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Vol. I · No. 142 — The Operator Standard
// MMXXVI · Oregon · 83rd Legislative Assembly
File No. OR-ELECTIONS / 2026 cycle

Oregon Elections · 2026

Primary: May 19, 2026 — 40.73% (1,256,466 ballots counted of 3,084,538 active registered voters). General: November 3, 2026.

// Primary (completed)

Closed primary (party registration required for partisan races)
Certified: 2026-06-25

// Statewide offices on November ballot

  • Governor
    Incumbent: Tina Kotek (D)
    D: Tina Kotek (84% in primary)
    R: Christine Drazan (41% in primary; former House Minority Leader, 2022 nominee)
  • Labor Commissioner
    Incumbent: Christina Stephenson (nonpartisan, elected 2022)

// Federal seats on November ballot

  • U.S. Senate
    Incumbent: Jeff Merkley (D, since 2009)
    Republicans have not won a U.S. Senate seat in Oregon since 2002.
  • U.S. House — Oregon's 1st Congressional District
    Incumbent: Suzanne Bonamici (D, since 2012)
  • U.S. House — Oregon's 2nd Congressional District
    Incumbent: Cliff Bentz (R)
  • U.S. House — Oregon's 3rd Congressional District
    Incumbent: Maxine Dexter (D, since 2025)
  • U.S. House — Oregon's 4th Congressional District
    Incumbent: Val Hoyle (D, since 2023)
    DCCC 'frontline' vulnerable incumbent
  • U.S. House — Oregon's 5th Congressional District
    Incumbent: Janelle Bynum (D, since 2025)
    DCCC 'frontline' vulnerable incumbent
  • U.S. House — Oregon's 6th Congressional District
    Incumbent: Andrea Salinas (D, since 2023)

// State legislative seats

All 60 Oregon House seats up. 15 of 30 Oregon Senate seats up (staggered class). At least 4 Republican senators barred from re-election under Ballot Measure 113 (2022) for the 2023 walkout: Daniel Bonham, Cedric Hayden, Kim Thatcher, Suzanne Weber.

// Sources

  1. sos.oregon.gov — Elections
  2. 2026 Oregon elections