Darin Harbick, businessman (running for U.S. Senate) Jim Huggins, film producer, businessman and Air Force veteran (endorsed Kerry McQuisten) Alexander Males, polyurethane manufacturing worker Monte Sauer Jr., CEO of AmericaProud Declined Knute Buehler, former state representative from the 54th district (2015–2019), nominee for Secretary of State in 2012, and nominee for governor in 2018 (endorsed Betsy Johnson) Dallas Heard, state senator from the 1st district and former chair of the Oregon Republican Party (endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election) Tim Knopp, minority leader of the Oregon Senate from the 27th district Dennis Linthicum, state senator from the 28th district (endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election) Julie Parrish, former state representative from the 37th district (2011–2019) Bill Post, former state representative from the 25th district (2015–2021) (ineligible due to out-of-state residency) Tootie Smith, Clackamas County chair and former state representative from the 18th and 28th districts (2001–2003) (endorsed Christine Drazan in the general election) Debates Endorsements Polling Results Independents and other parties Candidates Candidates for general election R. Leon Noble (Libertarian Party) Donice Noelle Smith, Army veteran and talk show host (Constitution Party) Betsy Johnson, former Democratic state senator from Oregon's 16th Senate district (non-affiliated) Withdrawn Nathalie Paravicini, naturopathic doctor (Pacific Green Party and Oregon Progressive Party) (endorsed Kotek) Failed to qualify for general election In order to be listed as candidates on the general election ballot, non-affiliated candidates for governor needed to collect 23,744 signatures from Oregon voters (1% of votes cast for president in the 2020 election). Tim Harrold, security expert (non-affiliated) Dustin Watkins, dishwasher (non-affiliated) Not nominated Kevin Levy, real estate broker (Independent Party) Paul Romero, refrigeration repair technician, Republican candidate for Oregon's 2nd congressional district in 2016 and 2018, and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2020 (Constitution Party) General election Predictions Debates Endorsements Polling Aggregate polls Graphical summary Tina Kotek vs. Christine Drazan Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican vs. Betsy Johnson Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican Generic Democrat vs. generic Republican vs. generic independent Results See also 2022 Oregon state elections 2022 United States gubernatorial elections Notes Partisan clients References External links Official campaign websites Christine Drazan (R) for Governor Betsy Johnson (I) for Governor Tina Kotek (D) for Governor R. Leon Noble (L) for Governor Donice Noelle Smith (C) for Governor 2022 Oregon elections 2022 Oregon