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Election 1986 Results

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1986 Oregon governor election

Neil Goldschmidt (Democrat) beat Norma Paulus (Republican) in Oregon in 1986, 51.9% to 47.8%, a margin of 4.0 points and 42,470 votes.

Oregon changed party: in 1982 it went Republican, for Victor Atiyeh.

Republicans led in 22 of the 36 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Multnomah, cast 235,148 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.7 points. The closest was Hood River, where 56 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
Neil Goldschmidt won Democratic 549,456 51.9%
Norma Paulus Republican 506,986 47.8%
All other candidates 3,188 0.3%
Total1,059,630

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Multnomah 134,376 57.1% 99,817 42.4% 955 235,148 D+14.7
Washington 50,954 47.1% 57,008 52.7% 157 108,119 R+5.6
Clackamas 51,352 48.3% 54,756 51.5% 208 106,316 R+3.2
Lane 58,826 56.4% 45,272 43.4% 286 104,384 D+13.0
Marion 43,677 55.3% 35,016 44.4% 226 78,919 D+11.0
Jackson 21,502 42.1% 29,432 57.7% 97 51,031 R+15.5
Douglas 16,663 49.1% 17,085 50.3% 222 33,970 R+1.2
Linn 19,707 58.8% 13,781 41.2% 33,488 D+17.7
Benton 15,327 55.5% 12,247 44.3% 65 27,639 D+11.1
Deschutes 12,089 45.3% 14,556 54.5% 45 26,690 R+9.2
Josephine 9,988 43.7% 12,815 56.0% 76 22,879 R+12.4
Coos 12,815 56.3% 9,800 43.1% 135 22,750 D+13.3
Yamhill 11,645 51.3% 11,058 48.7% 22,703 D+2.6
Klamath 9,136 43.4% 11,852 56.3% 54 21,042 R+12.9
Polk 10,100 53.9% 8,565 45.7% 64 18,729 D+8.2
Umatilla 8,247 47.0% 9,284 52.9% 25 17,556 R+5.9
Lincoln 8,702 55.8% 6,892 44.2% 11 15,605 D+11.6
Columbia 8,512 57.1% 6,357 42.6% 44 14,913 D+14.5
Clatsop 7,659 58.6% 5,371 41.1% 29 13,059 D+17.5
Union 4,885 51.2% 4,655 48.8% 9,540 D+2.4
Wasco 4,488 48.4% 4,773 51.5% 15 9,276 R+3.1
Tillamook 5,194 56.1% 4,031 43.5% 34 9,259 D+12.6
Malheur 2,592 29.2% 6,218 70.1% 59 8,869 R+40.9
Curry 3,017 42.2% 4,104 57.5% 22 7,143 R+15.2
Baker 3,193 50.9% 2,847 45.4% 235 6,275 D+5.5
Hood River 3,065 49.5% 3,121 50.4% 7 6,193 R+0.9
Crook 2,375 44.1% 2,999 55.7% 10 5,384 R+11.6
Jefferson 1,914 44.2% 2,389 55.2% 23 4,326 R+11.0
Lake 1,450 42.5% 1,955 57.3% 5 3,410 R+14.8
Grant 1,135 34.7% 2,100 64.3% 32 3,267 R+29.5
Wallowa 1,343 43.0% 1,767 56.5% 15 3,125 R+13.6
Morrow 1,439 47.5% 1,584 52.3% 7 3,030 R+4.8
Harney 1,079 36.0% 1,896 63.2% 24 2,999 R+27.2
Sherman 386 36.3% 677 63.6% 1 1,064 R+27.3
Gilliam 371 41.7% 518 58.3% 889 R+16.5
Wheeler 253 39.5% 388 60.5% 641 R+21.1

Counties as they stood in 1986; 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