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. To date, 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 and served two terms.
Primary election
Oregon held primary elections on May 18, 1982.
Republican party
Candidates
- Victor G. Atiyeh, incumbent governor
- Bruce Broussard
- Cliff Everett, timber grower
- Walter Huss, former Chair of the Oregon Republican Party
- John Michael Wiley Todd
Democratic party
Candidates
- Steve Anderson
- Don Clark, Multnomah County commissioner
- Ted Kulongoski, labor lawyer and Oregon state senator and nominee for U.S. Senate in 1980
- E. Allen Propst, perennial candidate
- Jerry Rust, Lane County commissioner
- Stan Terry, business owner
- Archie Weinstein, former Lane County commissioner
- M. A. Yegge
General election
Candidates
- Victor G. Atiyeh, Republican
- Ted Kulongoski, Democratic
- Paul Cleveland, Libertarian
Results by county
As of 2026, this is the most recent gubernatorial election in which a Republican has carried Benton County, Lane County, Lincoln County, and Multnomah County. Additionally, Clatsop County has voted Republican only once since this election.
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican