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Sykes Leads Multnomah County Judge Position 2 Race With 56.20% in Updated Count

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · States · GSM News

Updated returns on November 4 showed civil litigator and former public defender Diane Sykes leading the race for Multnomah County Judge, Position 2, with 116,243 votes, or 56.20 percent, ahead of Laura Maurer Rowan, a senior assistant attorney general at the Oregon Department of Justice, with 89,173 votes, or 43.11 percent; more than 206,000 ballots had been counted. The seat is open as Judge Nan Waller's term expires. In Position 6, governor-appointed incumbent Judge Sonia Montalbano ran unopposed for a full term. Multnomah County voters chose three judicial seats in this election, two of them contested. All results are unofficial until certification, and counting continued on November 4.

Source: The Outlook election reporting and county elections data

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Photo: 图：位于波特兰的马尔特诺马县中央法院。Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Photo: The Multnomah County Central Courthouse in Portland. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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