Certified returns for every federal race in Oregon in 2008, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 6 of 6 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
1,037,291
56.7%
Republican
738,475
40.4%
Peace Party
18,614
1.0%
Miscellaneous
13,613
0.7%
Constitution
7,693
0.4%
Libertarian
7,635
0.4%
Pacific Green
4,543
0.2%
Total
1,827,864
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2008 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jeff Merkley
Democrat
864,392
48.9%
Gordon H. Smith
Republican
805,159
45.6%
David Brownlow
Constitution
92,565
5.2%
Miscellaneous
5,388
0.3%
Total
1,767,504
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
David Wu
Democrat
237,567
71.5%
Joel Haugen
Independent
58,279
17.5%
Scott Semrau
Constitution
14,172
4.3%
H. Joe Tabor
Libertarian
10,992
3.3%
Chris Henry
Pacific Green
7,128
2.1%
Miscellaneous
4,110
1.2%
Total
332,248
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Greg Walden
Republican
236,560
69.5%
Noah Lemas
Democrat
87,649
25.8%
Tristin Mock
Pacific Green
9,668
2.8%
Richard D. Hake
Constitution
5,817
1.7%
Miscellaneous
685
0.2%
Total
340,379
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Earl Blumenauer
Democrat
254,235
74.5%
Delia Lopez
Republican
71,063
20.8%
Michael Meo
Pacific Green
15,063
4.4%
Miscellaneous
701
0.2%
Total
341,062
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Peter A. DeFazio
Democrat
275,143
82.3%
Jaynee Germond
Constitution
43,133
12.9%
Mike Beilstein
Pacific Green
13,162
3.9%
Miscellaneous
2,708
0.8%
Total
334,146
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kurt Schrader
Democrat
181,577
54.3%
Mike Erickson
Republican
128,297
38.3%
Sean Bates
Independent
6,830
2.0%
Douglas Patterson
Constitution
6,558
2.0%
Alex Polikoff
Pacific Green
5,272
1.6%
Steve Milligan
Libertarian
4,814
1.4%
Miscellaneous
1,326
0.4%
Total
334,674
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2008 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 ca9fea3dc2259cee9ead5e92c78f577f1309b28e07428164121a40521d91c333
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.