Salem election results for May 21 primary
Results will be posted shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 21. The votes for Salem mayor and the west Salem council seat include totals for Marion and Polk counties.
Salem Reporter is only reporting results for contested local races.
City of Salem
Mayor
City Council
Ward 1 – Downtown, north central and portions of west Salem
Ward 3 – Faye Wright, Fairview and Southeast Mill Creek neighborhoods
Ward 5 – Northeast Salem
Marion County
Marion County Clerk
If one candidate wins more than half the votes in the May primary, only that candidate is listed on the November ballot. If no candidate wins a majority, the top two advance to the November election.
Marion County Circuit Court Judge, Position 11
If one candidate wins more than half the votes in the May primary, only that candidate is listed on the November ballot. If no candidate wins a majority, the top two advance to the November election.
Polk County
Polk County Commissioner
Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers education, economic development and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade and is a past president of Oregon's Society of Professional Journalists chapter. Outside of work, you can often find her gardening or with her nose buried in a book.
