The 2016 Oregon gubernatorial special election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor of Oregon, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, other gubernatorial elections and various

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and local elections. The election determined who would fill the remaining two years of the term of Democratic governor John Kitzhaber, who was re-elected in 2014 and resigned in February 2015. Incumbent Democratic governor Kate Brown, who as

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succeeded to the governorship, ran for election to the office. In primary elections held on May 17, Brown easily captured the Democratic nomination, and the Republicans picked Salem oncologist Bud Pierce. Brown won the election and became the first openly

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person elected to a term as governor in U.S. history. This election was the first time since

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that a woman was elected Governor of Oregon. As of , it was also the last gubernatorial special election in the U.S., excluding recall elections.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Julian Bell, critical care and pulmonary medicine specialist * Kate Brown, incumbent governor * Chet Chance, professional driver * Kevin M. Forsythe,

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employee * Steve Johnson, health worker * Dave Stauffer, environmental engineer

Declined

* Brad Avakian, State Labor Commissioner (running for secretary of state) * Tina Kotek, Speaker of the

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* Ted Wheeler, state treasurer (running for Mayor of Portland)

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Allen Alley, former chairman of the Oregon Republican Party, nominee for Oregon State Treasurer in

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and candidate for governor in

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* Bruce Cuff, real estate broker and candidate for governor in

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* Bob Forthan,

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* Bob Niemeyer, engineering company owner and candidate for OR-01 in

* Bud Pierce, physician

Declined

* Shane Bemis, Mayor of Gresham * Knute Buehler, state representative and nominee for secretary of state in

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* Sid Leiken, Lane County Commissioner, former mayor of Springfield and candidate for

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(running for secretary of state) *

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, state representative * Dennis Richardson, former state representative and nominee for governor in

(running for secretary of state) * Sherrie Sprenger, state representative *

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Polling

Results

Independent Party primary

The Independent Party of Oregon officially qualified as a major party on August 17, 2015.

Candidates

Declared

* Patrick Barney * Cliff Thomason, realtor

Declined

* Betsy Johnson, Democratic state senator

Results

Minor parties

* Aaron Donald Auer ( Constitution Party), candidate for governor in

* James Foster ( Libertarian Party), candidate for OR-01 in

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate
October 13, 2016 -

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Complete video of debate
October 20, 2016 -

Predictions

Polling

Aggregate polls
→ Indicates an internal poll conducted on behalf of Bud Pierce. with Allen Alley
with Shane Bemis
with Dennis Richardson

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Tillamook (largest city: Tillamook)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Clatsop (largest city: Astoria)

By congressional district

Brown won 3 of 5 congressional districts. Pierce won the other two, including one that elected a Democrat.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::d0da4067-8219-48b6-9403-6bb5782d2dba

Notes

References

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Polling

Results

Independent Party primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Minor parties

General election

Debates

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Notes

References

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