What's on the ballot? May 2024 Oregon Voter Guide for Statewide Races
A breakdown of the statewide races and races for federal office that will be on the May primary ballot in Portland.
Here's a look at all the statewide races and measures, or races for federal office, that will appear on the May 2022 primary ballot in Oregon. The information listed here comes from the Oregon State Voters' Pamphlet and the state campaign finance database.
Ballots will be mailed out starting May 1 and are due back by 8 p.m. on May 21. For up-to-date coverage of the current primary election, head to KGW's main Elections page or visit the Oregon Secretary of State's website. The deadline to register to vote or switch party affiliation in time for the primary was April 30.
All of the races in this guide except court seats are partisan, which means that under Oregon's closed primary system, they will only appear on the ballots of specific political party members. For a look at city and county-level races, check out KGW's local voter guide.
"If you’re registered with a minor party or are a nonaffiliated voter, you won’t see president or any of the other partisan contests on your ballot," said Multnomah County Director of Elections Tim Scott. "It will just be county-level contests, nonpartisan state contests and measures. If they want to vote on the offices that are partisan like president, they would have to switch to either the Democratic or Republican party to do that."
The biggest item is of course the U.S. presidential race, but the Oregon Secretary of State, Attorney General and State Treasurer positions are also all on the ballot this year. U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden were reelected to six-year terms in 2020 and 2022, respectively, so there is no U.S. Senate race in Oregon this year.
Secretary of State
The Oregon Secretary of State election will bring yet another new face to an office that has seen each of the last three election winners replaced by appointees partway through their terms; Kate Brown became governor when Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned in 2015, Dennis Richardson died in 2019 and Shemia Fagan resigned amid an ethics scandal in 2023. Current Secretary LaVonne Griffin-Valade is finishing out Fagan's term, but is not seeking to remain in office.
Democratic Primary Candidates
Republican Primary Candidates
Attorney General
The Oregon Attorney General's office does not have term limits, but Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, who has held the office since 2012, announced last year that she would not seek an additional term, setting up an open race.
Democratic Primary Candidates
Republican Primary Candidates
State Treasurer
Current State Treasurer Tobias Read is finishing up his second consecutive term in the office, making him ineligible to run again this year due to term limits and setting up an open race for the position.
Democratic Primary Candidates
Republican Primary Candidates
U.S. Representative
The longest-serving member of Oregon's current congressional delegation, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, announced last year that he would not run for another term in 2024, but Oregon's other five U.S. Representatives are all running for reelection this year. It's the second election since the state picked up a sixth U.S. House seat following the 2020 census.
1st District
Democratic Primary Candidates
Republican Primary Candidates
2nd District
Democratic Primary Candidates
Republican Primary Candidates
- Cliff Bentz (incumbent)
- Jason Beebe
3rd District
Democratic Primary Candidates
Republican Primary Candidates
4th District
Democratic Primary Candidates
- Val Hoyle (incumbent)
Republican Primary Candidates
5th District
Democratic Primary Candidates
Republican Primary Candidates
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer (incumbent)
6th District
Democratic Primary Candidates
- Cody Reynolds
- Andrea Salinas (incumbent)
Republican Primary Candidates
- Mike Erickson
- David Russ
- Conrad Herold
- David Burch
Oregon Courts
Five Oregon Supreme Court seats and four Oregon Court of Appeals seats are on the ballot this year, and all of the current officeholders are running for reelection. All of the races are uncontested. Court races are nonpartisan and will appear on every voter's ballot regardless of party affiliation.
Oregon Supreme Court
Position 1
- Stephen Bushong (incumbent)
Position 2
- Rebecca Duncan (incumbent)
Position 3
- Meagan Flynn (incumbent, current Chief Justice)
Position 5
- Aruna Masih (incumbent)
Position 7
- Bronson James (incumbent)
Oregon Court of Appeals
Position 2
- Megan Harris-Jacquot (incumbent)
Position 4
- Robyn Aoyagi (incumbent)
Position 6
- James Egan (incumbent)
Position 7
- Steven Powers (incumbent)