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Albert Lemos, a social worker and mental health therapist watches as results of the Presidential Election come in at the Portland Hilton. He is "anxious but hopeful." at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Attendees at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Gretchen Renard, 62, of Lake Oswego, right, says she believes former President Donald Trump is the best choice for the country as she attends the Oregon GOP watch party, held at Langdon Farms Golf Club, in Aurora, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024. “He speaks the truth,” she says, “and the truth always divides.”
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Marie Glusenkamp Perez, left, takes a selfie with a supporter at her election night party held at the Hilton in Vancouver, Wash., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Sylvia Ruiz, center, with her daughter Nadine Gutierrez, 8 at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Mayoral candidate Keith Wilson takes a moment outside his own election night party Tuesday, Nov. 5 in Portland, Ore., to look at the returns showing him in first place after the first round of voting.
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Portland Mayoral Candidate Keith Wilson, left, gets a look at initial returns from Cooper Bryant, senior policy communications advisor, at his election night party held at Old Town Brewing in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Portland Mayoral Candidate Rene Gonzalez, at his election night party held at Kell’s Pub in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Deschutes County Sheriff candidate William Bailey hugs his daughter Kaitlyn Bailey at a party with supporters and family on election night, Nov. 5, 2024.
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Anthony Broadman is celebrated after his senate victory becomes apparent at the Deschutes Democrats election watch party in Bend, Ore., on Nov. 5, 2024.
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Jennie McCall, left, and Raelynn Hernandez, center, watch the news while attending the election night party for Carmen Rubio, held at The Sports Bra in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Dan Rayfield speaks at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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House Majority Leader Ben Bowman, at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas speaks at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024. Salinas appeared to secure reelection Tuesday night, defeating Republican businessman Mike Erikson for a second time in Oregon's 6th Congressional District.
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Ellen Rosenblum and Dan Rayfield at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Oliver Muggli, executive eirector of the Senate Democratic Leadership Fund, and his fiancee, Haley Sawyer, listen to Sen. Rob Wagner at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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John Spence of Native American Therapeutic Horsemanship, listens to Maxine Dexter speak at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Portland Mayoral Candidate Rene Gonzalez greets supporters at his election night party held at Kell’s Pub in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Tobias Reed speaks at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Maxine Dexter at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Sen. Ron Wyden at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Attendees at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Signs with the candidate’s face at an election results party for Deschutes County Sheriff candidate William Bailey, Nov. 5, 2024.
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Supporters listen to Keith Wilson as he addresses the crowd at an election night party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Old Town Brewing.
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Carmen Rubio talks with supporters at her election night party held at The Sports Bra in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Joe Kent, center, with supporters at Clark County Republican’s election night party in Hockinson, Wash., Nov. 5, 2024.
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The Deshcutes Republican party held their watch party in Bend Ore., on Nov. 5, 2024.
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Speaker of the House Julie Fahey, at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Jennfer Rockow of Redmond shows off her bedazzled hat at the Deschutes Republicans watch party in Bend, Ore., on Nov. 5, 2024. She says she thinks the election is "going to be positive," and is feeling "very blessed."
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Michael Summers talks with supporters at his childhood home at his election watch party in Bend, Ore., on Nov. 5, 2024.
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Deschutes County Sheriff candidate Kent Vander Kamp celebrates with supporters at a party in Bend on election night, Nov. 5, 2024.
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Loriann McNeill says she's "just a good ol' Oregonian, a fourth generation born and bred democrat." at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Onlookers watch national results come in at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Rosa Colquitt, Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon speaks at the Democratic election night party held at the Hilton in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Camille Vlietstra, 4, with her uncle Will Lathrop, at his election night party held at Rossi Farms in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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A supporter shows off her dress at the Oregon GOP watch party, held at Langdon Farms Golf Club, in Aurora, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Clackamas county chair Tootie Smith, left, at the Oregon GOP watch party at Langdon Farms Golf Club, in Aurora, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024. Smith is seeking re-election and in a tight race against Craig Roberts.
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Supporters watch election coverage during the Oregon GOP watch party, held at Langdon Farms Golf Club, in Aurora, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Will Lathrop speaks at his election night party held at Rossi Farms in Portland, Ore., Nov. 5, 2024.
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Oregon and Washington voters maintained a tradition of electing Democrats to statewide office, but they awoke to news that much of the country chose a very different direction.
In unofficial results, voters in Oregon selected Democrat Tobias Read as the next secretary of state, Democrat Dan Rayfield as the next attorney general and Democrat Elizabeth Steiner as the next state treasurer.
Read and Rayfield will likely see their new jobs defined by the reelection of former President Donald Trump and the prospect that national Republicans will attempt to crack down further on abortion access, transgender rights and vote by mail.
Two hotly contested congressional races — one between Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Janelle Bynum in Oregon, and another between Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Joe Kent in Washington — were still too close to call Wednesday morning.
Washington voters also elected a new governor, Bob Ferguson. He was the state’s attorney general the last time Trump was president, and he played a leading role nationally in legal challenges to Trump policies, including efforts to bar travel from Muslim-majority countries.
President-elect Donald Trump gestures as he walks with former first lady Melania Trump at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
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Oregon voters rejected Measure 118, an attempt to raise taxes on large corporations and redistribute that money to Oregonians in the form of an annual rebate estimated at $1,600 per person. They also said no to Measure 117, which would have established ranked choice voting in statewide races.
And in Portland, which is using ranked choice voting for the first time this year, trucking company owner Keith Wilson had a healthy lead in the race for mayor. But up to half of the votes are still to be counted, so that result could change.