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Election 1970 Results

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1970 Oregon governor election

Tom McCall (Republican) beat Robert W. Straub (Democrat) in Oregon in 1970, 55.5% to 44.1%, a margin of 11.4 points and 76,072 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1966, when Tom McCall also won.

Republicans led in 24 of the 36 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Multnomah, cast 194,714 votes and went to the Republican by 11.3 points. The closest was Lake, where 13 votes 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Tom McCall won Republican 369,964 55.5%
Robert W. Straub Democratic 293,892 44.1%
All other candidates 2,538 0.4%
Total666,394

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Multnomah 86,072 44.2% 108,161 55.5% 481 194,714 R+11.3
Lane 28,090 43.8% 35,903 55.9% 197 64,190 R+12.2
Clackamas 23,961 44.8% 29,289 54.8% 214 53,464 R+10.0
Washington 18,292 36.8% 31,252 62.9% 155 49,699 R+26.1
Marion 18,530 41.0% 26,579 58.8% 106 45,215 R+17.8
Jackson 11,203 41.1% 16,057 58.8% 30 27,290 R+17.8
Douglas 10,322 50.8% 9,795 48.2% 214 20,331 D+2.6
Linn 10,275 51.0% 9,854 48.9% 12 20,141 D+2.1
Coos 9,989 54.9% 8,213 45.1% 8 18,210 D+9.8
Benton 4,596 29.7% 10,796 69.7% 91 15,483 R+40.0
Klamath 7,178 51.5% 6,617 47.4% 154 13,949 D+4.0
Umatilla 6,266 48.0% 6,708 51.4% 74 13,048 R+3.4
Josephine 5,321 44.4% 6,530 54.4% 146 11,997 R+10.1
Yamhill 4,518 39.2% 6,986 60.6% 32 11,536 R+21.4
Clatsop 4,646 43.5% 6,009 56.2% 28 10,683 R+12.8
Polk 4,542 43.0% 5,998 56.8% 14 10,554 R+13.8
Deschutes 4,064 42.2% 5,555 57.6% 21 9,640 R+15.5
Columbia 5,079 53.9% 4,298 45.6% 48 9,425 D+8.3
Lincoln 3,840 42.1% 5,185 56.8% 99 9,124 R+14.7
Wasco 3,016 46.0% 3,506 53.5% 34 6,556 R+7.5
Union 3,415 52.3% 3,096 47.5% 13 6,524 D+4.9
Malheur 2,421 38.2% 3,832 60.5% 85 6,338 R+22.3
Tillamook 2,434 39.0% 3,794 60.7% 21 6,249 R+21.8
Baker 3,085 61.2% 1,895 37.6% 64 5,044 D+23.6
Hood River 1,845 44.2% 2,303 55.2% 25 4,173 R+11.0
Curry 1,995 49.2% 2,044 50.5% 12 4,051 R+1.2
Crook 1,512 47.3% 1,680 52.5% 8 3,200 R+5.3
Jefferson 1,053 39.8% 1,583 59.8% 11 2,647 R+20.0
Wallowa 1,059 44.5% 1,319 55.5% 2,378 R+10.9
Grant 1,125 51.4% 1,054 48.1% 10 2,189 D+3.2
Harney 1,066 48.7% 1,112 50.8% 10 2,188 R+2.1
Lake 1,016 50.1% 1,003 49.5% 7 2,026 D+0.6
Morrow 843 47.5% 825 46.5% 107 1,775 D+1.0
Gilliam 474 53.7% 409 46.3% 883 D+7.4
Sherman 373 43.2% 486 56.3% 5 864 R+13.1
Wheeler 376 61.0% 238 38.6% 2 616 D+22.4

Counties as they stood in 1970; 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.

Oregon governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
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