PORTLAND, Ore. — The 2024 General Election has arrived, and the first round of Oregon results for everything from U.S. President down to the Portland city council are all set to drop within minutes after polls close at 8 p.m. Tuesday night. KGW has you covered for the top races in Oregon and Washington.
The results below are not final and will update as more ballots are counted. Ballots in Oregon can still be counted if they arrive up to a week after Election Day as long as they are postmarked on or before Election Day.
FEDERAL RACES
The race for president between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is at the top of the ballot in Oregon and Washington. Sen. Maria Cantwell's race against challenger Dr. Raul Garcia in Washington is the only U.S. Senate race in either state this year. One of the closest U.S. House races in the country is on the ballot just across the river from Portland, where Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is fighting to retain Washington's 3rd District seat in a rematch with challenger Joe Kent.
Oregon's U.S. House races vary in their competitiveness; incumbent Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Cliff Bentz are seen as sure wins in the state's 1st and 2nd districts, and state Rep. Maxine Dexter is also a virtual lock to win the heavily blue 3rd District. The 4th, 5th and 6th districts are much closer, especially the 5th, where incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer is trying to fend off a challenge from former state Rep. Janelle Bynum.
PORTLAND RACES
This election will almost entirely remake Portland's political leadership, coming just a couple months ahead of a compete overhaul of the city's government structure that will take effect right when the winners take office in January. All four of the city's current commissioners are running for mayor or a seat on the new city council.
The mayor will be elected at-large, but the city councilors are all being elected by geographic district, with each of Portland's four new districts electing three members for a total of 12. The position of Portland auditor is on the ballot as well, but is not listed here because current auditor Simone Rede is running unopposed for reelection.
This is also Portland's first election using ranked-choice voting, which is why the results displayed below look a bit different than all the other races in this story. For more about how to read the results, check out KGW's mayoral race results story and city council race results story. A full ranked-choice tabulation can be found at Multnomah County's elections page.
Just like in any other race, a candidate who is leading in initial results on election night may not necessarily be the final winner when all ballots are counted.
OREGON STATEWIDE RACES
Oregon has three statewide executive offices on the ballot this year: Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Attorney General. There are also five statewide ballot measures being put to voters this year, each of which could have significant impacts.
Measure 115 would create a formal process for the state legislature to impeach state executives. Statewide officials can currently only be recalled by voters. Measure 116 would create an independent commission to set the salaries for state officials, which are currently set by the legislature and can only be changed or updated with legislation.
Measure 117 would implement ranked-choice voting for all statewide races in Oregon. Political parties would still hold primaries for federal races, but they would have to do so using ranked-choice voting. Measure 118 would create a new corporate tax that would be used to fund an annual rebate for Oregon taxpayers, and Measure 119 would protect the right of cannabis industry workers to unionize.
METRO AREA COUNTY RACES
Multnomah County, Clackamas County and Clark County each have two council or commission seats on the ballot this year, including the county chair position in Clackamas County. Each race is a two-person runoff between the top two finishers in the primary elections earlier this year.
Washington County is the only Portland metro area county without any races on the ballot; the county did have two seats up for grabs earlier this year, but both contests were resolved in the primary when one candidate got more than 50% of all votes cast, enabling them to claim an immediate victory without a runoff.