The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001
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Governor Term limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, Current Governors | |||||
Democrat | Governor John Kitzhaber First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998 Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor). | ||||
Senate 6-year term, Current Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Gordon Smith First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. | |||
Class 3 | Democrat | Senator Ron Wyden First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 30 January 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert Packwood (Republican): 1 October 1995 (Oregon state law does not permit the state's Governor to make temporary appointments to fill vacancies in the United States Senate)]; elected to a full term: 1998 Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004. | |||
House of Representatives 2 year term, Current House | |||||
Partisan Composition: 4 Democrats, 1 Republican | |||||
CD 1 | Democrat | Congressman David Wu Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. | |||
CD 2 | Republican | Congressman Greg Walden Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. | |||
CD 3 | Democrat | Congressman Earl Blumenauer Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. | |||
CD 4 | Democrat | Congressman Peter A. DeFazio Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. | |||
CD 5 | Democrat | Congressman Darlene Hooley Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. | |||
Republican | (pending) Possible candidates: Craig Schelske (husband of singer Sara Evans) - announced October 2001. |
Congressional District | |||
Oregon has 36 counties and 5 congressional districts: 32 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 4 counties are divided among more than one congressional district. UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):
DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):
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