Election 2024

Stories from Eugene by student journalists in the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication



Election Day 6:43 p.m. Staff sort ballots at the Lane County Elections Office. Photo by Miles Cull

Party People


  • From Cheese to Change

    Twenty-year-old Mathias Lehman-Winters is already a veteran in Eugene’s local politics. ~ by Isaac Oronsky In fifth grade, Mathias Lehman-Winters ran for class president. His campaign promise: Better cheese in school lunches. “The [other] guy in my class, he was running and he was like, ‘I will give everyone ice cream every day,’” Lehman-Winters said…

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  • Outnumbered

    Steven Schmunk doesn’t like Oregon’s current direction. The businessman has devoted much of his time since he retired to local politics, trying to give conservatives a voice in a predominantly left-leaning state.  In 2024, 15 out of 30 seats in the State Senate and all of Oregon’s House of Representatives are up for election. If…

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  • Green Party Congressional Candidate Fights Odds

    Long-shot candidate Justin Filip campaigns aggressively to represent Oregon’s 4th Congressional District. Watching a third-party congressional campaign is not unlike reading about Don Quixote lunging and tilting at windmills. Like the gentleman from La Mancha, Justin Filip has said farewell to a typical life, and has spent the past few months traversing the countryside, extolling…

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LIVE

From Election Day

UO journalism students reported live from Eugene on Election Day.


  • Pennsylvania angst

    The presidential race in Pennsylvania is still too close to call as of 7:18 p.m. “I’m utterly terrified,” said Casper Eichman, a third-year University of Oregon student closely following the election. He believes Pennsylvania could determine the outcome. “It’s looking like we’re going to lose Georgia and North Carolina, so Pennsylvania’s votes are massive,” said Eichman. 

    Yet, Eichman remains hopeful. “I remember in the 2020 election, Trump led Pennsylvania for a majority of the time,” Eichman said. “There’s still lots of time left.”



  • Other states

    Jayne Cronin, 22, is an educator from Illinois. They are glad that Illinois went to Harris tonight. They have friends in the battleground state of Wisconsin, also educators, who have been “really gunning for Wisconsin to go blue, because of certain comments Trump has made in recent interviews where he’s been disparaging about the Department of Education.”



  • Ignore the hat

    “Ignore the hat. I didn’t vote red,” he said, laughing. “People have been staring all day, and I didn’t even realize I was wearing it.”

    Devon Huester, a University of Oregon senior, walked home from his environmental ethics class, eager to watch the election results. 

    “I’m not like super into it, but I obviously care about what’s gonna come from it,” Huester said.



  • A no election zone


    The bar was empty, pop music was blaring, and the TVs were showing a replay of a college football game. None of the TVs showed any 2024 election coverage at The O Bar & Grill in Eugene on election night. The bartender, Seven (like the number), displayed disdain for the election process and refused to change the TVs when asked.

    “This is a sports bar. No politics here.” Seven, a veteran who refused to vote in this election, said. “My vote has never mattered in Oregon. Whatever happens, happens.” He would have voted if he lived in a swing state, he said.



All Politics is Local


  • 18 and Ambitious 

    Jesse Maldonado pushed boundaries and made political history in Idaho. “I wouldn’t have done it if I didn’t think I could at least come close,” Jesse Maldonado said. In 2013, Maldonado ran for city council in Lewiston, Idaho, at the age of 18. Fresh out of high school and with minimal political experience, he thought, […]

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  • They called me a murderer

    The woman in this story asked that her name not be used to protect her privacy. “They called me a murderer,” she said. “I didn’t murder anyone. I just made a choice.” She is a 23-year-old woman who was raised in the heart of the South, a 27-mile drive from Jackson, Mississippi.  Politically progressive, she […]

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  • Oregon student by day, DNC delegate by night

    Last August, Taliek Lopez-Duboff walked onto the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. “You’ve seen Modern Family? Jesse Tyler Ferguson? He was right there,” said Lopez-Duboff. “Nancy Pelosi is right there. These political giants that I’ve always seen on TV that are larger than life are here, and I have the same access […]

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Results

Senate

100 Total Seats
34 Open Seats


President

535 Electoral Votes
270 Required to win

HARRIS

TRUMP


House

435 Seats
All are open

How We Elect the President

The Compromise

The Electoral College system that determines who will be president is a product of compromise and the complex politics…

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Ghosts of 2020

With early voting underway in 2024, the razor-thin previous race looms large  ~ By Nate Davis, Saul Galvan, Ryan…

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Another Way

2024 Marks a Historic Year for Voters as Mexico and the U.S. Face Landmark Elections with Different Electoral Systems…

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The Controversy

A majority of Americans wish to reform or replace the Electoral College with the popular vote. ~ By Connor…

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On Election Day

The 2024 Election will come down to a few crucial states. These states are important because of America’s Electoral…

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Election Trends

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    This story was originally published on the UO School of Journalism and Communication’s website. When it comes to turmoil, the 2024 U.S. presidential election has few rivals. The race, which will culminate in a new president-elect after Nov. 5, has for months been steeped in drama, surprising turnabouts and near tragedy. Media influence on politics…