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The 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the
governor of Oregon The governor of Oregon is the head of government of Oregon and serves as the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The title of governor was also applied to the office of Oregon's chief executive during the provisional and U.S. ter ...
. The incumbent governor, Democrat
Kate Brown Katherine Brown (born June 21, 1960) is an American politician and attorney serving as the 38th governor of Oregon since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the ...
, took office on February 18, 2015, upon the resignation of
John Kitzhaber John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947) is an American former politician who served as the 35th governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003, and as the 37th governor of Oregon from 2011 until his resignation in 2015. A member of the Democratic Party ...
. She was subsequently elected in the gubernatorial special election in
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, and was re-elected to a full term in
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. Due to term limits, she was ineligible for re-election in 2022. ''
The Oregonian ''The Oregonian'' is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. west coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 18 ...
'' anticipated the election to have "the first competitive Democratic primary in more than a decade and potentially the closest such race since 2002." ''
Willamette Week ''Willamette Week'' (''WW'') is an alternative weekly newspaper and a website published in Portland, Oregon, United States, since 1974. It features reports on local news, politics, sports, business, and culture. History Early history ''Willam ...
'' anticipated a "wide open field of Democrats", citing the lack of an incumbent. Almost 20
Republican Party Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa * Republican Party (Liberia) *Republican Party ...
candidates ran for the office, including two previous nominees for governor in
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and
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, as well as 15 Democrats and some non-affiliates/third-party members. In the May 17 primary elections, former Oregon House Speaker
Tina Kotek Tina Kotek (born September 30, 1966) is an American politician and the governor-elect of Oregon. Kotek served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022. She was the first openly lesbian person to serve as a speaker of ...
was declared the winner of the Democratic primary half an hour after the ballot deadline. The next day, former House Minority Leader
Christine Drazan Christine Renee Drazan ( Deboy; born May 28, 1972) is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from the 39th district from 2019 to 2022, as a member of the Republican Party. During her tenure in the state house sh ...
was determined to have won the Republican primary. Notably, the general election featured three prominent female candidates, including former state senator
Betsy Johnson Elizabeth Katharine Johnson (born January 12, 1951) is an American aviator, entrepreneur, and politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from the 1st and 31st House districts from 2001 to 2005, and in the Oregon Senate from ...
, who was a moderate Democrat, running as an
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. Oregon was considered a possible Republican pickup, as Brown had the lowest approval rating of any governor in the United States at the time and Johnson could have siphoned votes from Kotek. Nonetheless, Kotek won the election by a slim margin, becoming Oregon's 7th consecutive Democratic governor. She became one of the first lesbian governors in the United States, along with
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in Massachusetts.


Democratic primary


Candidates


Nominee

*
Tina Kotek Tina Kotek (born September 30, 1966) is an American politician and the governor-elect of Oregon. Kotek served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022. She was the first openly lesbian person to serve as a speaker of ...
, former
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(2013–2022)


Eliminated in primary

*David Beem, former member of the Oregon Disabilities Commission *Julian Bell, critical care and pulmonary medicine specialist and candidate for governor in
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*Wilson Bright, retired textile company operator *George Carrillo, program manager at the Oregon Health Authority and Marine Corps veteran *Michael Cross, software designer, commercial driver, and Republican nominee for Oregon attorney general in
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*Ifeanyichukwu Diru, farmer and candidate for governor in
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*Peter Hall, Haines city councilor and member of the Board of Directors of the League of Oregon Cities *Keisha Merchant, artist and creative designer * Tobias Read,
Oregon state treasurer The Oregon State Treasurer is a constitutional officer within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, elected by statewide vote to serve a four-year term. As chief financial officer for the state, the office holder heads ...
''(endorsed Tina Kotek in the general election)'' *Patrick Starnes, former
Independent Party of Oregon The Independent Party of Oregon (IPO) is a centrist political party in the U.S. state of Oregon with more than 135,000 registrants since its inception in January 2007. The IPO is Oregon's third-largest political party and the first political part ...
candidate for governor (2018) *David Stauffer, environmental inventor and
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*John Sweeney, owner of Canary Castle Gallery *Michael Trimble,
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and disability advocate *Genevieve Wilson, independent contractor


Disqualified

*
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, author and
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-winning journalist at ''
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'' ''(found to not meet residency requirements by the Secretary of State's office and Oregon Supreme Court) (endorsed Tina Kotek in the general election)''


