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Dayton is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon. The city had 2,678 residents as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.[1]

Federal officials

The current members of the U.S. Senate from Oregon are:

Office title	Officeholder name	Date assumed office	Party affiliation
U.S. Senate Oregon	Jeff Merkley	January 3, 2009	Democratic Party
U.S. Senate Oregon	Ron Wyden	January 30, 1996	Democratic Party

To view a map of U.S. House districts in Oregon and find your representative, click here.

State officials

The following is a list of the current state executive officials from Oregon:

Office	Name	Party	Date assumed office
Attorney General of Oregon	Dan Rayfield	Democratic	December 31, 2024
Governor of Oregon	Tina Kotek	Democratic	January 9, 2023
Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries	Christina Stephenson	Nonpartisan	January 2, 2023
Oregon Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction	Charlene Williams	Nonpartisan	September 29, 2023
Oregon Secretary of State	Tobias Read	Democratic	January 6, 2025
Oregon Treasurer	Elizabeth Steiner Hayward	Democratic	January 6, 2025

To view a list of state legislators from Oregon, click here.

Ballot measures

See also: List of Oregon ballot measures and Yamhill County, Oregon ballot measures

To view a list of statewide measures in Oregon, click here.

To view a list of local ballot measures in Yamhill County, Oregon, click here.

Local recalls

See also: Laws governing recall in Oregon

No specific grounds are required for recall in Oregon. To get the recall on the ballot, supporters must collect signatures equal to 15% of the votes cast in the last regular gubernatorial election in the relevant jurisdiction. Signatures must be collected within 90 days.[2]

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Footnotes

1. ↑ United States Census Bureau, "2020 Census," accessed February 1, 2022
2. ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Recall Manual," accessed October 17, 2023

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