2010Final results
2010 election for Oregon Governor
Governor · Oregon
John Kitzhaber (D) won with 50.8% of the vote, defeating Chris Dudley (R) by 1.6 points.
John KitzhaberDemocrat · winner
50.8%716,525
Chris DudleyRepublican
49.2%694,287
1,410,812 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 2010
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET