Live updates: 2026 midterm election
Voter registration cards can be found at any Oregon county clerk's office. (Photo by Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle)
Oregonians will decide who leads the state for the next four years, pick six U.S. representatives and a U.S. senator and elect 75 members of the state Legislature.
For the first time in decades, they won’t weigh in directly on any statewide ballot measures, though many will face questions about school and fire funding, marijuana, psilocybin and other issues in their cities or counties.
Ballots must be returned to an official ballot box by 8 p.m.
The Capital Chronicle crew will be reporting from election watch parties in the Portland area and the home base here in Salem tonight. Check for quick updates here or on Bluesky.
Key Events
- Nov. 3, 2026 5:49 am Election Day’s just a formality for these candidates
Election Day’s just a formality for these candidates
While most candidates for state or federal office have an opponent — or two or three — a dozen current legislators are set to return to their seats with no opposition.
Two Democratic senators, six Democratic representatives and four Republican representatives are the only names in their ballot sections. They are:
Senate
- Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene
- Sen. Kayse Jama, D-Portland and the Senate majority leader
House
- Rep. Virgle Osborne, R-Roseburg
- Rep. Alek Skarlatos, R-Winston
- Rep. David Gomberg, D-Otis
- Rep. Sarah Finger McDonald, D-Corvallis
- Rep. Lucetta Elmer, R-McMinnville and the House minority leader
- Rep. Daniel Nguyen, D-Hillsboro
- Rep. April Dobson, D-Happy Valley
- Rep. Andrea Valderrama, D-Portland
- Rep. Jason Kropf, D-Bend
- Rep. Emily McIntire, R-Eagle Point
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