2022 United States Senate election in Oregon

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2022 United States Senate election in Oregon
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Turnout66.91 Decrease
 
Nominee Ron Wyden Jo Rae Perkins
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance Independent Party Constitution
Popular vote 1,076,424 788,991
Percentage 55.83% 40.92%
Wyden:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Perkins:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
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Ron Wyden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ron Wyden
Democratic

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The 2022 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Oregon.[1] Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, who was first elected in a 1996 special election, ran for a fifth full term.[2] Jo Rae Perkins, who unsuccessfully ran for Oregon's other Senate seat in 2020, won the Republican primary with 33.3% of the vote.[3] The four candidates filing with the Oregon Secretary of State for this election included Chris Henry of the Oregon Progressive Party and Dan Pulju of the Pacific Green Party.[4]

Wyden ultimately won the election with 55.8% of the statewide vote. This was the first time since 1996 that none of the following counties went Democratic in a Senate Class III election: Gilliam, Jackson, Marion, Polk, Wasco, and Yamhill. It was also the first time Columbia County supported the Republican nominee in this seat since 1986.[5]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Will Barlow, former Electrical and Elevator Board member[6][7]
  • Brent Thompson[8]

Endorsements

Ron Wyden
Organizations
Unions

Results

Results by county
  Wyden
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
Democratic primary results[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Wyden (incumbent) 439,665 89.38%
Democratic William E. Barlow III 35,025 7.12%
Democratic Brent Thompson 17,197 3.50%
Total votes 491,887 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Jo Rae Perkins
Individuals

Results

Results by county
  Perkins
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Harbick
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   50–60%
  Palmer
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Beebe
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jo Rae Perkins 115,701 33.32%
Republican Darin Harbick 107,506 30.96%
Republican Sam Palmer 42,703 12.30%
Republican Jason Beebe 39,456 11.36%
Republican Christopher C. Christensen 28,433 8.19%
Republican Robert M. Fleming 6,821 1.96%
Republican Ibra A. Taher 6,659 1.92%
Total votes 347,279 100.0%

Libertarian primary

The Libertarian primary was held on June 17, 2022, a month after the major party primaries.

Candidates

Nominee

  • John R Newton, brewer[27]

Eliminated in primary

Independents

Candidates

Declared

Pacific Green Party

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[32] Solid D November 19, 2021
Inside Elections[33] Solid D January 7, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[34] Safe D November 3, 2021
Politico[35] Solid D June 8, 2022
RCP[36] Safe D January 10, 2022
Fox News[37] Solid D May 12, 2022
DDHQ[38] Solid D July 20, 2022
538[39] Solid D June 30, 2022
The Economist[40] Safe D September 7, 2022

Endorsements

Ron Wyden (D)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
Organizations
Labor unions
Newspapers
Jo Rae Perkins (R)
Individuals

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Ron
Wyden (D) 		Jo Rae
Perkins (R) 		Other Undecided
Data for Progress (D) November 1–6, 2022 1,393 (LV) ± 3.0% 56% 42% 2%[b] –
Emerson College October 31 – November 1, 2022 975 (LV) ± 3.1% 51% 34% 7%[c] 8%
Data for Progress (D) October 16–18, 2022 1,021 (LV) ± 3.0% 51% 40% 3%[d] 7%
Civiqs October 15–18, 2022 804 (LV) ± 4.3% 55% 38% 5%[e] 2%
Emerson College September 29 – October 1, 2022 796 (LV) ± 3.4% 51% 32% 8%[f] 9%

Results

2022 United States Senate election in Oregon[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ron Wyden (incumbent) 1,076,424 55.83% −0.77%
Republican Jo Rae Perkins 788,991 40.92% +7.57%
Progressive Chris Henry 36,883 1.91% N/A
Pacific Green Dan Pulju 23,454 1.22% −1.28%
Write-in 2,197 0.11% +0.01%
Total votes 1,927,949 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

