniel Nguyen (politician)|Daniel Nguyen]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 39 || [[Happy Valley, Oregon|Happy Valley]] || [[Janelle Bynum]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 40 || [[Gladstone, Oregon|Gladstone]] || [[Annessa Hartman]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 41 || [[Milwaukie, Oregon|Milwaukie]] || [[Mark Gamba]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 42 || rowspan="7"|[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] || [[Rob Nosse]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 43 || [[Tawna Sanchez]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 44 || [[Travis Nelson (politician)|Travis Nelson]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 45 || [[Thuy Tran]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 46 || [[Khanh Pham]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 47 || [[Andrea Valderrama]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 48 || [[Hoa Nguyen (politician)|Hoa Nguyen]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 49 || [[Troutdale, Oregon|Troutdale]] || [[Zach Hudson]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 50 || [[Gresham, Oregon|Gresham]] || [[Ricki Ruiz]]|| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 53 || [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]] || [[Emerson Levy]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|-
| 54 || [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]] || [[Jason Kropf]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|}

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==History==
===Territorial period===
[[File:Joseph Lane (2).jpg|thumb|235x235px|[[Joseph Lane]] served as Governor and as a US Senator. He also ran for Vice President in the [[1860 United States presidential election|1860 election]] as the running mate of [[John C. Breckinridge]], but was defeated by [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Hannibal Hamlin]].]]
An initial call for a "thorough and permanent" Democratic Party organization in the [[Oregon Territory|Territory of Oregon]] was sounded by editor [[Asahel Bush]] in his ''[[Oregon Statesman]]'' in June 1851.<ref name=Johnson53>''Oregon Statesman,'' June 13, 1851, cited in David Alan Johnson, ''Founding the Far West: California, Oregon and Nevada, 1840-1890.'' Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1992; pg. 53.</ref> The highly partisan Bush kept up a relentless drumbeat in his paper against [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] officials and party members, characterizing them as promoters of "monopolies, tariffs, and bank charters [which] fertilize the rich man's soil with the sweat of the poor man's brow."<ref>''Oregon Statesman,'' June 27, 1851, cited in Johnson, ''Founding the Far West,'' pg. 57.</ref> Bush's call was heeded on Independence Day, 1851, with the convocation of a territorial convention at which a central committee was chosen and [[James Nesmith]] was made chairman.<ref>Charles Henry Carey, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZUMOAAAAIAAJ ''History of Oregon: Volume 1.''] Chicago: Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1920; pg. 520.</ref>

"The Democracy" of the pre-Civil War period was supported primarily by farmers, and featured a regular cycle of party activities during the agricultural slack time of winter through spring which included local caucuses, [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson]] jubilees, an annual [[Jefferson–Jackson Dinner]], county conventions, and Fourth of July bonfires.<ref>Johnson, ''Founding the Far West,'' pp. 57-58.</ref>

The Anti-Democrats of the period, worse organized at the Democrats at the precinct, county, and territorial level, focused upon the issues of [[prohibitionism|temperance]] and advancing Protestant [[nativism (politics)|nativism]], marching into elections under three distinct political banners: the [[People's Party (United States)|People's Party]] in 1853; the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] and American party in 1855; and the Republican, Independent, and Maine Law in 1857.<ref>Johnson, ''Founding the Far West,'' pp. 58-59.</ref> Their comparatively superior system of party organization led to Democratic dominance in the pre-statehood period, although factionalism revolving around control over federal appropriations and [[patronage]] left the Democratic majority party anything but a united organization.<ref>Johnson, ''Founding the Far West,'' pg. 61.</ref>

===Early statehood period===

The party's first convention post-statehood was held in [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] on April 20, 1859. Bitterly divided over the issue of [[slavery in the United States|slavery]],<ref>Carey, ''History of Oregon: Volume 1,'' pp. 630–631.</ref>
the convention nominated [[Lansing Stout]], supported by pro-slavery factions led by [[Joseph Lane]],<ref>Carey, ''History of Oregon: Volume 1,'' pg. 631.</ref> for the [[United States House of Representatives]] over incumbent Democrat [[La Fayette Grover]]. Democratic control of the state legislature between 1859 and 1879 resulted in the selection of eight Democrats as US senators, and only three Republicans were chosen.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> Beginning in the 1880s the Democrats became the minority party when immigrants from Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota and foreign countries moving over to Oregon chose the Republican Party as their main party.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/>

