PORTLAND, Ore. -- Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle has won reelection in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. The freshman incumbent defeated Republican Monique DeSpain, an Air Force veteran who has never held elected office and pitched herself as an “outsider” candidate.
The winner of the presidential race in Oregon will take the state’s eight electoral votes. Elections in the state are conducted solely by mail. The ballot must have been mailed or dropped off at any official drop box across the state by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day.
Elizabeth Steiner appears positioned to become the first woman to serve as Oregon’s state treasurer, leading her state Senate colleague Brian Boquist in Tuesday’s election. Preliminary results showed Steiner, a Democrat, leading Boquist, a Republican, 51% to 43% at 8 p.m. Oregon hasn’t elected a Republican treasurer since 1988.
Preliminary results show voters opposing Measure 117, which would adopt a ranked choice voting system for federal and state elections. According to the Secretary of State’s Office, nearly 58% of voters are against Measure 117,
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This measure would have raised the minimum tax on businesses with sales in the state in excess of $25 million by 3% and 'rebate' the proceeds to Oregonians.
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