As per The Green Pages, there are 34 people running for Governor of Oregon. 14 Democrats, 19 Republicans and one Unaffiliated (former Dem). With federal candidates, they post their FEC fundraising numbers so you can get a feel for who his real or not. The Secy of State is list 30 candidates having filed by paying a fee.
Fee: $100 or
Petition: 1,000 signatures from members of the candidate’s same political party, including at least 100 signatures from each of Oregon’s federal congressional districts. (Pretty easy to achieve Maine with a third of population requires 2,000 signatures and no fee option).
The Green Pages List
Democratic
David W. Beem
Wilson R. Bright
George Carrillo
Michael Cross
Haines City Councilor Peter W. Hall
former state Representative Tina Kotek, • 21 January 2022: Resigning from the state Legislature to focus on her campaign.
David Lavinsky
Keisha Lanell “K.L.” “Coach Kay” Merchant
state Treasurer Tobias Read
former McKenzie School Board Member Patrick Starnes
David W. “Dave” Stauffer
John Sweeney
Michael Trimble
Peter G. Winter
Republican
Bridget E. Barton
Angelique Bouvier
David Burch
Reed K. Christensen
former state Representative Christine Drazan, • 31 January 2022: Resigned from state House of Representatives.
Mark Duncan
John L. Fosdick, III
Jessica Gomez
Nicholas “Nick” Hess
Baker City Mayor Kerry McQuisten
Brandon C. Merritt
William C. “Bud” Pierce
John Presco
Sandy Mayor Stan Pulliam
Amber R. Richardson
Paul Romero, Jr.
Bill Sizemore
Stefan G. Strek
Marc Thielman
Non Affiliated
former state Senator Betsy Johnson, • Democratic state Senator (Scappoose)
Maine get a high number of governor candidates in open years, but 34 takes the cake.
I meant to note that the party nomination deadline is March 8, 2022 so there could be more.
A quick perusal of campaign finance reports shows him third in Republican financing, the others had raised less the $100,000. The Dems have three heavy hitters.
Republican
Christine Drazan $1,104,179.21
Stan Pulliman $355,569.21
Bridget Barton $428,191.87
Democrat
Tobias Read $587,716.79
Tina Kotek $944,002.91
Nicholas Kristof $2,079,184.18 (Occupation: Journalist, Author, Farmer)*
Nonaffiliated
Elizabeth (Betsy) Johnson $3,811,098.04
On January 6, 2022, Shemia Fagan, the Oregon Secretary of State, announced that Kristof was ineligible to run as he was judged not to have met the state’s residency requirements. Kristoff said he would challenge the decision in court.
You have to have been a resident for 3 years prior to running.
In ruling he has not, elections officials in Fagan’s office focused on Kristof’s record of voting in New York state as recently as the 2020 general election. But they said their case was bolstered by his decision to maintain his New York drivers license through December 2020 and to continue paying New York income taxes well past the November 2019 deadline for a 2022 gubernatorial candidate to establish residency in Oregon.