1981 Special February Election Results
| FOR COMMISSIONER POSITION NO. 3
UNEXPIRED TERM | MULTNOMAH COUNTY | CLACKAMAS COUNTY | WASHINGTON COUNTY | TOTAL VOTES RECEIVED
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| MARGARET STRACHAN | 11,180 | 21 | 1 | 11,202 |
| EARL BLUMENAUER | 10,728 | 26 | 4 | 10,758 |
| STEPHEN KAFOURY | 9,286 | 12 | 0 | 9,298 |
| BILL SIZEMORE | 6,858 | 6 | 4 | 6,868 |
| JOHN LORENZ | 2,677 | 19 | 0 | 2,696 |
| SHARON ROSO | 2,250 | 5 | 0 | 2,555 |
| CARL A. NEUBURGER | 1,020 | 8 | 0 | 1,028 |
| SHERRY S. REYNOLDS | 540 | 1 | 0 | 541 |
| PATRICIA HOFFERT | 387 | 1 | 0 | 388 |
| MICHAEL D. SHULTZ | 263 | 2 | 0 | 265 |
| WILLIE BROWN | 261 | 2 | 0 | 263 |
| BOB GOLDSTEIN | 208 | 2 | 0 | 210 |
| WAYLAND BYRD | 134 | 0 | 0 | 134 |
| WILLIAM L. PATRICK | 132 | 1 | 0 | 133 |
| CHARLES LEONARD WILSON
| 130 | 1 | 0 | 131 |
| DAVE PRIDEAUX | 115 | 1 | 1 | 117 |
| FRED C. AUGER | 101 | 2 | 0 | 103 |
| MANLEY A. HUBBELL | 48 | 0 | 0 | 48
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