How We Voted On The Westside

Despite the recessed economy and high unemployment, voters on the Westside bucked a nationwide trend, opening their wallets and checkbooks and generally supporting most of the funding measures on the November 2 ballot.

While some hotly contested political races remain up for grabs nearly a week after the ballots were cast, voters in Washington and western Clackamas Counties generously supported local and state funding measures to pay for new schools, libraries, public safety, city parks, and state water quality measures.

For the current results in 14 key races and ballot measures important to Westside communities and residents, see the table/graphic below:

Key indicator political races and ballot measures for Westside voters (All vote totals as of 12:00 pm, Tuesday, November 9)
Metro President
	Tom Hughes	196,248
	Bob Stacey	195,183
Clackamas County Commissioner #2
	Bob Austin (i)	51,469
	Paul Savas	52,196
Clackamas County Commissioner #3
	Ann Lininger (i)	67,486
	James Needham	33,767
Washington County Commissioner #2
	Greg Malinowski	18,235
	Mike Niehuser	16,274
Washington County Commissioner #4
	Greg Mecklem	17,377
	Bob Terry	18,175
Oregon Ballot Measure #76 (Dedicating Lottery Funding For Parks)
	Yes	961,010
	No	427,840
Ballot Measure #34-178 ($65 million for Forest Grove schools)
	Yes	5,620
	No	4,897
Ballot Measure #34-179 (Washington County--Public Safety)
	Yes	119,340
	No	58,340

Ballot Measure #34-180 (Washington County--Public Libraries)
	Yes	118,100
	No	61,035
Ballot Measure #34-181 ($17 million for Tigard City Parks)
	Yes	9,092
	No	8,324
Ballot Measure #26-119 ($125 million TriMet bond measure)
Clackamas County	Yes: 41,762	No: 61,370
Multnomah County	Yes: 135,851	No: 122,996
Washington County	Yes: 72,171	No: 91,067
Tri County Region	Yes: 249,784	No: 275,433

Westside mayors re-elected:	Peter Truax (Forest Grove)	Craig Dirksen (Tigard)
	Keith Mays (Sherwood)	Lou Ogden (Tualatin)
	Neil Knight (Cornelius) defeated incumbent Bill Bash

For those interested in learning more about how Oregonians voted on Tuesday, November 2, please consider the analysis of our two closest contests---Oregon's gubernatorial race between John Kitzhaber and Chris Dudley, and the Metro President's race between Tom Hughes and Bob Stacey.

This data was compiled earlier today from the latest county returns tallied by Oregon's Secretary of State, and help us to understand how Westside voters turned out and cast their ballots in these key races.


	Registered Voters	Ballots Cast	Percentage
Statewide	2,073,534	1,456,773	70.25%
Clackamas	214,198	157,854	73.7%
Multnomah	417,622	281,232	67.34%
Washington	268,120	188,735	70.39%
Tri-County Region	899,940	627,821	69.76%

Governors Race	Kitzhaber	Dudley	Other
Statewide	708,258	686,100	41,970
Clackamas	69,060	83,276	3,509
Multnomah	196,365	76,025	5,693
Washington	92,509	89,610	4,268
Tri-County Region	357,934	248,911	13,470
Metro President	Tom Hughes	Bob Stacey	Write In	Undervote
Clackamas	38,346	33,058	446	-54.5%
Multnomah	85,828	115,208	1,784	-27.9%
Washington	72,074	46,917	889	-36.5%
Tri-County Region	196,248	195,183	3,119	-37.2%
Source: Oregon Secretary of State, Washington County Elections, Clackamas County Elections, and Multnomah County Elections - November 9, 2010 12 p.m.