Here are the latest election results as of 11/4/26 at 8:45 a.m. These numbers may change and no outcomes should be considered finished until state certification.
All figures remain preliminary. Oregon uses a vote-by-mail system, and counties will continue counting ballots in the coming days. Results are unofficial until certified.
Statewide: Governor
• Tina Kotek (Democrat, Working Families): 795,725 votes (51.75%)
• Christine Drazan (Republican, Libertarian): 699,400 votes (45.48%)
• Brett Smith (Pacific Green): 40,739 votes (2.65%)
• Write-in: 1,883 votes (0.12%)
Total votes recorded: 1,537,747
Oregon State Senate
Early returns from the 15 State Senate districts on the ballot continued to show a mix of leads. Selected results as of the latest available update include:
State Senator, 3rd District
• Denise D. Krause (Democrat): 34,532 (53.88%)
• Brad Hicks (Republican, Libertarian): 26,981 (42.10%)
• Clay Bearnson (Independent, Pacific Green): 2,506 (3.91%)
• Write-in: 67 (0.10%)
Total: 64,086
State Senator, 4th District
• Floyd Prozanski (Democrat, Republican): 29,911 (97.18%)
• Write-in: 867 (2.82%)
Total: 30,778
State Senator, 6th District
• Jack Tibbetts (Republican): 36,771 (61.51%)
• Sierrah Williams (Democrat, Working Families): 21,827 (36.51%)
• Caleb Ticer (Libertarian): 1,134 (1.90%)
• Write-in: 47 (0.08%)
Total: 59,779
State Senator, 7th District
• James I. Manning Jr. (Democrat, Independent, Working Families): 34,478 (67.66%)
• Jack (Jake) D. Huff (Republican): 16,321 (32.03%)
• Write-in: 159 (0.31%)
Total: 50,958
State Senator, 8th District
• Sara Gelser Blouin (Democrat): 39,178 (64.30%)
• Valerie Draper Woldeit (Republican): 21,622 (35.49%)
• Write-in: 129 (0.21%)
Total: 60,929
State Senator, 10th District
• Deb Patterson (Democrat, Working Families): 22,716 (60.02%)
• Angela Plowhead (Republican, Libertarian): 15,089 (39.87%)
• Write-in: 45 (0.12%)
Total: 37,850
State Senator, 11th District
• Virginia Stapleton (Democrat, Working Families): 12,815 (54.81%)
• Tracy M. Cramer (Republican): 10,517 (44.98%)
• Write-in: 48 (0.21%)
Total: 23,380
State Senator, 13th District
• Courtney Neron Misslin (Democrat, Working Families): 26,147 (63.35%)
• Glenn Lancaster (Republican): 14,455 (35.02%)
• Tim E. Nelson (Libertarian): 647 (1.57%)
• Write-in: 28 (0.07%)
Total: 41,277
State Senator, 15th District
• Myrna A. Munoz (Democrat, Working Families): 20,708 (66.94%)
• Harold Hutchison (Republican): 10,111 (32.68%)
• Write-in: 117 (0.38%)
Total: 30,936
State Senator, 16th District
• Courtney Bangs (Republican): 33,721 (50.24%)
• Rachel Armitage (Democrat): 30,561 (45.53%)
• Melisa Finkle (Independent): 2,785 (4.15%)
• Write-in: 51 (0.08%)
Total: 67,118
State Senator, 17th District
• Lisa Reynolds (Democrat): 31,253 (81.48%)
• John A. N. Chee (Republican): 7,039 (18.35%)
• Write-in: 67 (0.17%)
Total: 38,359
State Senator, 19th District
• Rob Wagner (Democrat): 38,771 (69.98%)
• Mary Dirksen (Republican): 16,573 (29.91%)
• Write-in: 59 (0.11%)
Total: 55,403
State Senator, 20th District
• Mark Meek (Democrat): 29,992 (59.16%)
• Michele Stroh (Republican): 20,659 (40.75%)
• Write-in: 46 (0.09%)
Total: 50,697
State Senator, 24th District
• Kayse Jama (Democrat, Working Families): 21,525 (93.68%)
• Write-in: 1,451 (6.32%)
Total: 22,976
State Senator, 26th District
• Jeff Helfrich (Republican): 31,249 (52.19%)
• Nicole Bassett (Democrat, Independent, Working Families): 28,581 (47.73%)
• Write-in: 45 (0.08%)
Total: 59,875
Jackson County Local Election Results
Jackson County has counted 102,445 ballots out of 164,992 active registered voters (62.09% turnout). Results remain unofficial until the county completes its canvass and the Oregon Secretary of State certifies the election.
