In my previous post, I was able to locate the precinct number in my county in Oregon where I vote. My next exploration was to see the results for the 2022 and 2020 elections for races that I voted on. There is a site called OpenElections which works to collect raw data from elections across the United States. This data is stored on Github. The data is organized by state, so I was quickly able to find the folder/repo with results for Oregon. Next, I found the 2022 general election results and the 2020 general election results (both results were saved as CSV files). Here were the results for my precinct for both of those years for the major (Dem/Rep) candidates:
2022
- State House Rep: Tracy Cramer (Rep) 523, Anthony Medina (Dem) 542
- State Senate: Richard Walsh (Dem) 533, Kim Thatcher (Rep) 528
- US House Rep: Andrea Salinas (Dem) 517, Mike Erickson (Rep) 511
- US Senate: Jo Rae Perkins (Rep) 466, Ron Wyden (Dem) 564
- Governor: Tina Kotek (Dem) 486, Betsy Johnson (Ind) 71, Christine Drazan (Rep) 508
2020
- State House Rep: Teresa Alonso Leon (Dem) 660, Anna Kasachev (Rep) 525
- State Senate: Not up for re-election
- US House Rep: Amy Ryan Courser (Rep) 508, Kurt Schrader (Dem) 649
- US Senate: Jo Rae Perkins (Rep) 503, Jeff Merkley (Dem) 669
- US President: Donald Trump (Rep) 507, Joe Biden (Dem) 678
Overall, this precinct is pretty evenly split between Democratic and Republican voters, even though statewide Democrats hold majorities in the Oregon House and Senate, and all 5 statewide offices. In my opinion, based on the results of the 2022 governor’s race (Tina Kotek beat Christine Drazan by 67,000 votes out of 1,935,852 votes cast), Oregon is becoming more of a “purple” state than remaining a “blue” state.
Great info, thanks!