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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Oregon governor election

Victor Atiyeh (Republican) beat Robert W. Straub (Democrat) in Oregon in 1978, 54.7% to 44.9%, a margin of 9.8 points and 89,041 votes.

Oregon changed party: in 1974 it went Democratic, for Robert W. Straub.

Republicans led in 33 of the 36 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Multnomah, cast 214,675 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.7 points. The closest was Wheeler, where 50 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
Victor Atiyeh won Republican 498,452 54.7%
Robert W. Straub Democratic 409,411 44.9%
All other candidates 3,280 0.4%
Total911,143

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Multnomah 112,754 52.5% 100,530 46.8% 1,391 214,675 D+5.7
Lane 52,985 56.6% 40,446 43.2% 141 93,572 D+13.4
Clackamas 38,349 43.9% 48,708 55.7% 340 87,397 R+11.9
Washington 33,955 40.3% 49,918 59.3% 300 84,173 R+19.0
Marion 27,067 39.5% 41,115 60.0% 379 68,561 R+20.5
Jackson 18,389 44.6% 22,814 55.3% 35 41,238 R+10.7
Douglas 10,740 36.0% 19,030 63.8% 35 29,805 R+27.8
Linn 10,444 37.3% 17,482 62.5% 54 27,980 R+25.2
Benton 10,985 44.4% 13,658 55.2% 99 24,742 R+10.8
Coos 9,943 46.1% 11,597 53.8% 15 21,555 R+7.7
Deschutes 8,265 42.3% 11,226 57.5% 34 19,525 R+15.2
Josephine 4,908 26.6% 13,515 73.3% 22 18,445 R+46.7
Klamath 5,985 33.1% 12,060 66.8% 19 18,064 R+33.6
Yamhill 7,573 42.8% 10,054 56.8% 59 17,686 R+14.0
Polk 6,899 41.3% 9,754 58.3% 64 16,717 R+17.1
Umatilla 5,759 38.3% 9,272 61.6% 16 15,047 R+23.3
Lincoln 5,531 43.1% 7,286 56.8% 19 12,836 R+13.7
Columbia 6,576 51.4% 6,142 48.0% 72 12,790 D+3.4
Clatsop 5,311 43.8% 6,787 56.0% 25 12,123 R+12.2
Union 2,763 32.9% 5,635 67.0% 11 8,409 R+34.2
Tillamook 3,747 45.3% 4,488 54.3% 36 8,271 R+9.0
Wasco 3,300 40.9% 4,742 58.8% 20 8,062 R+17.9
Malheur 2,097 27.4% 5,546 72.6% 1 7,644 R+45.1
Curry 2,024 32.6% 4,170 67.2% 9 6,203 R+34.6
Hood River 2,444 42.8% 3,246 56.8% 22 5,712 R+14.0
Baker 1,896 33.6% 3,739 66.3% 4 5,639 R+32.7
Crook 1,806 40.7% 2,619 59.0% 17 4,442 R+18.3
Jefferson 1,265 35.1% 2,328 64.6% 8 3,601 R+29.5
Grant 1,004 33.9% 1,953 66.0% 3 2,960 R+32.1
Lake 1,003 34.1% 1,929 65.7% 6 2,938 R+31.5
Harney 1,029 35.7% 1,846 64.1% 7 2,882 R+28.3
Wallowa 798 29.3% 1,919 70.5% 5 2,722 R+41.2
Morrow 839 39.4% 1,287 60.4% 4 2,130 R+21.0
Sherman 371 37.0% 627 62.5% 6 1,004 R+25.5
Gilliam 300 32.3% 627 67.6% 1 928 R+35.2
Wheeler 307 46.2% 357 53.7% 1 665 R+7.5

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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