June 16 marked the date that counties must provide an abstract of votes for the May 19 election, which ends the election.
Vote totals for nearly all candidates rose in the 30 days following the election, but the arrival of mail-in ballots appeared to pad most of the winners’ leads.
Here are the final tallies:
Sweet Home’s s $40 million school bond measure gained approval from 56.39% of voters, 2,900 to 2,243.
The amendments to the City Charter drew approval from 56.07% of voters, 1,436 to 1,125.
In the race for the 6th District state Senate seat, Jack Tibbetts of the Cottage Grove area finished with a sizable lead over Jami Cate, of Lebanon. Tibbetts had 51.21% (11,287) to 44.04 for Cate (9,706), with Nicole De Graff of Marcola a distant third (4.43%, 976).
Cate, who did not conduct an aggressive public campaign, won in Linn County (6,669 – 4,416) and in Marion County (354-266), but Tibbetts got the win in Lane County, getting 6,605 votes to 2,683 for Cate, who gave up her District 11 state House seat to run for the Senate.
In the race to replace Cate in the House, Lebanon Mayor Ken Jackola won the Republican primary with 56.80% of the votes (6,782) over Sweet Home Councilwoman Angelita Sanchez (5,127).
In the statewide race for the Republican nomination to face Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek in November, State Sen. Christine Drazan finished with 40.53% (172,474) of the votes in the Republican primary, ahead of state Rep. Ed Diehl of Stayton (33.01%, 140,458) and former Portland Trailblazer Chris Dudley (16.90%, 71,929). In Linn County, Diehl drew 50.33% of the vote, ahead of Drazen (44.11%) and Dudley (9.49%).
The statewide turnout was 41.14% of the 3,074,993 active registered voters.
In the race for the Republican nomination to face Democratic incumbent Janelle Bynum in November for the 5th District congressional seat, Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair finished ahead of Jonathan Lockwood of Lebanon with 59.61% of the vote. Bynum defeated challenger Zeva Rosenbaum of Salem, who wrote briefly for The New Era in 2024, for the Democratic slot on November’s ballot.
Voters resoundingly voted down Measure 120, which would have upheld increases to gas taxes and vehicle fees, to raise money for the cash-strapped Oregon Department of Transportation. Supporting votes numbered 199,946, with 971,011“no” votes.
The numbers were 83.02% (1,012,663) against the measure, with 16.98% (207,066) voters in support. Only in Benton (28.16%), Hood River (27.52%) and Multnomah (26.34%) counties did the measure get support from more than 25% of voters.
The passage of the referendum overturns taxes and fees imposed by House Bill 3991, passed by the Legislature in a special session called by Gov. Tina Kotek immediately before Labor Day last year and signed into law by her on Nov. 9. Those included: a 6-cent gas tax increase, an increase to the electrical vehicle surcharge, a pay-by-mile fee program for electric and high-efficiency vehicles, and DMV vehicle registration fee increases.
– Staff Report