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Who is on the ballot in 97202?

Multnomah County, OR

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

5 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
Governor1U.S. Senate1Local3

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County and municipal contests depend on your exact address — use the address lookup below for the full slate. Every race links to official sources on the Oregon voter hub.
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U.S. House

ZIP 97202 spans District 3 and District 5, so your U.S. House race depends on your street address. Enter a full address to pin down your district, or browse both fields on the Oregon hub.

U.S. Senate
4 candidates
Federal ▾
Jeff Merkley portrait
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Jeff Merkley
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Jeff Merkley is Oregon's incumbent U.S. senator and the Democratic nominee for a fourth term in 2026. Born in Myrtle Creek and raised in a working-class family, he has served in the Senate since 2009, where his work centers on opportunity for working families, fighting corruption in democracy, and the climate crisis. His campaign takes no corporate PAC money. He is also on the Working Families line, per the Secretary of State's ORESTAR filings.
Top Priorities
  • Create opportunity for working families
  • Stop the corruption of American democracy
  • Tackle the climate crisis
Campaign Finance
$7,297,473 raised · top industries: Small-dollar donors under $200 (51% of receipts), Large donors giving $2,000+ (14% of receipts)
Key voting record
Opposed 2025 Republican tax and spending package alongside every Senate Democrat, calling it a giveaway where families lose and billionaires win. Opposed
Supported 2022 PACT Act expanding VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits and other toxins. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
David Brock Smith portrait
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David Brock Smith
REP
Biography
David Brock Smith is the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Oregon, winning the May 19 primary with about 30% of the vote. A state senator from southwest Oregon, former state representative, and former Curry County commissioner, he is a third-generation resident and small businessman whose campaign emphasizes common sense, accountability, and a strong rural voice.
Top Priorities
  • Bring a strong rural voice and common sense to Washington
  • Support working families and the businesses that employ them
  • Bring accountability and citizen-first leadership to government
Campaign Finance
$48,166 raised · top industries: Large donors giving $2,000+ (37% of receipts), Small-dollar donors under $200 (34% of receipts)
Campaign siteFull profile
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Gary Lyndon Dye
Biography
Gary Lyndon Dye is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in Oregon, per the Secretary of State's ORESTAR filings. No campaign website was found as of September 18, 2026.
Full profile
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Chris Henry
Biography
Chris Henry is the Progressive Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Oregon and also on the Pacific Green line, per the Secretary of State's ORESTAR filings. A long-haul trucker and UAW aircraft mechanic per Henry's 2026 Oregon Voters' Pamphlet candidate statement, Henry has served on the boards of the Oregon Consumer League, the Oregon Voter Rights Coalition, and the Willamette Neighborhood Association, per the same statement. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Raise wages and strengthen workplace safety and campaign finance reform
  • Enact Medicare for All
  • Cut U.S. military spending and end dark money in politics
Full profile
Governor
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
Tina Kotek portrait
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Tina Kotek
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Tina Kotek is Oregon's incumbent governor and the Democratic nominee for a second term, setting up a rematch of the 2022 race against Christine Drazan. A former longtime speaker of the Oregon House, her first term has focused on lowering costs, reducing homelessness, strengthening schools, and expanding mental health and addiction care. She is also on the Working Families line, per the Secretary of State's ORESTAR filings.
Top Priorities
  • Lower costs and tackle Oregon's housing and homelessness crisis
  • Strengthen schools and expand mental health and addiction care
  • Defend Oregonians' freedoms
Campaign siteFull profile
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Christine Drazan
REP
Biography
Christine Drazan is the Republican nominee for Oregon governor, winning the May 19 primary to set up a rematch of the closely fought 2022 race against Tina Kotek. A state senator and former Oregon House minority leader, her campaign theme is this is our moment, with priorities focused on the cost of living, homelessness, housing, schools, and making government work. She is also on the Libertarian line, per the Secretary of State's ORESTAR filings.
Top Priorities
  • Lower the day-to-day cost of living and unleash Oregon's economy
  • Tackle homelessness and restore safe communities
  • Build homes families can afford and strengthen schools rooted in communities
Campaign siteFull profile
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Brett Smith
Biography
Brett Smith is the Pacific Green Party nominee for Oregon governor, per the Secretary of State's ORESTAR filings. Smith is a small-business owner, welder, and fabricator, per Smith's 2026 Oregon Voters' Pamphlet candidate statement.
Top Priorities
  • Root out corruption and demand government accountability
  • Establish a universal healthcare option
  • A permanent moratorium on new data centers
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile

Countywide races in Multnomah County

ZIP 97202 sits in Multnomah County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Multnomah County races (25).

Multnomah County Chair
3 candidates
County ▾
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Julia Brim-Edwards
Biography
Brim-Edwards is the sitting Multnomah County Commissioner for District 3, a seat she has held since 2023, per OPB. She previously worked as a senior lobbyist for Nike and served 12 years on the Portland Public Schools board, per OPB. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Opening a 24/7 sobering center and addressing public safety as a commissioner, per per OPB
  • Rebuilding trust in county government leadership, per per OPB, quoting her campaign
Full profile
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Sharon Meieran
Biography
Meieran is an emergency room physician who served as Multnomah County Commissioner representing the county's westside from 2017 to 2024, per OPB. She previously ran for county chair in 2022 and lost in a runoff to Jessica Vega Pederson, per OPB. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Restructuring county operations and improving transparency in tracking policy outcomes and spending
  • Changing the county's approach to behavioral health and homelessness
Per the per OPB.
Full profile
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Shannon Singleton
Biography
Singleton currently serves as Multnomah County District 2 Commissioner and is running for County Chair, per her campaign site. She has worked as a nonprofit executive and in state and county government and the private sector, per her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Improving service delivery in housing, addiction and behavioral health
  • Connecting workers to union apprenticeships and skills training
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Three candidates filed for the open chair seat after Chair Jessica Vega Pederson announced she would not seek re-election, per OPB. Two are sitting county commissioners: Julia Brim-Edwards (District 3) and Shannon Singleton (District 2); Sharon Meieran is a former commissioner who also ran for chair in 2022. This is the county's first ranked-choice election for the office, per multco.us. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
Multnomah County Auditor
1 candidate
County ▾
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Nicole Pexton
Biography
Pexton is a Certified Internal Auditor with more than 10 years of public-service audit experience, including at the Oregon Secretary of State, Metro, and the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, per her campaign site. She has chaired the Multnomah County Library Bond Oversight Committee and led the state government's Chief Audit Executive Council, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Nicole Pexton is the only candidate who filed for auditor. Sitting Auditor Jennifer McGuirk, who began a second term in January 2023, per the county auditor's office page, is not a candidate on the November 2026 filing list, per multco.us.
Multnomah County Sheriff
1 candidate
County ▾
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Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell
INCUMBENT
Biography
Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell was sworn in as Multnomah County Sheriff on January 4, 2023, becoming the 41st sheriff and the first woman to hold the office in its nearly 170 year history, per the Sheriff's Office. She began her career with the office in 1996 as a corrections deputy and advanced through deputy, lieutenant, captain, chief deputy and undersheriff before being elected sheriff, per the Sheriff's Office. No campaign website was found as of September 22, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell, the sitting sheriff, is the only candidate who filed for the office, per multco.us candidate filings and the county's elected-officials roster. This contest is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.
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