By county
County Ron Wyden
Democratic 		Jo Rae Perkins
Republican 		Chris Henry
Progressive 		Dan Pulju
Pacific Green 		Write-in Margin Total
votes
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Baker 2,531 29.34 5,902 68.42 113 1.31 75 0.87 5 0.06 -3,371 -39.08 8,626
Benton 29,953 66.38 13,407 29.71 1,037 2.30 672 1.49 57 0.13 16,546 36.67 45,126
Clackamas 112,387 52.90 94,232 44.36 3,319 1.56 2,260 1.06 250 0.12 18,155 8.55 212,448
Clatsop 11,149 56.06 8,135 40.90 339 1.70 252 1.27 14 0.07 3,014 15.15 19,889
Columbia 11,810 43.75 14,221 52.68 602 2.23 337 1.25 26 0.10 -2,411 -8.93 26,996
Coos 12,560 40.37 17,595 56.56 524 1.68 393 1.26 38 0.12 -5,035 -16.18 31,110
Crook 3,730 26.83 9,899 71.21 144 1.04 110 0.79 19 0.14 -6,169 -44.37 13,902
Curry 5,220 41.41 7,049 55.92 166 1.32 160 1.27 11 0.09 -1,829 -14.51 12,606
Deschutes 57,865 53.63 46,886 43.46 1,756 1.63 1,296 1.20 90 0.08 10,979 10.18 107,893
Douglas 16,935 32.05 34,523 65.33 764 1.45 549 1.04 69 0.13 -17,588 -33.29 52,840
Gilliam 339 34.59 626 63.88 10 1.02 5 0.51 0 0.00 -287 -29.29 980
Grant 1,066 25.91 2,935 71.34 48 1.17 55 1.34 10 0.24 -1,869 -45.43 4,114
Harney 972 25.96 2,683 71.66 62 1.66 21 0.56 6 0.16 -1,711 -45.70 3,744
Hood River 7,002 65.27 3,377 31.48 191 1.78 143 1.33 14 0.13 3,625 33.79 10,727
Jackson 48,071 46.37 52,714 50.85 1,666 1.61 1,114 1.07 99 0.10 -4,643 -4.48 103,664
Jefferson 3,597 36.33 6,083 61.44 124 1.25 84 0.85 12 0.12 -2,486 -25.11 9,900
Josephine 15,396 36.24 25,948 61.08 638 1.50 469 1.10 31 0.07 -10,552 -24.84 42,482
Klamath 8,918 29.97 20,088 67.50 451 1.52 274 0.92 30 0.10 -11,170 -37.53 29,761
Lake 858 21.73 2,999 75.96 49 1.24 29 0.73 13 0.33 -2,141 -54.23 3,948
Lane 110,577 60.74 65,606 36.04 3,179 1.75 2,423 1.33 268 0.15 44,971 24.70 182,053
Lincoln 15,283 58.51 10,011 38.33 480 1.84 329 1.26 17 0.07 5,272 20.18 26,120
Linn 22,041 36.28 36,740 60.48 1,118 1.84 739 1.22 114 0.19 -14,699 -24.20 60,752
Malheur 2,336 25.78 6,469 71.38 157 1.73 95 1.05 6 0.07 -4,133 -45.60 9,063
Marion 60,614 46.45 65,606 50.27 2,537 1.94 1,584 1.21 155 0.12 -4,992 -3.83 130,496
Morrow 1,159 28.68 2,786 68.94 63 1.56 29 0.72 4 0.10 -1,627 -40.26 4,041
Multnomah 286,167 78.84 62,324 17.17 9,153 2.52 5,018 1.38 291 0.08 223,843 61.67 362,953
Polk 18,920 46.20 20,746 50.65 739 1.80 491 1.20 60 0.15 -1,826 -4.46 40,956
Sherman 253 24.85 754 74.07 4 0.39 6 0.59 1 0.10 -501 -49.21 1,018
Tillamook 7,176 49.64 6,909 47.79 211 1.46 141 0.98 20 0.14 267 1.85 14,457
Umatilla 7,718 31.07 16,502 66.44 356 1.43 234 0.94 28 0.11 -8,784 -35.37 24,838
Union 3,902 31.50 8,216 66.32 166 1.34 91 0.73 13 0.10 -4,314 -34.82 12,388
Wallowa 1,521 33.52 2,917 64.29 50 1.10 45 0.99 4 0.09 -1,396 -30.77 4,537
Wasco 5,382 47.65 5,562 49.24 191 1.69 143 1.27 17 0.15 -180 -1.59 11,295
Washington 160,858 63.57 83,146 32.86 5,539 2.19 3,192 1.26 324 0.13 77,712 30.71 253,059
Wheeler 237 29.37 546 67.66 12 1.49 12 1.49 0 0.00 -309 -38.29 807
Yamhill 21,921 45.33 24,849 51.38 925 1.91 584 1.21 81 0.17 -2,928 -6.05 48,360
Totals 1,076,424 55.83 788,991 40.92 36,883 1.91 23,454 1.22 2,197 0.11 287,433 14.91 1,927,949
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Wyden won 5 of 6 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[58]

District Wyden Perkins Representative
1st 66.4% 29.9% Suzanne Bonamici
2nd 37.1% 60.3% Cliff Bentz
3rd 71.3% 24.9% Earl Blumenauer
4th 55.3% 41.5% Peter DeFazio (117th Congress)
Val Hoyle (118th Congress)
5th 52.4% 44.6% Kurt Schrader (117th Congress)
Lori Chavez-DeRemer (118th Congress)
6th 53.1% 43.6% Andrea Salinas

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Henry (P) with 1%; Pulju (PG) with 1%
  3. ^ Henry (P) with 3%; Pulju (PG) with 2%; "Someone else" with 3%
  4. ^ Henry (P) with 2%; Pulju (PG) with 1%
  5. ^ "Someone else" with 5%
  6. ^ "Someone else" with 8%

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