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In 2021, five counties in eastern Oregon voted to "require county officials to take steps to promote" adding the counties to Idaho. [12] As of May 2024, thirteen counties in Oregon had approved ballot measures in favor of Greater Idaho: Baker, Crook, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler.
Because of the concentration of population in Portland and the Willamette Valley, Gov. Kate Brown, a Democrat, won the 2018 election despite carrying only 7 of Oregon's 36 counties. Based on voting data from the 2012 presidential election, Ontario in Malheur County was rated as the most Republican in the state. [27]
Portion of Umpqua County which lay east of the Coast Range summit: Named for senator Stephen A. Douglas, a supporter of Oregon's admission to the union. 112,435: 5,037 sq mi (13,046 km 2) Gilliam County: 021: Condon: 1885: Eastern third of Wasco County: Named for Oregon pioneer Cornelius Gilliam (1798–1848). 2,026: 1,204 sq mi (3,118 km 2 ...
Voters in 11 rural, conservative counties in Oregon approved measures this year that would start the process to secede and join Idaho. Oregon breakaway effort is down to just 8 votes, deepening ...
Although Oregon as a whole is generally considered a blue state, Eastern Oregon is far more conservative than the west. [7] Morrow County is the only Eastern Oregon county to have supported Democratic presidential nominees after Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 landslide, having voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976 and for Bill Clinton in 1996.
Rep. Rick Lewis is running unopposed for reelection to represent Oregon House District 18, which covers parts of northern Marion County and southern Clackamas County, including Silverton, Mt ...
The following is a list of political parties officially recognized by the Oregon State Elections Division as statewide parties as of March 2023 (alphabetical, by title in official record). [1] Constitution Party (see also Constitution Party (United States)) Democratic Party (see also Democratic Party (United States)) Independent Party of Oregon [2]
Edward Dickinson Baker (1811–1861), the first Oregon Republican elected to the U.S. Senate, was an early casualty fighting for the Union in the American Civil War.. On April 1, 1859, just two weeks after Oregon was admitted to the Union, the Republican Party held a convention in Salem at which it nominated David Logan as the party's choice for the state's first fully fledged Congressional ...