1982 Oregon gubernatorial election

The 1982 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican Governor Victor Atiyeh won re-election to a second term in a landslide, defeating Democratic state senator Ted Kulongoski and carrying every county in the state. As of 2024^[update], this is the last time that a Republican was elected Governor of Oregon, and the most recent gubernatorial election in which every county voted for the same nominee. Twenty years later, Kulongoski was elected governor, where he served two terms.

1982 Oregon gubernatorial election

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Nominee Victor Atiyeh Ted Kulongoski Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 639,841 374,316 Percentage 61.4% 35.9%

County results Atiyeh:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election Victor Atiyeh Republican Elected Governor Victor Atiyeh Republican

Candidates

Democratic

• Ted Kulongoski, labor lawyer and Oregon state senator and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1980

Republican

• Victor G. Atiyeh, incumbent Governor of Oregon

Election results

Oregon gubernatorial election, 1982^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Victor G. Atiyeh (incumbent)	639,841	61.41%
	Democratic	Ted Kulongoski	374,316	35.92%
	Libertarian	Paul Cleveland	27,394	2.63%
		Write-ins	458	0.3%
Total votes			1,042,009	100.00%
	Republican hold