With the start of the 1880s the Democrats had become the minority, and that stayed that way, for the most part, until the start of World War II. During those years however there were a few blips such as 1890 that had the Democrats back on the political map. The adoption of the direct primary gave the Democrats new forms of institutional democracy which lead the way for political advancement.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> The people of Oregon had a new way of thinking about politics and the Democrats started to use the reform-minded mentality that existed in some of the populace to overturn the Republican control of state politics.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/>

===Democratic reform===
[[File:SylvesterPennoyer.png|thumb|227x227px|Governor [[Sylvester Pennoyer]] was famous for his prickly attitudes toward Presidents [[Benjamin Harrison]] and [[Grover Cleveland]], due to him viewing them as "too Conservative".]]
The Democrats first started to make alliances with third parties in the 1890s but then moved on to market themselves as a partisan organization.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> The governor at the time, [[Sylvester Pennoyer]], gathered a coalition with a start-up party called the Union Party and independent Republicans from Portland.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> Pennoyer won his re-election bid and this gave Democrats the confidence they were looking for to beat the Republicans, but the Republicans swept the rest of the state with the exception of a couple of seats in the state legislature.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> Pennoyer warned both parties of a third party rising due to lack of acknowledgment of political problems that faced the nation. He was correct as the [[People's Party (United States)|People's Party]] emerged in Omaha. Pennoyer was agitated with the platforms of both parties that he left and joined the Populists.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> This created a split in the party between people who wanted to follow Pennoyer to the People's Party and the people who wanted to stay as Democrats.

The refusal of the People's Party to join forces with the Democratic Party led to easy elections for Republicans in the years to come. In 1896 factionalism between these parties led the Republicans carrying Oregon in the presidential and congressional elections. State legislature elections resulted in the Populist leading the Democrats in elected members 18–7.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> The only meaningful victory that the Democrats could look to was that of Sylvester Pennoyer, who returned to the Democratic ticket and won the election for mayor, being supported by the Democrats and Populists together.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> The only other Democratic success was that the people of Oregon responded to the call to reform as the Democrats took 12 counties from the Republicans in that presidential election.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/>

===The Great Depression and the re-emergence of the Democrats===

Between 1900 and 1932 the Republicans enjoyed a two-one ratio over the Democrats, and sometimes three-one. There was no real changed even during the Franklin D. Roosevelt years where the Republican registration never dipped below 50% throughout the state.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> This remained the case until the boom in employment caused by World War II. This resulted in a drastic increase in Oregon population, which benefited the Democratic party. Workers that came in provided a base to rebuild the Democratic Party.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/>

As the Great Depression struck the nation in the 1930s the Oregon Democrats saw this as an opportunity to gain prominence once again.  The people of the state reacted very strongly against the Republican leadership that was in power during the economic collapse that spark the depression. Party officials believed that this collapse finally gave the party a concrete issue and they also believed that they would be able to make Oregon a two-party state once again.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> The state committee organized meetings between 1930 and 1932 to plan precinct reorganization throughout the state, and shortly after the spike in meetings, a "Young Democratic League" was formed with an active membership of 2,500 members and they were scattered throughout all of the counties of Oregon.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> This also ended the avoidance by candidates of the Democratic label as the public saw the Republicans as responsible for the collapse, so the Democrats put themselves out as the party of new ideas.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/>  They viewed the label of Democrat as an advantage, as the national Democratic party saw a rise in popularity. As the Oregon Democrats ran in tandem with Roosevelt in the presidential election, they saw instant results, the Democrats gained 10 seats  the state legislature, going from 7 to 17 and gaining majority in a 30-seat legislature, and in the state senate going from 1 seat to 8, giving an even split in the state senate.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> These were not the biggest successes for Oregon Democrats however, Charles H. Martin won reelection in the Third Congressional District and Walter Pierce won the Second Congressional District for the first time in Oregon history.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> In the 1930s, there was a drastic increase in voter registration for the Democrats, whose numbers rise from 30 percent of state registered voters to 48%, most of this was because of support for FDR's "New Deal".<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> Roosevelt was solid in Oregon for his four election victories, never once losing the state, but the same could not be said for state Democrats. They were never able to win a senate seat and after the initial Roosevelt election year; the state Democrats did not gain any more congressional seats that were significant.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/>