Withdrawn

* Casey Kulla,
Yamhill County Yamhill County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 107,722. The county seat is McMinnville. Yamhill County was named after the Yamhelas, members of the Kalapuya Tribe. Yamhill Cou ...
commissioner ('' running for labor commissioner'') * David Lavinsky, businessman * Nico Pucci,
Oregon Health Authority The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is a government agency in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was established by the passage of Oregon House Bill 2009 by the 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly, and split off from Oregon Department of Human Services, O ...
operations and policy analyst * Peter Winter, non-profit project manager


Declined

* Rukaiyah Adams, chief investment officer of the Meyer Memorial Trust *Julia Brim-Edwards, member of the Portland Public School Board *
Shemia Fagan Shemia Patricia Fagan (born September 20, 1981) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Oregon secretary of state. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate, representing Senate District 24 from in 2019 to ...
, Oregon secretary of state * Val Hoyle, Oregon labor commissioner ''( running for the U.S. House)'' *
Deborah Kafoury Deborah Kafoury (born August 19, 1967) is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. Born in Walla Walla, Washington, Kafoury received her bachelor's degree from Whitman College. She is the chair of the Multnomah County Commission, where she suc ...
, chair of the
Multnomah County Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver– Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Th ...
Commission and former state representative from the
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and 43rd districts (''endorsed Tina Kotek'') * Lynn Peterson, president of the Portland Metro Council (''endorsed Tina Kotek'') *
Ellen Rosenblum Ellen F. Rosenblum (born January 6, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Oregon Attorney General since 2012. She is the first female state attorney general in Oregon's history, and previously was a judge on the Oreg ...
,
Oregon attorney general The Oregon Attorney General is a statutory office within the executive branch of the state of Oregon, and serves as the chief legal officer of the state, heading its Department of Justice with its six operating divisions. The attorney general is ch ...
''(endorsed Tina Kotek in the general election)'' *Melissa Unger, executive director of
Service Employees International Union Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada. SEIU is focused on organizing workers in three sectors: healthcare (over half of member ...
Oregon chapter *
Ted Wheeler Edward Tevis Wheeler (born August 31, 1962) is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Portland, Oregon since 2017. He was Oregon State Treasurer from 2010 to 2016. Wheeler was elected in the 2016 Portland mayoral election and re ...
, mayor of Portland and former Oregon state treasurer


Debates


Endorsements


Polling


Results


Republican primary


Candidates


Nominee

*
Christine Drazan Christine Renee Drazan ( Deboy; born May 28, 1972) is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from the 39th district from 2019 to 2022, as a member of the Republican Party. During her tenure in the state house sh ...
, former minority leader of the
Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 65,000. The House meets in the west wing of the ...
(2019–2021) and state representative from the 39th district (2019–2022)


Eliminated in primary

* Raymond Baldwin, general contractor * Bridget Barton, political consultant for Third Century Solutions ''(endorsed Betsy Johnson in the General Election)'' * Court Boice, Curry County chair ''(endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election)'' *David Burch *Jessica Gomez, member of the Business Oregon Commission and
Oregon Institute of Technology The Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) is a public polytechnic university in Oregon with a residential campus in Klamath Falls, Oregon, an urban campus in Wilsonville, Oregon, and additional locations in Salem and Seattle. Oregon Tec ...
Board of Trustees *Nick Hess, CEO & entrepreneur *Tim McCloud, business development analyst * Kerry McQuisten, mayor of
Baker City Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named after Edward D. Baker, the only U.S. Senator ever killed in military combat. The population was 10,099 at the time of the 2020 census. History Pla ...
*Brandon Merritt, business development manager *
Bud Pierce William C. "Bud" Pierce (born October 3, 1956) is an American physician and politician. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2016 special election. Early life and career Pierce was born in Germany and raised i ...
, oncologist and nominee for governor in
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''(endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election)'' * John Presco, president of Royal Rosamond Press *Stan Pulliam, mayor of Sandy ''(endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election)'' *Amber Richardson, chiropractor *
Bill Sizemore Bill Sizemore (born June 2, 1951) is an American political activist and writer in Happy Valley, Oregon, United States. Sizemore has never held elected office, but has nonetheless been a major political figure in Oregon since the 1990s. He is consi ...
, general contractor, tax-reduction advocate, candidate for governor in
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, and nominee in
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*Stefan Galen Strek (Stregoi), painter and graphic design artist *Marc Thielman, former
Alsea School District The Alsea are a Native American tribe of Western Oregon. They are (since 1856), confederated with other Tribes on the Siletz Reservation, Oregon, and are members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz. Their origin story says that the Yaquina, Als ...
superintendent * Bob Tiernan, former state representative from the 24th district (1993–1997) and former chair of the
Oregon Republican Party The Oregon Republican Party is the U.S. state, state affiliate of the Republican Party (United States), United States Republican Party in Oregon, headquartered in Salem, Oregon, Salem. The party was established in the Oregon Territory in February ...
(2009–2011)


