The 2026 midterm elections are behind us, and while Democrats’ decisive control of both chambers of Congress is the story on the national stage, the stories in Central Oregon include the apparent defeat of a controversial district map, the return of both mayors in Bend and Redmond, and the shift on the Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners, which as of Tuesday night looked to be soon entirely led by those affiliated with the Democratic party.
These are the unofficial election results, as of 1am Wednesday morning:
Deschutes County Sheriff
Ty Rupert 68.56% of votes
James McLaughlin 29.85% of votes
Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners
Position 3
Lauren Connally 48.35% of votes
Amy Sabbadini 51.30% of votes
Position 5
Rob Imhoff 42.34% of votes
Morgan Schmidt 57.51% of votes
Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge
Raun Atkinson 19.22% of votes
Thaddeus Betz 37.52% of votes
Sonia Huntsman 23.60% of votes
Keith Leitz 19.35% of votes
County Clerk
Jonathan A Curtis 14.78% of votes
Steve Dennison 84.88% of votes
County Treasurer
Cam Sparks 57.68% of votes
Jana Cain 41.98% of votes
Deschutes County Measure 9-185 (District map proposal)
Yes 38.13% of votes
No 61.87% of votes
Bend City Government
Bend Mayor
Melanie Kebler 68.45% of votes
Bernadette Strome 31.19% of votes
Bend City Council
Ariel Mendez, Pos. 5 96.88% of votes (ran unopposed)
Elana Reinholtz, Pos. 6 97.44% of votes (run unopposed)
Redmond City Government
Redmond Mayor
Ed Fitch 51.86% of votes
Jay Patrick 45.29% of votes
Charles Webster Baer 2.58% of votes
Redmond City Council (top three win)
Tobias Colvin 23.24% of votes
Raven Hansen 16.36% of votes
Kathryn Osborne 22.80% of votes
Paul Povey 18.88% of votes
Barbara Tate 18.14% of votes
Oregon State Legislative Assembly
House District 53
Emerson Levy (D, I) 57.63% of votes
Michael Summers (R, L) 42.31% of votes
House District 54
Jason Kropf (D) 95.52% of votes (ran unopposed)
Oregon Governor
Christine Drazan (R, L) 45.48 % of votes
Tina Kotek (D, Working Families) 51.75 % of votes
Brett Smith (Pacific Green) 2.65 % of votes
U.S. House
Oregon Congressional District 2
Chris Beck (D) 37.93 % of votes
Cliff Bentz (R) 61.93 % of votes
Oregon Congressional District 5
Patti Adair (R) 43.36 % of votes
Janelle Bynum (D) 54.65 % of votes
Andrea Townsend (Pacific Green) 1.91%
U.S. Senate
David Brock Smith (R) 40.37 % of votes
Gary Lyndon Dye (L) .90 % of votes
Chris Henry (Pacific Green) 1.82 % of votes
Jeff Merkley (D). 56.83% of votes
This article appears in the Source November 5, 2026.
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Today I let out a huge sigh of relief!
Do we know who won county treasurer?
Edmund – Looks like Cam Sparks was ahead as of latest returns. I have added those numbers to this list – we overlooked the race in our initial results.