-re-elect Governor Kulongoski
-return our Congressional delegation intact
-reject all but one or two of the statewide ballot measures --neither of them causing real havoc with the political scene
-keep democrats in charge of the state senate and possibly split control of the House 30-30

A review of the early returns show that Democrats "out-performed Republicans in terms of voter turnout...by about 50,000 votes [427,594 - 378,702]...most importantly the big democratic counties [Multnomah and Lane are performing well for democrats and they are holding their own in Washington County. In fact,Washington County may be the interesting story of the night as voters there send almost a completed democratic slate to the legislature.