County Commissioner, Position 1
• Rick Dyer (Republican): 54,087 (54.09%)
• Lyndi Reichenbach (Democrat): 45,785 (45.79%)
• Write-in: 116 (0.12%)
Total: 99,988
County Commissioner, Position 3
• Colleen Roberts (Republican): 51,652 (51.85%)
• Isabella Lee Tibbetts (Democrat, Working Families): 47,855 (48.03%)
• Write-in: 119 (0.12%)
Total: 99,626
County Clerk
• Chris Walker: 70,207 (99.00%)
• Write-in: 706 (1.00%)
Total: 70,913
County Sheriff
• Nathan Sickler: 69,052 (98.40%)
• Write-in: 1,125 (1.60%)
Total: 70,177
City of Ashland
Council Members (Vote for 4 – 3 full terms + 1 unexpired term)
• Bob Kaplan: 6,522 (16.36%)
• Dan Ruby: 5,738 (14.40%)
• Teresa Cisneros: 5,451 (13.68%)
• Linda Adams: 4,644 (11.65%)
• Clarinda Merripen: 2,901 (7.28%)
• Kerry Kencairn: 2,813 (7.06%)
• Jack Buckley: 2,727 (6.84%)
• Brandon Polanco: 2,524 (6.33%)
• Brian Hellwig: 2,449 (6.14%)
• Victoria Slaboda: 1,809 (4.54%)
• Aydin Timmons: 1,119 (2.81%)
• Ronan Kilkelly: 1,050 (2.63%)
• Write-in: 110 (0.28%)
Total: 39,857
Park Commissioners (Vote for 3)
• Alison Wren: 6,205 (22.48%)
• Brian Long: 5,117 (18.54%)
• Michael Dotson: 4,983 (18.06%)
• Stefani Seffinger: 3,407 (12.34%)
• David Young: 3,022 (10.95%)
• Jeff Bonnington: 2,930 (10.62%)
• Russell Feingold: 1,772 (6.42%)
• Write-in: 163 (0.59%)
Total: 27,599
Municipal Judge
• Ryan Mulkins: 6,489 (99.10%)
• Write-in: 59 (0.90%)
Total: 6,548
City of Central Point
Council Member, Ward 1
• Neil M. Olsen: 5,556 (98.84%)
• Write-in: 65 (1.16%)
Total: 5,621
Council Member, Ward 2
• Adam Korth: 4,379 (69.34%)
• Jerry De La Fuente: 1,890 (29.93%)
• Write-in: 46 (0.73%)
Total: 6,315
Council Member, Ward 3
• Sarah Roberts: 5,146 (98.58%)
• Write-in: 74 (1.42%)
Total: 5,220
City of Eagle Point
Mayor
• Kathy Sell: 3,229 (91.81%)
• Write-in: 288 (8.19%)
Total: 3,517
Council Members (Vote for 3)
• Michael Stanek: 2,773 (33.13%)
• Colton Cochran: 2,721 (32.51%)
• Bradley E. Hewitt: 2,643 (31.57%)
• Write-in: 234 (2.80%)
Total: 8,371
City of Gold Hill
Mayor
• Melia Biedscheid: 371 (93.22%)
• Write-in: 27 (6.78%)
Total: 398
Council Members (Vote for 3)
• Joe Berggren: 303 (27.27%)
• Sherylene Stancliff: 286 (25.74%)
• Rick Martin: 254 (22.86%)
• Bob Davis-Guy: 238 (21.42%)
• Write-in: 30 (2.70%)
Total: 1,111
City of Jacksonville
Council Members (Vote for 3)
• Talon J. Reed: 1,394 (34.18%)
• Beth Lindsay: 1,315 (32.25%)
• Andrew Hellenthal: 1,284 (31.49%)
• Write-in: 85 (2.08%)
Total: 4,078
City of Medford
Council Member, Ward 1
• Brian N. Sjothun: 6,049 (97.39%)
• Write-in: 162 (2.61%)
Total: 6,211
Council Member, Ward 2
• Beto Vargas: 3,038 (50.09%)
• Michael Williams: 1,711 (28.21%)
• Chris Ryan: 1,261 (20.79%)
• Write-in: 55 (0.91%)
Total: 6,065
Council Member, Ward 3
• Kevin Stine: 2,694 (50.84%)
• Abigail Mace: 2,562 (48.35%)
• Write-in: 43 (0.81%)
Total: 5,299
Council Member, Ward 4
• Nick Card: 5,349 (56.51%)
• Alan Jackson: 4,062 (42.91%)
• Write-in: 55 (0.58%)
Total: 9,466
City of Phoenix
Mayor
• Al Muelhoefer: 1,452 (95.78%)
• Write-in: 64 (4.22%)
Total: 1,516
Council Members (Vote for 3)
• Kim Hosford: 1,252 (33.66%)
• Tim Larive: 1,199 (32.23%)
• Michael Shunk: 1,194 (32.10%)
• Write-in: 75 (2.02%)
Total: 3,720
City of Rogue River
Council Members (Vote for 3)
• Mark Allen Minegar: 632 (33.67%)
• Sherrie K. Moss: 616 (32.82%)
