Linn County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026

Caleb Ticer has about a decade of retail management experience in Oregon Senate District 6, advancing from a sales role into management, per his campaign site. He has some college coursework through Lane Community College along with independent study, per his campaign site. Ticer is the Libertarian candidate for the open Oregon Senate District 6 seat, per the Oregon Secretary of State candidate filing.

Jack Tibbetts is a farmer and rancher near Cottage Grove who grows wine grapes and raises Angus cattle, per his campaign site. He previously served on the Santa Rosa, California city council and as executive director of St. Vincent de Paul, and currently serves on the Lane County Planning Advisory Commission, per his campaign site. Tibbetts is running for the open Oregon Senate District 6 seat, per the Oregon Capital Chronicle.

Sierrah Williams works as a registered dietitian nutritionist with the WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program, per the Linn County Democrats. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in dietetics from Brigham Young University, per the Linn County Democrats. Williams is running for the open Oregon Senate District 6 seat, per the Oregon Capital Chronicle.

Sara Gelser Blouin represents Oregon Senate District 8, covering Corvallis, Albany, Tangent, Adair Village, South Salem and unincorporated parts of Linn, Benton and Marion counties, per the Oregon Legislature. She chairs the Senate Committee on Human Services and serves as Senate Majority Whip, per her campaign site.

Ivan Maluski is a farmer and rancher near Scio raising beef, lamb and crops, per the campaign site. Maluski spent nearly a decade as policy director for Friends of Family Farmers and served four years as an elected director of the Colton Rural Fire Protection District, per Linn County Democrats.

Ken Jackola is the mayor of Lebanon, Oregon, and a former member of the United States Army and the Oregon Army National Guard, per his campaign site.

Darin Harbick represents Oregon House District 12 and co-owns Harbick's Inc., a logging and dump truck business in the Upper McKenzie Valley, per his campaign site. He has previously owned Phil Phine's Phoods, Harbick's Country Store and Takoda's Restaurant, and served 14 years on the McKenzie School Board, per his campaign site.

Joanna Robinson holds an MBA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has worked jobs ranging from restaurants to marketing and research, per the campaign site. Robinson serves on Albany's Public Safety Commission, per the campaign site.

Shelly Boshart Davis is a small business owner who runs a trucking company with roots in the Tangent and Shedd area, per the campaign site. Boshart Davis serves as co-vice chair of the House Joint Transportation Committee, per the campaign site.

Dan Farrington is a former small business owner whose father owned a Ready-Mix Truck company, and Farrington was born and raised in Newport, per the campaign site. Farrington is a youth coach in the community, per the campaign site.