Columbia County’s updated November 2026 election results

Initial election results in Columbia County’s November 2026 election are here. From council races in every city in Columbia County as well as a handful of tax measures, voters weighed in on candidates and issues that will shape local government in the coming years. So far, ballot returns show about a 62.7% countywide voter turnout, with 27,292 ballots cast out of 42,159 registered voters. Not all ballots have been tabulated, as Oregon law allows for ballots postmarked on Election Day to be counted if received within the following week. Election results will be certified as final by Monday, Nov. 30. Here’s the latest on local election results as of Nov. 12: Columbia County transient lodging tax Columbia County voters reject transient lodging tax in early election results • A proposed countywide transient lodging tax is failing at the polls with 73% of voters against the tax and 27% were in favor.

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