Withdrawn

* Angelique Bouvier, psychologist and business owner *Reed Christensen, former electrical engineer * Mark Duncan, fight instructor * John L. Fosdick III, customer service representative,
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veteran * Darin Harbick, businessman ('' running for U.S. Senate)'' * Jim Huggins, film producer, businessman and
Air Force An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an a ...
veteran (''endorsed Kerry McQuisten)'' * Alexander Males,
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manufacturing worker * Monte Sauer Jr., CEO of AmericaProud


Declined

* Knute Buehler, former state representative from the 54th district (2015–2019), nominee for Secretary of State in
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, and nominee for governor in
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(''endorsed Betsy Johnson'') *
Dallas Heard Dallas Heard (born 1985) is an American politician. He currently serves as a Republican member of the Oregon Senate. Heard had previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 2 from 2015 until 2018. Heard serve ...
, state senator from the 1st district and former chair of the
Oregon Republican Party The Oregon Republican Party is the U.S. state, state affiliate of the Republican Party (United States), United States Republican Party in Oregon, headquartered in Salem, Oregon, Salem. The party was established in the Oregon Territory in February ...
''(endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election)'' * Tim Knopp, minority leader of the
Oregon Senate The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Sena ...
from the 27th district *
Dennis Linthicum Dennis Linthicum is an American Republican politician currently serving in the Oregon Senate. Early Life Linthicum, originally from California, attended Biola University, a private, evangelical Christian university in La Mirada, California. Car ...
, state senator from the 28th district ''(endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election)'' *
Julie Parrish Julie Parrish (born Ruby Joyce Wilbar; October 21, 1940 – October 1, 2003) was an American actress. Early life Parrish was born Ruby Joyce Wilbar on October 21, 1940, in Middlesboro, Kentucky, to William Robert "Bob" Wilbar (1913-1988) and G ...
, former state representative from the 37th district (2011–2019) * Bill Post, former state representative from the 25th district (2015–2021) (''ineligible due to out-of-state residency'') *
Tootie Smith Tootie Smith (born March 3, 1957) is an American politician and hazelnut farmer from the state of Oregon. A Republican, she served in the state legislature from 2001 until 2005, and on the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners from 2013 until 20 ...
,
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chair and former state representative from the
18th 18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. ...
and 28th districts (2001–2003) ''(endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election)''


Debates


Endorsements


Polling


Results


Independents and other parties


Candidates


Candidates for general election

*R. Leon Noble (
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) *Donice Noelle Smith,
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veteran and talk show host ( Constitution Party) * Betsy Johnson, former Democratic state senator from Oregon's 16th Senate district (non-affiliated)


Withdrawn

* Nathalie Paravicini, naturopathic doctor (
Pacific Green Party The Pacific Green Party of Oregon (PGP) is a political party in the U.S. state of Oregon, recognized by the Oregon Secretary of State. It is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States. The party has occasionally elected candidates to p ...
and
Oregon Progressive Party The Oregon Progressive Party is a political party in the U.S. state of Oregon. Originally called the Oregon Peace Party, it was accepted as the sixth minor statewide political party in Oregon on August 22, 2008. This allowed the party to nomin ...
) ''(endorsed Kotek)''


Failed to qualify for general election

In order to be listed as candidates on the general election ballot, non-affiliated candidates for governor needed to collect 23,744 signatures from Oregon voters (1% of votes cast for president in the 2020 election). * Tim Harrold, security expert (non-affiliated) *Dustin Watkins, dishwasher (non-affiliated)


Not nominated

*Kevin Levy, real estate broker ( Independent Party) *Paul Romero, refrigeration repair technician, Republican candidate for
Oregon's 2nd congressional district Oregon's 2nd congressional district is the largest of Oregon's six districts, and is the seventh largest district in the nation. It is the second-largest congressional district in the nation that does not cover an entire state. The district ...
in
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and
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, and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in
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(Constitution Party)


General election


Predictions


Debates


Endorsements


Polling

;Aggregate polls ;Graphical summary ;Tina Kotek vs. Christine Drazan ;Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican vs. Betsy Johnson ;Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican ;Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican vs. generic independent


Results


See also

* 2022 Oregon state elections * 2022 United States gubernatorial elections


Notes

;Partisan clients


References


External links

;Official campaign websites
Christine Drazan (R) for Governor

Betsy Johnson (I) for Governor

Tina Kotek (D) for Governor

R. Leon Noble (L) for Governor

Donice Noelle Smith (C) for Governor
{{Notable third party performances in United States elections 2022 Oregon elections
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