===The fall of the Democrats===
[[File:Wayne Morse.jpg|thumb|242x242px|US Senator [[Wayne Morse]] notably opposed the national leadership of the Democratic Party and was a staunch opponent of the [[Vietnam War]]]]
The rise of the Democrats was short-lived during this period and the fall can be attributed to the gubernatorial election of former congress member, Democrat Charles H. Martin. Martin ran and won the Governorship as a "champion" of the "New Deal" brought to fruition by Roosevelt.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> After the election it became clear that Martin did not support the President or his "New Deal" and this sparked a war between the Democratic state legislature and Martin. He received most of his troubles from the Democrats and gained support from Republicans.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> Martin was all but kicked out of the Democratic Party as many of his former supporters stated that they would no longer support him if he ran for governorship again. Despite this Martin declared that he would run again for governor because of promised support from Republicans. Martin lost his reelection bid in the primary to Democrat State Senator Henry Hess. This ended up splitting the party once again and Hess lost the general election for governor. Martin endorsed many Republicans that ran against incumbent Democrats, leading to the loss of majority in both the State House and Senate, plus the loss of the Third Congressional district.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/>

===Post World War II rebuilding of the party===
After the war, there was no trace of a Democratic Party anywhere in Oregon, so a reorganization effort was started. The biggest triumph in the initial rebuilding was when Monroe Sweetland ran as a candidate for National Committeeman, and then won the seat in the 1948 primaries. Sweetland sought to gain connections to the [[Harry S. Truman]] administration and eventually succeeded in his goal.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> This resulted in the now upstart Democratic presence in Oregon receiving monetary contributions from Democratic figures. This was the one real success in the 1948 election however as the Democrats in the state failed to come up with viable strong candidates for office.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> Once Sweetland saw this, he decided to launch strong campaigns for Truman in the state, that also was unsuccessful as Dewey carried the state, but not the presidency. They did however elect some Democrats to smaller positions in the state legislature.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> There was no apparent hope for the Democrats until the following election year 1950, when Democrats saw an increase and surpassing of Democratic registration over the Republicans. The 1950 election was as big a disaster as the 1948 election as the Democrats still won no prominent seats in the state, but in 1952 the Democrats ended up seizing the [[Oregon Attorney General|Attorney General]] Position from the Republicans, which was seen as a major victory for the Democrats of the state.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> 1954 was the first time in a long time that Democrats had a sound hold on Oregon Politics, they saw an increase in State Legislature seats, increasing from 11 to 25 and in the Senate increasing from 4 to 6. They also won the first [[United States Senate|US Senatorial]] election in 40 years when [[Richard Neuberger]] defeated Republican incumbent [[Guy Cordon]], and [[Edith Green]] captured [[Oregon's 3rd congressional district|Third Congressional District]] in an open-seat race against future governor [[Tom McCall]].<ref name="Oregon 1956"/> Finally, in 1956 it was clear that the Democrats were back in power when they took 3 of 4 races for [[US Representative]], a reelection of the Attorney General, a gain of control over the State Legislature, and a victory for Governor of Oregon.<ref name="Oregon 1956"/>

==Recent elections==

===2006 elections===
Going into the 2006 elections, Democrats occupied all four of the state's partisan [[executive (government)|executive]] offices and held a majority in the [[Oregon State Senate]], but were in the minority in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]].  Of the statewide office-holders, only Governor [[Ted Kulongoski]] was up for re-election.  Not only was he successful in that bid, but Democrats were elected to a slim majority in the House.  All four of Oregon's Democratic United States House representatives were re-elected.

===2008 elections===
In the 2008 elections, Democrats gained a three-fifths majority in the state house and maintained the same majority in the senate despite losing a seat to the Republicans. This majority in both chambers of the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]] is needed to pass bills that raise revenue, as required by [[s:Oregon Constitution/Article IV#Section 25|Article IV §25]] of the [[Oregon Constitution|state constitution]]. Democrats maintained control of all state partisan executive offices. They held all four of Oregon's five federal congressional seats, including a retiring Democrat's seat, and unseated Oregon's Republican senator, the only one from the West Coast and the only Republican occupying an office representing the whole of Oregon.

