2026 forecast

Oregon Governor forecast

Tina Kotek vs Christine Drazan. The model has Kotek ahead by 9.9 points, winning 95 percent of 10,000 simulated elections.

Likely DModel D +9.9Polls R +0.7Updated October 9, 2026

County simulation

36 counties
D +40R +40Hover a county for the simulated vote

Every simulated outcome

10,000 sims
D +38.1: 1 simulationsD +36.2: 0 simulationsD +34.4: 0 simulationsD +32.5: 1 simulationsD +30.7: 3 simulationsD +28.8: 12 simulationsD +27.0: 10 simulationsD +25.1: 41 simulationsD +23.3: 67 simulationsD +21.4: 167 simulationsD +19.6: 313 simulationsD +17.7: 497 simulationsD +15.9: 868 simulationsD +14.0: 1059 simulationsD +12.2: 1238 simulationsD +10.3: 1283 simulationsD +8.5: 1171 simulationsD +6.6: 1021 simulationsD +4.8: 774 simulationsD +2.9: 551 simulationsD +1.1: 382 simulationsR +0.8: 236 simulationsR +2.6: 148 simulationsR +4.5: 56 simulationsR +6.3: 43 simulationsR +8.2: 25 simulationsR +10.0: 13 simulationsR +11.9: 8 simulationsR +13.7: 1 simulationsR +15.6: 4 simulationsR +17.4: 4 simulationsR +19.3: 1 simulationsR +21.1: 0 simulationsR +23.0: 0 simulationsR +24.8: 1 simulationsR +26.7: 0 simulationsR +28.5: 0 simulationsR +30.4: 0 simulationsR +32.2: 0 simulationsR +34.1: 1 simulationsD +39.0R +35.0

80 percent of simulations fall between D +17.1 and D +2.3. Negative margins are Democratic wins.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
OnPoint averageWeighted averageR +0.7
DHM Research for The Oregonian549 LV8dD +1.7
DHM Research/Oregon Public Broadcasting915 LV12dR +1.9
DHM Research600 LV30dR +2.3
Public Opinion Strategies (R)600 RV107dR +0.6

Estimated vote by group

model crosstabs
GroupShareKotekDrazan
GenderMen46%48.348.3
Women54%57.539.1
Age18 to 2914%54.941.6
30 to 4423%53.743.0
45 to 6432%51.145.6
65+31%54.542.2
RaceWhite82%48.947.7
Black2%88.19.0
Latino8%65.331.4
Asian and other9%76.719.6
Race and genderWhite men37%42.254.5
White women45%54.342.3
Latino men4%62.933.8
Latino women4%67.828.9
All other races9%76.719.6