Preliminary Results for Nov. 8 General Election
November 17 - With the latest count of postmarked ballots released by Lane County on Nov. 15, the field narrows to projected winners and decided measures in this year’s Nov. 8 General Election. In the local races, the City of Cottage Grove is projected to swear in a new mayor and Creswell has re-elected its incumbent mayor.
In North Douglas County, the City of Drain has reelected its interim mayor and Yoncalla will now have a new city official as mayor. Statewide, Oregon will have a new governor in January and the passing of Measures 111 (Health Care), 112 (Slavery Language), 113 (Walkouts) and 114 (Firearms).
Also passing were the measures for South Lane County Fire and Rescue’s renewal of a levy at the rate of 0.47 per $1,000 of assessed value at 56.5% to continue funding paramedic ambulance services out of Cottage Grove and Creswell fire stations. A Lane County Parks levy also passed, creating dedicated funding for parks maintenance and projects.
This week, Charlie Conrad announced victory in the election for State Representative – HD 12, representing Cottage Grove, Coburg, Junction City, Marcola, Oakridge, Lowell, Pleasant Hill, Creswell and portions of Eugene.
“Thank you for your vote and trusting me to represent HD 12 in Salem,” he said, continuing, “I look forward to representing all residents of HD 12 and ensuring every voice is heard.”
At 62% voter turnout, based on nearly 3 million active registered voters throughout the state, 1,858,437 postmarked ballots have been counted as of Tuesday, leaving only the remaining ballots with missing signatures or signature discrepancies to be count before election officials certify the general election on Dec. 5, 2022.
Locally, ballots counted in Lane County as of Nov. 15 stands at 180,956 postmarked ballots with approximately 2,500 ballots still waiting to be counted.
Ballots with signature discrepancies and missing signature challenges that may be cured by election officials range at approximately 3,500. Approximately 700 remaining outstanding ballots from the Uniformed And Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, adjudication, manual batches, Oregon Motor Voter challenges, etc., are yet to be counted, according to Lane County.
Although election results have not been finalized, below is a list of projected winners. Many local races are close, and while few officials posted wide enough margins to call the race, the next official results for cured ballots will be posted on, Friday, Nov. 18, to lanecountyor.gov/Elections/ and then again on Nov. 30, before the final results are certified in December.
Lane County local highlights
City of Cottage Grove Mayor
Candace Lamb Solesbee — 2095 (projected winner)
Jeff Gowing — 1803
Write-in — — 16
Total — 3914
City of Cottage Grove Councilor Ward 1
Chalice Savage — 1726 (projected winner)
Donald Morris — 1557
Write-in — 28
Total — 3311
City of Cottage Grove Councilor Ward 3
Dana Merryday 1823
Chris Holloman 1752
Write-in — 22
Total — 3597
City of Cottage Grove Councilor At-Large
Mike Fleck — 1795 (projected winner)
Darrel D Wilson — 1135
Robert D Kidder — 425
Write-in — 34
Total — 3389
City of Creswell Mayor
Dave Stram — 1762 (projected winner)
Jane Vincent — 397
Write-in — 26
Total — 2185
City of Creswell Councilor
Alonzo Costilla — 1358 (projected winner)
Write-in — 507
Total — 1865
20-332 City of Cottage Grove psilocybin ban
Yes — 2121 (projected winner)
No — 1936
Total — 4057
20-339 City of Creswell psilocybin ban
Yes — 1524 (projected winner)
No — 873
Total — 2397
20-338 South Lane Fire & Rescue levy renewal Yes — 7224 (projected winner) No — 5552 Total — 12776 Yes — 104387 (projected winner) No — 69306 Total — 173693 Erin Sparhawk — 245 (projected winner) Write-in — 12 Total — 257 City of Drain, Councilor, Position 2 Kevin VanPelt — 205 (projected winner) Write-in — 10 Total — 215 City of Drain, Councilor, Position 4 Aaron Lymath — 219 (projected winner) Write-in — 10 Total — 229 City of Elkton, Councilor Sandra Galli — 57 Kim Moore — 64 Joan Smith — 58 Write-in — 6 Total — 185 Kathleen Wertz — 247 Write-in — 20 Total — 267 City of Yoncalla, Councilor, Position 1 Gene Vroman — 228 Write-in — 26 Total — 254 City of Yoncalla, Councilor, Position 3 Harold Gilpin — 236 Write-in — 22 Total — 258 Ron Wyden — 107653 (projected winner) Jo Rae Perkins 64098 Chris Henry 3009 Dan Pulju 2289 Write-in — 239 Total — 177288 US Rep., 4th District Val Hoyle — 99479 (projected winner) Alek Skarlatos — 67444 Levi Leatherberry — 4376 Jim Howard — 2888 Mike Beilstein — 2858 Write-in — 208 Total — 177253 Oregon Governor Tina Kotek — 93395 (projected winner) Christine Drazan — 70358 Betsy Johnson — 13414 R Leon Noble — 757 Donice Noelle Smith — 753 Write-in — 215 Total — 178892 State Sen., 4th District Floyd Prozanski — 42118 (projected winner) Eric Pinnell — 8975 Write-in — 362 Total — 51455
State Sen., 6th District Cedric R Hayden — 20557 (projected winner) Ashley Pelton — 14589 Write-in — 39 Total — 35185 State Sen., 7th District James I Manning Jr — 41110 (projected winner) Raquel M Ivie — 22528 Write-in — 213 Total — 63851 State Rep., 7th District John Lively — 14723 (projected winner) Alan Stout — 13580 Write-in — 172 Total — 28475 State Rep., 8th District Paul R Holvey — 24025 (projected winner) Michael F Moore — 4263 Write-in — 66 Total — 28354 State Rep., 9th District Boomer Wright — 7404 (projected winner) Jerry Rust — 5997 Write-in — 10 Total — 13411
20-335 County parks levy
North Douglas regional highlights
City of Drain, Mayor
City of Yoncalla, Mayor
State highlights
US Senator
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