May 2024 primary

The winner, Democrat Doyle Canning, can’t accept the nomination because she lost her primary race.

Filings show a political action committee tied to AIPAC spent $1.3 million on attacks against former Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal in May while giving $1 million to a group supporting her opponent.

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has appointed chief deputy, Christopher Parosa. He was set to take on the role anyhow since he won the election last month.

The race to represent rural eastern Lane County in the Oregon House will be contested. A Democrat has won the write-in campaign to appear on the November ballot in House District 12.

In Douglas County, the Oakland School District has finally secured funding to replace an aging middle school gym.

As of Tuesday morning, only 33.6% of the state’s registered voters had returned their ballots.

Several rural Oregon school districts have bond measures on the ballot that are still too close to call. Meanwhile, preliminary results show Junction City’s school bond is likely to fail.

Organizers behind the ballot effort hoped forming a district would lower insurance rates, speed up medical response and help protect the community from wildfires.

Voters in several of Oregon’s rural fire districts approved funding levies in this week’s election.

On this edition of Oregon On The Record, hear from Julia Shumway, Deputy Editor of the Oregon Capital Chronicle, and KLCC reporters Rebecca Hansen-White and Nathan Wilk to recap who won, who lost, and what it all means from the 2024 Oregon Primary Election.

Sarah Finger McDonald is leading in the race to replace former House Speaker Dan Rayfield in a Corvallis-area legislative seat.

If the results hold, Bynum will face Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, in one of the nation’s most closely watched elections, a race that could decide which party controls Congress.