1988 United States presidential election in Oregon
The 1988 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 8, 1988, as part of the 1988 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven electors of the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Oregon was won by Democratic nominee Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis over Republican nominee Vice President George H. W. Bush. Oregon was one of just ten states won by Dukakis in an election overwhelmingly won by Bush. It also marked the first victory by a Democratic presidential candidate in Oregon since 1964; Democrats have won every  presidential election in Oregon since then, although Bush's son and later Republican candidate George W. Bush came close to winning the state in both 2000 and 2004. Bush's loss marked the first time that a Republican was elected President while losing Oregon since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. , this is the last occasion Washington County has voted for a Republican presidential nominee, and the only time since 1948 where Oregon has not voted for the same candidate as neighboring California.