Marion 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.

Angela Plowhead is a Republican candidate for Oregon Senate District 10. She is a U.S. Air Force veteran, clinical psychologist and small business owner who created a nonprofit to assist veterans in crisis, per her campaign site.

Deb Patterson represents Oregon Senate District 10, covering South Salem, Monmouth and Independence, per the Oregon Legislature. She has worked as a healthcare leader, per her campaign site.

Virginia Stapleton is a Democratic candidate for Oregon Senate District 11. She is a lifelong Oregonian who currently serves on City Council, where she has worked on homelessness, affordable housing and transportation, 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.

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.

Roy Kaufmann is a communications specialist with 20 years of experience, per the campaign site. Kaufmann raised children in House District 18 and through Oregon public schools, per the campaign site.

Anna Munson has lived in Salem for over 45 years and is married to a disabled veteran, per her campaign site. She previously worked inside the Oregon Capitol and is running for Oregon House District 19, per her campaign site.

Tom Andersen is running for State Representative in Oregon House District 19, per his campaign site. He is the son of a minister and describes his motivation as public service to his community, per his campaign site.

Andrew Fudge is a Certified Public Accountant with eight years of experience as a budget professional in Oregon state government, per the campaign site. Fudge is a native Oregonian, per the campaign site.

Paul Evans was first elected to the Oregon House in 2014 to represent House District 20 and has been re-elected in every election since, per his campaign site. He served more than four years on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and was later activated with the Oregon Air National Guard, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, per his campaign site. He teaches in the Speech Communication Department at Chemeketa Community College, per his campaign site.

Kevin Mannix is a small business attorney who founded the Mannix Law Firm in Salem in 1986, per the campaign site. Mannix has lived in Salem for 52 years and has represented House District 21 since being elected in 2022, per the campaign site.

Michael Welsh is an occupational safety professional with nearly two decades of experience in manufacturing, per the campaign site. Welsh serves on the City of Keizer's Multi-Modal Safety Committee, per the campaign site.

Noemi Legaspi is a bilingual mental health clinician with nearly two decades of experience in Marion County, per the campaign site. Legaspi founded Anabel's House Children and Family Services and previously served on a school board, per the campaign site.