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==Politics== [[File:Political orientations in Malheur County, Oregon (2009).gif|thumb|right|330px|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Content Manager WebDrawer - 2009 March Voter Registration |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6812402 |access-date=April 21, 2009 |website=records.sos.state.or.us}}</ref>]] Like most counties in eastern Oregon, the majority of registered voters who are part of a [[political party]] in Malheur County are members of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. In the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], 69.10% of Malheur County voters voted for Republican [[John McCain]], while 28.47% voted for [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Barack Obama]] and 2.42% of voters voted for a [[Third party (politics)|third-party]] candidate. These statistics do not include [[write-in candidate|write-in votes]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Results - November 4, 2008 General Election | Malheur County |url=http://www.malheurco.org/general2008nov4 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804001439/http://www.malheurco.org/general2008nov4 |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |access-date=April 21, 2009}} Retrieved on April 21, 2009</ref> These numbers show a small shift towards the Democratic candidate when compared to the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 presidential election]], in which 74.9% of Malheur Country voters voted for [[George W. Bush]], while 23.8% voted for [[John Kerry]], and 1.3% of voters either voted for a third-party candidate or [[write-in candidate|wrote in a candidate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Malheur County, Oregon detailed profile - houses, real estate, cost of living, wages, work, agriculture, ancestries, and more |url=http://www.city-data.com/county/Malheur_County-OR.html |access-date=April 21, 2009 |website=www.city-data.com}}</ref> Malheur County is one of the dominant Republican counties in Oregon when it comes to presidential elections. It was one of only two counties in Oregon to give the majority of its vote to [[Barry Goldwater]] and has favored the Republican candidate for decades.<ref>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=2008&fips=41&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip's Presidential Atlas (Maps for Oregon by election)]</ref> The last Democratic candidate to carry the county was [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1940, and only by a margin of 29 votes.<ref>[http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1940.htm Geographie Electorale]</ref> Further every Republican candidate since 1996 has received more than 60% of the county's vote.<ref>[http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html?scp=1&sq=%22election%20map&st=cse The New York Times electoral map (Zoom in on Oregon)]</ref> Malheur County is also one of the most reliably Republican counties in state elections, for example in the [[1998 Oregon gubernatorial election|1998 gubernatorial election]] it was the only county to vote for [[Bill Sizemore]] instead of [[John Kitzhaber]], and in the [[1998 United States Senate election in Oregon|1998 U.S. Senate election]], it was the only county to vote for state senator [[John Lim]] over [[Ron Wyden]]. As part of [[Oregon's 2nd congressional district]] it has been represented by Republican [[Cliff Bentz]] since 2021. In the Oregon Legislature, Malheur County is within [[Oregon's 30th Senate district]], represented by Republican [[Lynn Findley]]. It's also within the 60th District in the [[Oregon House of Representatives|Oregon House]], which is represented by Republican [[Mark Owens (Oregon politician)|Mark Owens]]. {{PresHead|place=Malheur County, Oregon|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |access-date=April 11, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} --> {{PresRow|2024|Republican|7,710|2,884|351|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,187|3,260|357|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|7,194|2,246|995|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|6,851|2,759|346|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2008|Republican|7,157|2,949|327|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|8,123|2,577|146|Oregon}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|7,624|2,336|444|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1996|Republican|6,045|2,827|1,020|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1992|Republican|5,374|2,539|2,750|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|6,285|2,965|193|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|8,441|2,611|19|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1980|Republican|7,705|2,937|722|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1976|Republican|5,682|3,507|421|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|5,908|1,870|993|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,447|2,021|892|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1964|Republican|4,177|3,798|8|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|5,043|3,381|0|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1956|Republican|4,981|3,151|0|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1952|Republican|5,414|2,245|26|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1948|Republican|3,265|2,499|134|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1944|Republican|2,797|2,234|47|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,929|2,958|42|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|1,385|2,630|395|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,589|2,025|140|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,164|1,016|33|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,671|828|718|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,352|1,075|193|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,682|1,937|350|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1912|Democratic|648|656|615|Oregon}} {{PresRow|1908|Republican|800|543|127|Oregon}} {{PresFoot|1904|Republican|799|280|173|Oregon}}
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