Election Name: | 1982 Oregon gubernatorial election |
Country: | Oregon |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1978 Oregon gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1978 |
Next Election: | 1986 Oregon gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1986 |
Election Date: | November 2, 1982 |
Image1: | File:Victor Atiyeh 1974.jpg |
Nominee1: | Victor Atiyeh |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 639,841 |
Percentage1: | 61.4% |
Nominee2: | Ted Kulongoski |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 374,316 |
Percentage2: | 35.9% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Victor Atiyeh |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Victor Atiyeh |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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., 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.