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Columbia County, Oregon

2026 election results. Christine Drazan (R) has 58% of the vote for governor in Columbia County, with about 88% of the expected vote counted. Below are also 40 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Columbia County

U.S. Senate

David Smith
52.1%13,491
Jeff Merkley
44.1%11,426
Chris Henry
2.2%568
Gary Dye
1.6%414
87% counted

Statewide: Jeff Merkley wins. Called.

Governor

Christine Drazan
57.9%15,133
Tina Kotek
37.9%9,907
Brett Smith
4.2%1,086
88% counted

Statewide: not called; Tina Kotek leads.

The leader in Columbia County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 4, 12:45 AM.

40 local contests in Columbia County

County offices, city and town races, local measures and districts on Columbia County's ballots, from Oregon's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

County offices

Columbia County Clerk

CandidateVotesShare
Debbie Klug18,19798.2%
Write-in3281.8%

Debbie Klug is unopposed.

Columbia County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Brian Pixley18,44296.5%
Write-in6753.5%

Brian Pixley is unopposed.

Columbia County Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
Mary Ann Guess17,20498.1%
Write-in3321.9%

Mary Ann Guess is unopposed.

Cities & towns

City of Clatskanie, Council Members A (Vote For 3) 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Amanda M Owen39122.6%
Robert Emminger38122.0%
Scott Hadlock35820.7%
Tyler Gentry29417.0%
Russell Finney-Leggroan27916.1%
Write-in251.4%

Amanda M Owen, Robert Emminger and Scott Hadlock ahead in Columbia County. Clatskanie's page.

City of Clatskanie, Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Glenn Rhodes37849.2%
Deborah Hazen31240.6%
Shaun Ripplinger719.2%
Write-in70.9%

Glenn Rhodes ahead in Columbia County. Clatskanie's page.

City of Columbia City, Council Members A (Vote For 2) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Mike Rasczewski73250.3%
Logan Mackenzie Gilbert-Renner69347.6%
Write-in302.1%

Mike Rasczewski and Logan Mackenzie Gilbert-Renner are unopposed. Columbia City's page.

City of Columbia City, Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Alexander Reed84396.5%
Write-in313.5%

Alexander Reed is unopposed. Columbia City's page.

City of Prescott, Council Member, Position 1

CandidateVotesShare
David Larson1765.4%
Larry Hudnall934.6%
Write-in00.0%

David Larson ahead in Columbia County. Prescott's page.

City of Prescott, Council Member, Position 3

CandidateVotesShare
Gina Harrington2696.3%
Write-in13.7%

Gina Harrington is unopposed. Prescott's page.

City of Prescott, Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Mandie Alali2485.7%
Write-in414.3%

Mandie Alali is unopposed. Prescott's page.

City of Prescott, Recorder

CandidateVotesShare
Jewel Lee2692.9%
Write-in27.1%

Jewel Lee is unopposed. Prescott's page.

City of Prescott, Treasurer

CandidateVotesShare
Keli D Von Pinnon2692.9%
Write-in27.1%

Keli D Von Pinnon is unopposed. Prescott's page.

City of Rainier, Council Member, Position 1

CandidateVotesShare
Scott T Cooper58997.4%
Write-in162.6%

Scott T Cooper is unopposed. Rainier's page.

City of Rainier, Council Member, Position 3

CandidateVotesShare
Jeremy Howell59797.2%
Write-in172.8%

Jeremy Howell is unopposed. Rainier's page.

City of Rainier, Council Member, Position 4

CandidateVotesShare
Al Guist30543.8%
Charleen Ratkie19928.6%
Susan Hulsopple17825.5%
Write-in152.2%

Al Guist ahead in Columbia County. Rainier's page.

City of Rainier, Council Member, Position 5

CandidateVotesShare
Robert duPlessis57396.5%
Write-in213.5%

Robert duPlessis is unopposed. Rainier's page.

City of Rainier, Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Garye Twichell38046.9%
Michael Kreger23428.9%
Vanessa Meza17221.2%
Write-in243.0%

Garye Twichell ahead in Columbia County. Rainier's page.

City of Scappoose, Council Members A (Vote For 3) 3 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Kim Holmes2,37033.8%
John E Riutta2,30732.9%
Jeannet Santiago2,17931.1%
Write-in1472.1%

Kim Holmes, John E Riutta and Jeannet Santiago are unopposed. Scappoose's page.

City of Scappoose, Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Joe Backus2,78397.2%
Write-in792.8%

Joe Backus is unopposed. Scappoose's page.

City of St. Helens, City Council A (Vote For 2) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Sarah Stephenson2,47925.7%
Jeremy Evans2,09921.7%
Mark Gundersen1,95920.3%
Nicholas Hellmich1,76618.3%
Daniel A Grant1,26213.1%
Write-in941.0%

Sarah Stephenson and Jeremy Evans ahead in Columbia County. St. Helens's page.

City of St. Helens, Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Steve Toschi3,79562.6%
Jennifer Massey2,13835.3%
Write-in1272.1%

Steve Toschi ahead in Columbia County. St. Helens's page.

