Trump Wins Election In Rural OregonWith Two Votes

Topline

Former President Donald Trump won an election to serve on the board of a rural fire district in Oregon after receiving two write-in votes, the Salem Statesman Journal reports—though as someone who doesn’t own property in the area, it’s unlikely the ex-president will be able to take on the role.

Key Facts

Trump earned two write-in votes to be a board member in the Hubbard Rural Fire Protection District, a seven-mile district in western Oregon that’s home to 5,000 residents.

No candidate formally ran for the position, and election records show Trump was one of five candidates to earn two votes, out of 25 ballots cast in total during the election on May 16.

The Statesman Journal reports the ex-president then won a tiebreaker based on multiple rolls of 12-sided dice, which took place on June 23 and was first reported Tuesday by the publication.

The Marion County Clerk’s office told the Statesman Journal the fire district will now have to determine whether Trump would be eligible to hold office, which is unlikely, given that the candidate must live or own property in the district.

Since Trump doesn’t live in the district, officials will see if any of the other candidates who earned two votes would want the job, local fire chief Michael Kahrmann told KOIN 6, though Central Oregon Daily News reports Trump will be asked about taking the position.

Trump’s presidential campaign has not yet responded to a request for comment.

What To Watch For

The fire board will next meet on July 12, which is when it will determine who will fill the position that Trump won. If no other candidates who earned two votes are interested in the role, the board will appoint someone to fill the vacancy, the Statesman Journal reports.

Surprising Fact

Election records show Trump also earned two votes to serve on the board of the nearby Marion County Fire District in the county’s local election, though he was beat out by other candidates in that race. Among the other write-in candidates for that role were Smokey the Bear, Snoop Dogg, Snoopy, actor Timothee Chalamet and Mickey Mouse, who earned six votes.

Key Background

While he didn’t formally announce his candidacy for the fire district board, Trump is running for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024 and is so far the clear frontrunner. A FiveThirtyEight average of 2024 polls finds 51.7% of GOP voters support Trump in the primaries as of June 29, far ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who’s polling second at 23.5%, despite the former president’s recent federal and state indictments. The Oregon election marks the first government role that Trump has been elected to since 2016, after President Joe Biden beat him in the 2020 presidential race. Trump protested that election was “rigged” and mounted an extensive legal effort to overturn the results—which overwhelmingly failed—and there is no evidence to support his claims of widespread election fraud.

Further Reading

Former US President Donald Trump wins election, for a rural fire district in Oregon (Salem Statesman Journal)

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