===2010 elections===
In 2010 the Democrats kept the Governorship in a close election decided by the slimmest of margins. Former 2-term governor [[John Kitzhaber]] defeated Republican [[Chris Dudley]] by a mere 14,910 votes. US Senator [[Ron Wyden]] kept his senate seat, handily beating Jim Huffman 57% to 39%. The Democratic Party of Oregon also kept all four of their previously held congressional seats in the [[Oregon congressional district|U.S House of Representatives]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101106003727/http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2010/oregon MSNBC]</ref>

== Election results ==

=== Presidential ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Oregon Democratic Party presidential election results
!Election
!Presidential ticket
!Votes
!Vote %
!Electoral votes
!Result
|-
|'''[[1860 United States presidential election in Oregon|1860]]'''
|[[Stephen A. Douglas]]/[[Herschel Vespasian Johnson|Herschel V. Johnson]]
|4,131
|27.99%
|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1864 United States presidential election in Oregon|1864]]'''
|[[George B. McClellan]]/[[George H. Pendleton]]
|8,457
|46.10%
|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1868 United States presidential election in Oregon|1868]]'''
|[[Horatio Seymour]]/[[Francis Preston Blair Jr.]]
|11,125
|50.37%
|{{Composition bar|3|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1872 United States presidential election in Oregon|1872]]'''
|[[Horace Greeley]]/[[Benjamin Gratz Brown|Benjamin G. Brown]] ([[Liberal Republican Party (United States)|Liberal Republican]])
|7,742
|38.43%
|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1876 United States presidential election in Oregon|1876]]'''
|[[Samuel J. Tilden]]/[[Thomas A. Hendricks]]
|14,157
|47.38%
|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1880 United States presidential election in Oregon|1880]]'''
|[[Winfield Scott Hancock|Winfield S. Hancock]]/[[William Hayden English|William H. English]]
|19,955
|48.88%
|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1884 United States presidential election in Oregon|1884]]'''
|[[Grover Cleveland]]/[[Thomas A. Hendricks]]
|24,604
|46.70%
|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1888 United States presidential election in Oregon|1888]]'''
|[[Grover Cleveland]]/[[Allen G. Thurman]]
|26,522
|42.88%
|{{Composition bar|0|3|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1892 United States presidential election in Oregon|1892]]'''
|[[Grover Cleveland]]/[[Adlai Stevenson I|Adlai E. Stevenson]]
|14,243
|18.15%
|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1896 United States presidential election in Oregon|1896]]'''
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]/[[Arthur Sewall]]
|46,739
|47.98%
|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1900 United States presidential election in Oregon|1900]]'''
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]/[[Adlai Stevenson I|Adlai E. Stevenson]]
|32,810
|39.41%
|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1904 United States presidential election in Oregon|1904]]'''
|[[Alton B. Parker]]/[[Henry Gassaway Davis|Henry G. Davis]]
|17,521
|19.43%
|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1908 United States presidential election in Oregon|1908]]'''
|[[William Jennings Bryan]]/[[John W. Kern]]
|38,049
|34.31%
|{{Composition bar|0|4|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1912 United States presidential election in Oregon|1912]]'''
|[[Woodrow Wilson]]/[[Thomas R. Marshall]]
|47,064
|34.34%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1916 United States presidential election in Oregon|1916]]'''
|[[Woodrow Wilson]]/[[Thomas R. Marshall]]
|120,087
|45.90%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1920 United States presidential election in Oregon|1920]]'''
|[[James M. Cox]]/[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
|80,019
|33.55%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1924 United States presidential election in Oregon|1924]]'''
|[[John W. Davis]]/[[Charles W. Bryan]]
|67,589
|24.18%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1928 United States presidential election in Oregon|1928]]'''
|[[Al Smith]]/[[Joseph Taylor Robinson|Joseph T. Robinson]]
|109,223
|34.14%
|{{Composition bar|0|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1932 United States presidential election in Oregon|1932]]'''
