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2014 Oregon governor election

John Kitzhaber (Democrat) beat Dennis Richardson (Republican) in Oregon in 2014, 49.9% to 44.1%, a margin of 5.8 points and 84,688 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2010, when John Kitzhaber also won.

Republicans led in 29 of the 36 counties and Democrats in 7. The largest, Multnomah, cast 289,670 votes and went to the Democrat by 46.9 points. The closest was Tillamook, where 12 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
John Kitzhaber won Democratic 733,230 49.9%
Dennis Richardson Republican 648,542 44.1%
All other candidates 87,945 6.0%
Total1,469,717

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Multnomah 202,617 69.9% 66,780 23.1% 20,273 289,670 D+46.9
Washington 98,203 51.4% 81,484 42.7% 11,185 190,872 D+8.8
Clackamas 70,071 45.2% 77,059 49.7% 7,867 154,997 R+4.5
Lane 82,132 57.1% 53,156 37.0% 8,535 143,823 D+20.1
Marion 41,858 41.3% 53,377 52.7% 6,021 101,256 R+11.4
Jackson 35,235 42.7% 43,498 52.7% 3,855 82,588 R+10.0
Deschutes 31,518 45.6% 34,104 49.4% 3,441 69,063 R+3.7
Linn 14,890 34.5% 25,463 59.0% 2,831 43,184 R+24.5
Douglas 13,829 33.5% 24,553 59.5% 2,899 41,281 R+26.0
Benton 21,694 58.5% 13,245 35.7% 2,160 37,099 D+22.8
Yamhill 14,854 40.8% 19,436 53.4% 2,077 36,367 R+12.6
Josephine 12,032 35.4% 19,926 58.7% 2,002 33,960 R+23.2
Polk 12,375 41.4% 15,809 52.9% 1,686 29,870 R+11.5
Coos 10,120 42.3% 12,260 51.2% 1,546 23,926 R+8.9
Klamath 6,416 28.1% 15,155 66.4% 1,265 22,836 R+38.3
Columbia 8,477 42.7% 9,887 49.8% 1,471 19,835 R+7.1
Lincoln 10,469 54.1% 7,609 39.3% 1,289 19,367 D+14.8
Umatilla 5,517 29.3% 12,337 65.5% 994 18,848 R+36.2
Clatsop 6,449 45.6% 6,550 46.3% 1,138 14,137 R+0.7
Tillamook 4,907 46.7% 4,895 46.6% 706 10,508 D+0.1
Union 3,087 30.4% 6,526 64.3% 536 10,149 R+33.9
Curry 3,946 40.7% 5,211 53.8% 535 9,692 R+13.1
Wasco 3,959 43.3% 4,557 49.8% 629 9,145 R+6.5
Crook 2,601 29.4% 5,753 64.9% 508 8,862 R+35.6
Hood River 4,875 58.8% 2,988 36.0% 426 8,289 D+22.8
Malheur 1,904 25.2% 5,226 69.2% 418 7,548 R+44.0
Baker 1,951 27.4% 4,842 68.0% 323 7,116 R+40.6
Jefferson 2,333 34.2% 4,048 59.4% 432 6,813 R+25.2
Wallowa 1,008 27.9% 2,474 68.5% 129 3,611 R+40.6
Grant 834 25.5% 2,294 70.2% 141 3,269 R+44.7
Lake 736 23.1% 2,310 72.4% 145 3,191 R+49.3
Morrow 870 27.8% 2,065 65.9% 198 3,133 R+38.1
Harney 724 24.5% 2,083 70.4% 151 2,958 R+45.9
Sherman 252 28.3% 596 66.9% 43 891 R+38.6
Gilliam 284 32.3% 546 62.2% 48 878 R+29.8
Wheeler 203 29.6% 440 64.2% 42 685 R+34.6

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