City of Vernonia, Council Members A (Vote For 2) 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Gary Brown83346.0%
Joseph Dombek64835.8%
Richard Traver20011.1%
David Paul Sterner1055.8%
Write-in231.3%

Gary Brown and Joseph Dombek ahead in Columbia County. Vernonia's page.

City of Vernonia, Mayor

CandidateVotesShare
Charlie Kibben84374.3%
Susan Wagner28625.2%
Write-in50.4%

Charlie Kibben ahead in Columbia County. Vernonia's page.

Local measures

05-314 Columbia: Columbia County Transient Lodging Tax Measure

ChoiceVotesShare
No18,99073.0%
Yes7,02627.0%

No ahead with 73.0% in Columbia County.

05-312 City of St. Helens: Police Services, Child Safety, 24/7 Police Patrol Local Option Levy

ChoiceVotesShare
No4,52673.7%
Yes1,61126.3%

No ahead with 73.7% in Columbia County. St. Helens's page.

05-313 City of Columbia City: Approval of a Police Department Operations Levy for Five Years.

ChoiceVotesShare
No72861.6%
Yes45338.4%

No ahead with 61.6% in Columbia County. Columbia City's page.

05-315 Clatskanie Park and Recreation District: Five-Year Local Option Tax for Park Operations

ChoiceVotesShare
No1,85361.3%
Yes1,16938.7%

No ahead with 61.3% in Columbia County.

Districts

Columbia Soil and Water Conservation District, Director, At-Large Position 2

CandidateVotesShare
Brenda Vassau16,71598.4%
Write-in2741.6%

Brenda Vassau is unopposed.

Columbia Soil and Water Conservation District, Director, Zone 1

CandidateVotesShare
Paul M Gibbons11,66260.8%
Rachell Meyers7,32638.2%
Write-in1981.0%

Paul M Gibbons ahead in Columbia County.

Columbia Soil and Water Conservation District, Director, Zone 2

CandidateVotesShare
Jason C Busch16,63698.5%
Write-in2461.5%

Jason C Busch is unopposed.

Columbia Soil and Water Conservation District, Director, Zone 3

CandidateVotesShare
A Alex Devin16,29698.4%
Write-in2611.6%

A Alex Devin is unopposed.

Clatskanie PUD, Director, Subdivision 3

CandidateVotesShare
Jeannie Mustola58798.8%
Write-in71.2%

Jeannie Mustola is unopposed.

Clatskanie PUD, Director, Subdivision 4

CandidateVotesShare
Don Hooper58399.1%
Write-in50.9%

Don Hooper is unopposed.

Columbia River PUD, Director, Subdivision 1

CandidateVotesShare
Andy Krieck2,52898.7%
Write-in341.3%

Andy Krieck is unopposed. The contest crosses into 1 other county; across all of them: Andy Krieck 2,654 (98.7%).

Columbia River PUD, Director, Subdivision 2

CandidateVotesShare
Craig J Melton2,72597.5%
Write-in712.5%

Craig J Melton is unopposed.

Columbia River PUD, Director, Subdivision 5

CandidateVotesShare
Neal Sheppeard2,04169.6%
Donald Clark84428.8%
Write-in471.6%

Neal Sheppeard ahead in Columbia County.

McNulty Water PUD, Director, Subdivision 2

CandidateVotesShare
Richard Anyan18098.4%
Write-in31.6%

Richard Anyan is unopposed.

West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, Director, At-Large, Position 2

CandidateVotesShare
Ronda Zakocs2191.3%
Write-in28.7%

Ronda Zakocs is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Ronda Zakocs 46,644 (98.6%).

West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, Director, Zone 4

CandidateVotesShare
Elizabeth Offensend2191.3%
Write-in28.7%

Elizabeth Offensend is unopposed. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Elizabeth Offensend 45,871 (98.7%).

West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, Director, Zone 5

CandidateVotesShare
Shari Freshman637.5%
Terri Preeg Riggsby531.2%
Joy VanDervort Fields531.2%
Write-in00.0%

Shari Freshman ahead in Columbia County. The contest crosses into 2 other counties; across all of them: Terri Preeg Riggsby 38,672 (73.3%), Joy VanDervort Fields 7,954 (15.1%).

Oregon's official results, these figures first read Nov 13, 5:04 PM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
OR SenateR +8.3R +14.4Not yet
OR GovernorR +20.9R +14.4Not yet
OR-01R +7.9R +14.4Not yet

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Columbia County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris41.2%Donald Trump55.0%R +13.831,326
2020Joe Biden42.9%Donald Trump53.2%R +10.332,222
2016Hillary Clinton38.2%Donald Trump49.7%R +11.526,618
2012Barack Obama50.3%Mitt Romney45.1%D +5.223,875
2008Barack Obama54.1%John McCain42.0%D +12.024,768
2004John Kerry50.4%George W. Bush47.6%D +2.824,917
2000Al Gore48.7%George W. Bush44.2%D +4.521,195

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +18.3.

Other counties in Oregon

Oregon results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Oregon certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Oregon's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.