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]/[[John Nance Garner|John N. Garner]]
|213,871
|57.99%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1936 United States presidential election in Oregon|1936]]'''
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]/[[John Nance Garner|John N. Garner]]
|266,733
|64.42%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1940 United States presidential election in Oregon|1940]]'''
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]/[[Henry A. Wallace]]
|258,415
|53.70%
|{{Composition bar|5|5|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1944 United States presidential election in Oregon|1944]]'''
|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]/[[Harry S. Truman]]
|248,635
|51.78%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1948 United States presidential election in Oregon|1948]]'''
|[[Harry S. Truman]]/[[Alben W. Barkley]]
|243,147
|46.40%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1952 United States presidential election in Oregon|1952]]'''
|[[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]]/[[John Sparkman]]
|270,579
|38.93%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1956 United States presidential election in Oregon|1956]]'''
|[[Adlai Stevenson II|Adlai Stevenson]]/[[Estes Kefauver]]
|329,204
|44.72%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1960 United States presidential election in Oregon|1960]]'''
|[[John F. Kennedy]]/[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
|367,402
|47.32%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1964 United States presidential election in Oregon|1964]]'''
|[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]/[[Hubert Humphrey]]
|501,017
|63.72%
|{{Composition bar|6|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1968 United States presidential election in Oregon|1968]]'''
|[[Hubert Humphrey]]/[[Edmund Muskie]]
|358,866
|43.78%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1972 United States presidential election in Oregon|1972]]'''
|[[George McGovern]]/[[Sargent Shriver]]
|392,760
|42.33%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1976 United States presidential election in Oregon|1976]]'''
|[[Jimmy Carter]]/[[Walter Mondale]]
|490,407
|47.62%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1980 United States presidential election in Oregon|1980]]'''
|[[Jimmy Carter]]/[[Walter Mondale]]
|456,890
|38.67%
|{{Composition bar|0|6|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1984 United States presidential election in Oregon|1984]]'''
|[[Walter Mondale]]/[[Geraldine Ferraro]]
|536,479
|43.74%
|{{Composition bar|0|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1988 United States presidential election in Oregon|1988]]'''
|[[Michael Dukakis]]/[[Lloyd Bentsen]]
|616,206
|51.28%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[1992 United States presidential election in Oregon|1992]]'''
|[[Bill Clinton]]/[[Al Gore]]
|621,314
|42.48%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[1996 United States presidential election in Oregon|1996]]'''
|[[Bill Clinton]]/[[Al Gore]]
|649,641
|47.15%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2000 United States presidential election in Oregon|2000]]'''
|[[Al Gore]]/[[Joe Lieberman]]
|720,342
|46.96%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2004 United States presidential election in Oregon|2004]]'''
|[[John Kerry]]/[[John Edwards]]
|943,163
|51.35%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2008 United States presidential election in Oregon|2008]]'''
|[[Barack Obama]]/[[Joe Biden]]
|1,037,291
|56.75%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2012 United States presidential election in Oregon|2012]]'''
|[[Barack Obama]]/[[Joe Biden]]
|970,488
|54.24%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2016 United States presidential election in Oregon|2016]]'''
|[[Hillary Clinton]]/[[Tim Kaine]]
|1,002,106
|50.07%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|-
|'''[[2020 United States presidential election in Oregon|2020]]'''
|[[Joe Biden]]/[[Kamala Harris]]
|1,340,383
|56.45%
|{{Composition bar|7|7|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|'''[[2024 United States presidential election in Oregon|2024]]'''
|[[Kamala Harris]]/[[Tim Walz]]
|1,240,600
|55.27%
|{{Composition bar|8|8|{{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}}}
|{{Lost}}
|}

