Last spring, courts reporter Zane Sparling interviewed every candidate for Multnomah County judge in advance of the May primary. In two crowded contests, none of the five or six candidates earned at least 50% of the vote, so the top two candidates in each race advanced to the November general election. Here’s a mini-guide to who you’ll see on your Nov. 3 ballot if you haven’t already voted, ...

About $3.6 million has flooded the legislative race as Republicans try to break Democrats’ grip on power in Salem.

The U.S. Department of Justice will send election observers to Multnomah County, the DOJ told the Oregon Secretary of State's Office Oct. 22.

Oregon's secretary of state recommends mailing ballots by Tuesday to reduce the risk that a late postmark could disqualify your vote. State of play: Ballots in Oregon are counted for up to seven days after an election,

The Oregon Secretary of State's Office took down a test election website after a system update accidentally exposed it to public search engines.

Tina Kotek called for the creation of universal childcare by 2031 if elected to a second term. Anastasia Mason

Both Gov. Tina Kotek and state Sen. Christine Drazan said making Oregon more affordable would be a top goal if elected Oregon’s governor next month, but they have different plans to accomplish that. The Oregonian/OregonLive asked both gubernatorial candidates to name one accomplishment they would like to notch within two years as Oregon’s next governor. Kotek, a Democrat, said she would ...

Mail-in ballots are being rejected at a growing rate in rural areas thanks to U.S. Postal Service cuts. ProPublica reports that in the primaries this year in Oregon, North Carolina, Washington, California, and Ohio, a staggering amount of ballots arrived too late to be counted due to delays in mail delivery. Three days after primary elections in Stevens County, Washington, election workers checked the mail for late ballots. They found over 500...