• Dee Copley: 584 (31.11%)
• Write-in: 45 (2.40%)
Total: 1,877
City of Shady Cove
Mayor
• Terry D. Rasmussen: 1,029 (94.75%)
• Write-in: 57 (5.25%)
Total: 1,086
Council Members (Vote for 2)
• Paige Winfrey: 902 (49.05%)
• Natalie Swendener: 857 (46.60%)
• Write-in: 80 (4.35%)
Total: 1,839
Council Member (2-Year Unexpired Term)
• Samuel Clark: (leading with strong majority; exact updated totals available on official site)
City of Talent
Mayor
• Daniel Collay: (strong majority)
Council Member, Position 1
• Colette Paré-Miller: 1,931 (97.87%)
• Write-in: 42 (2.13%)
Total: 1,973
Council Member, Position 2 (2-Year Unexpired Term)
• Donna Ruiz: 1,905 (98.40%)
• Write-in: 31 (1.60%)
Total: 1,936
Council Member, Position 3
• Nicole Greider: 1,869 (98.26%)
• Write-in: 33 (1.74%)
Total: 1,902
Council Member, Position 5
• Kevin Smith: 1,874 (98.48%)
• Write-in: 29 (1.52%)
Total: 1,903
Town of Butte Falls
Mayor
• Gerald B. Scriven: 118 (85.51%)
• Write-in: 20 (14.49%)
Total: 138
Council Member, Position 4
• Stacy Christine Equitz: 132 (97.78%)
• Write-in: 3 (2.22%)
Total: 135
Council Member, Position 5
• Loretta J. Ellis: 91 (55.15%)
• Jerry Lynne Scriven: 65 (39.39%)
• Write-in: 9 (5.45%)
Total: 165
Council Member, Position 6
• Doug L. Ownby: 118 (87.41%)
• Write-in: 17 (12.59%)
Total: 135
Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District
Director, Zone 1
• Frank Baratta: 62,079 (98.84%)
• Write-in: 728 (1.16%)
Total: 62,807
Director, At-Large, Position 1
• Katelyn Detweiler: 63,539 (98.95%)
• Write-in: 675 (1.05%)
Total: 64,214
Director, At-Large, Position 2
• Stan Dean: 63,159 (98.95%)
• Write-in: 667 (1.05%)
Total: 63,826
Local Measures
Measure 15-243 (City of Ashland – Voter Approval for New or Increased Fees/Taxes)
• Yes: 6,485 (57.29%)
• No: 4,835 (42.71%)
Total: 11,320
Measure 15-244 (Jackson County Vector Control District – Five-Year Local Option Levy for Mosquito/Fly Control)
• Yes: 44,149 (45.85%)
• No: 52,143 (54.15%)
Total: 96,292
Note: These are unofficial results. Additional ballots continue to be counted.
Josephine County
Josephine County reported 32,155 ballots counted out of 70,316 active registered voters (45.73% turnout). Key countywide races remained largely stable:
County Commissioner, Position 1
• Colene Martin: 16,991
• John West: 11,887
• Write-in: 130
Total: 29,008
County Commissioner, Position 2 (2-year unexpired term)
• Mark Jones: 15,299
• Chad Hansen: 12,218
• Write-in: 102
Total: 27,619
County Sheriff
• Dave Daniel: 23,425
• Jonathan Knapp: 5,070
• Write-in: 251
Total: 28,746
County Treasurer
• Dustin M. Calvo: 15,072
• Simon Hare: 12,095
• Write-in: 95
Total: 27,262
County Clerk & Recorder
• Rhiannon Henkels: 18,861
• Write-in: 307
Total: 19,168
Measure 17-129 (Renewal of Current Five-Year Jail and Juvenile Local Option Tax)
• Yes: 13,669
• No: 16,417
Total: 30,086
Context and Next Steps
These figures reflect only the initial ballots counted shortly after polls closed. Oregon counties process remaining mail ballots, including those postmarked by Election Day, over subsequent days. Statewide and county turnout percentages will rise as counting continues.
Official results will be certified by the Oregon Secretary of State after all counties complete their canvass.
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