=== Gubernatorial ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Oregon Democratic Party gubernatorial election results
!Election
!Gubernatorial candidate
!Votes
!Vote %
!Result
|-
|'''[[1858 Oregon gubernatorial election|1858]]'''
|[[John Whiteaker]]
|5,134
|54.93%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1862 Oregon gubernatorial election|1862]]'''
|John F. Miller
|3,450
|32.89%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|[[1866 Oregon gubernatorial election|'''1866''']]
|[[James K. Kelly]]
|10,039
|49.32%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1870 Oregon gubernatorial election|1870]]'''
|[[La Fayette Grover]]
|11,726
|51.38%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[1874 Oregon gubernatorial election|'''1874''']]
|[[La Fayette Grover]]
|9,713
|38.23%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1878 Oregon gubernatorial election|1878]]'''
|[[W. W. Thayer|William Wallace Thayer]]
|15,689
|47.93%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1882 Oregon gubernatorial election|1882]]'''
|[[Joseph Showalter Smith]]
|20,029
|48.25%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|[[1886 Oregon gubernatorial election|'''1886''']]
|[[Sylvester Pennoyer]]
|27,901
|50.89%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1890 Oregon gubernatorial election|1890]]'''
|[[Sylvester Pennoyer]]
|41,139
|53.55%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1894 Oregon gubernatorial election|1894]]'''
|William Galloway
|17,865
|20.51%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1898 Oregon gubernatorial election|1898]]'''
|W. R. King
|34,452
|40.77%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1902 Oregon gubernatorial election|1902]]'''
|[[George Earle Chamberlain]]
|41,857
|46.17%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1906 Oregon gubernatorial election|1906]]'''
|[[George Earle Chamberlain]]
|46,002
|47.56%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1910 Oregon gubernatorial election|1910]]'''
|[[Oswald West]]
|54,853
|46.61%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1914 Oregon gubernatorial election|1914]]'''
|C. J. Smith
|94,594
|38.14%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1918 Oregon gubernatorial election|1918]]'''
|[[Walter M. Pierce]]
|65,440
|42.78%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1922 Oregon gubernatorial election|1922]]'''
|[[Walter M. Pierce]]
|133,392
|57.26%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1926 Oregon gubernatorial election|1926]]'''
|[[Walter M. Pierce]]
|93,470
|41.37%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1930 Oregon gubernatorial election|1930]]'''
|Edward F. Bailey
|62,434
|25.10%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1934 Oregon gubernatorial election|1934]]'''
|[[Charles Martin (Oregon politician)|Charles H. Martin]]
|116,677
|38.57%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1938 Oregon gubernatorial election|1938]]'''
|[[Henry L. Hess]]
|158,744
|42.57%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1942 Oregon gubernatorial election|1942]]'''
|[[Lew Wallace (politician)|Lew Wallace]]
|62,561
|22.13%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1946 Oregon gubernatorial election|1946]]'''
|[[Carl C. Donaugh]]
|106,474
|30.94%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1948 Oregon gubernatorial special election|1948 (special)]]'''
|[[Lew Wallace (politician)|Lew Wallace]]
|226,958
|44.53%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1950 Oregon gubernatorial election|1950]]'''
|[[Austin F. Flegel]]
|171,750
|33.95%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1954 Oregon gubernatorial election|1954]]'''
|[[Joseph K. Carson]]
|244,170
|43.09%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1956 Oregon gubernatorial special election|1956 (special)]]'''
|[[Robert D. Holmes]]
|369,439
|50.52%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1958 Oregon gubernatorial election|1958]]'''
|[[Robert D. Holmes]]
|267,934
|44.66%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1962 Oregon gubernatorial election|1962]]'''
|[[Robert Y. Thornton]]
|265,359
|41.63%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1966 Oregon gubernatorial election|1966]]'''
|[[Robert W. Straub]]
|305,008
|44.67%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1970 Oregon gubernatorial election|1970]]'''
|[[Robert W. Straub]]
|293,892
|44.10%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1974 Oregon gubernatorial election|1974]]'''
|[[Robert W. Straub]]
|444,812
|57.73%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1978 Oregon gubernatorial election|1978]]'''
|[[Robert W. Straub]]
|409,411
|45.10%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1982 Oregon gubernatorial election|1982]]'''
|[[Ted Kulongoski]]
|374,316
|35.92%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|'''[[1986 Oregon gubernatorial election|1986]]'''
|[[Neil Goldschmidt]]
|549,456
|51.85%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1990 Oregon gubernatorial election|1990]]'''
|[[Barbara Roberts]]
|508,749
|45.7%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1994 Oregon gubernatorial election|1994]]'''
|[[John Kitzhaber]]
|622,083
|50.95%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[1998 Oregon gubernatorial election|1998]]'''
|[[John Kitzhaber]]
|717,061
|64.42%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2002 Oregon gubernatorial election|2002]]'''
|[[Ted Kulongoski]]
|618,004
|49.03%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2006 Oregon gubernatorial election|2006]]'''
|[[Ted Kulongoski]]
|699,786
|50.73%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2010 Oregon gubernatorial election|2010]]'''
|[[John Kitzhaber]]
|716,525
|49.29%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2014 Oregon gubernatorial election|2014]]'''
|[[John Kitzhaber]]
|733,230
|49.89%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2016 Oregon gubernatorial special election|2016 (special)]]'''
|[[Kate Brown]]
|985,027
|50.62%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2018 Oregon gubernatorial election|2018]]'''
|[[Kate Brown]]
|934,498
|50.05%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|-
|'''[[2022 Oregon gubernatorial election|2022]]'''
|[[Tina Kotek]]
|917,074
|47.0%
|'''Won''' {{Y}}
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Oregon}}
* [[List of political parties in Oregon]]

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==

* Robert E. Burton, ''Democrats of Oregon: the Pattern of the Minority Politics, 1900-1956.'' Eugene, OR: University of Oregon Press, 1970.

==External links==
* [http://www.dpo.org Democratic Party of Oregon]

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