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Election 1890 Results

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1890 Oregon governor election

Sylvester Pennoyer (Democrat) beat David P. Thompson (Republican) in Oregon in 1890, 53.5% to 46.5%, a margin of 7.1 points and 5,155 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1886, when Sylvester Pennoyer also won.

Democrats led in 23 of the 31 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Multnomah, cast 12,802 votes and went to the Republican by 1.0 point. The closest was Josephine, where 1 vote separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sylvester Pennoyer won	Democratic	38,920	53.5%
David P. Thompson	Republican	33,765	46.5%
Total		72,685

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Multnomah	6,338 49.5%	6,464 50.5%	12,802	R+1.0
Marion	2,310 49.8%	2,327 50.2%	4,637	R+0.4
Linn	2,345 58.5%	1,663 41.5%	4,008	D+17.0
Union	2,202 60.0%	1,469 40.0%	3,671	D+20.0
Lane	1,996 54.6%	1,658 45.4%	3,654	D+9.3
Umatilla	2,203 62.7%	1,308 37.3%	3,511	D+25.5
Clackamas	1,576 50.3%	1,559 49.7%	3,135	D+0.5
Douglas	1,554 52.9%	1,384 47.1%	2,938	D+5.8
Jackson	1,682 59.5%	1,143 40.5%	2,825	D+19.1
Clatsop	1,257 46.7%	1,433 53.3%	2,690	R+6.5
Yamhill	1,208 48.7%	1,271 51.3%	2,479	R+2.5
Washington	1,228 49.6%	1,247 50.4%	2,475	R+0.8
Benton	1,359 55.5%	1,090 44.5%	2,449	D+11.0
Polk	1,254 57.7%	919 42.3%	2,173	D+15.4
Wasco	1,257 58.5%	893 41.5%	2,150	D+16.9
Coos	1,047 54.0%	892 46.0%	1,939	D+8.0
Baker	1,032 55.1%	842 44.9%	1,874	D+10.1
Grant	715 51.8%	664 48.2%	1,379	D+3.7
Josephine	690 50.0%	689 50.0%	1,379	D+0.1
Columbia	517 38.9%	813 61.1%	1,330	R+22.3
Morrow	689 60.5%	449 39.5%	1,138	D+21.1
Crook	740 69.0%	332 31.0%	1,072	D+38.1
Gilliam	594 57.2%	445 42.8%	1,039	D+14.3
Harney	552 53.2%	485 46.8%	1,037	D+6.5
Wallowa	403 45.9%	475 54.1%	878	R+8.2
Tillamook	424 51.3%	402 48.7%	826	D+2.7
Lake	484 59.5%	330 40.5%	814	D+18.9
Klamath	425 57.4%	316 42.6%	741	D+14.7
Malheur	362 51.8%	337 48.2%	699	D+3.6
Sherman	272 56.3%	211 43.7%	483	D+12.6
Curry	205 44.6%	255 55.4%	460	R+10.9

Counties as they stood in 1890; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

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Year	Winner	Margin
2022	Tina Kotek (D)	D+3.4
2018	Kate Brown (D)	D+6.4
2016	Kate Brown (D)	D+7.2
2014	John Kitzhaber (D)	D+5.8
2010	John Kitzhaber (D)	D+1.5
2006	Ted Kulongoski (D)	D+8.0
2002	Ted Kulongoski (D)	D+2.9
1998	John Kitzhaber (D)	D+34.4
1994	John Kitzhaber (D)	D+8.5
1990	Barbara Roberts (D)	D+5.8
1986	Neil Goldschmidt (D)	D+4.0
1982	Victor Atiyeh (R)	R+25.5
1978	Victor Atiyeh (R)	R+9.8
1974	Robert W. Straub (D)	D+15.6
1970	Tom McCall (R)	R+11.4
1966	Tom McCall (R)	R+10.6
1962	Mark O. Hatfield (R)	R+12.6
1958	Mark O. Hatfield (R)	R+10.7
1956	Robert D. Holmes (D)	D+1.0
1954	Paul L. Patterson (R)	R+13.8
1950	Douglas McKay (R)	R+32.1
1948	Douglas McKay (R)	R+8.7
1946	Earl Snell (R)	R+38.1
1942	Earl Snell (R)	R+55.7
1938	Charles A. Sprague (R)	R+14.8
1934	Charles H. Martin (D)	D+9.8
1930	Julius Meier (other)
1926	I. L. Patterson (R)	R+11.8
1922	Walter M. Pierce (D)	D+14.7
1918	James Withycombe (R)	R+10.2
1914	James Withycombe (R)	R+10.7
1910	Oswald West (D)	D+5.2
1906	George E. Chamberlain (D)	D+2.6
1902	George E. Chamberlain (D)	D+0.3
1898	Theodore Thurston Geer (R)	R+12.6
1894	William P. Lord (R)	R+26.7
1890	Sylvester Pennoyer (D)	D+7.1
1886	Sylvester Pennoyer (D)	D+6.8
1882	Zenas F. Moody (R)	R+3.5
1878	William Wallace Thayer (D)	D+0.2
1874	La Fayette Grover (D)	D+2.2
1870	La Fayette Grover (D)	D+2.8
1866	George L. Woods (R)	R+1.4

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