2020_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oregon

2020 United States Senate election in Oregon
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U.S. senator before election; Jeff Merkley; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Jeff Merkley; Democratic

2020 United States Senate election in Oregon

Election

The 2020 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oregon, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic senator Jeff Merkley won reelection to a third term in office. Although this Senate seat was largely expected to be one of the safest for the Democrats, the race received national attention due to the Republican nominee Jo Rae Perkins's promotion of the unfounded QAnon conspiracy theory. Furthermore, Perkins had flipped five counties that Merkley had won in 2014 (though only by pluralities in the cases of Jackson, Polk and Yamhill).^[1]

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County	Jeff Merkley Democratic		Jo Rae Perkins Republican		Gary Dye Libertarian		Ibrahim Taher Pacific Green		Write-in		Margin		Total votes
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes
Baker	2,633	27.01	6,863	70.39	176	1.81	71	0.73	7	0.07	-4,230	-43.38	9,750
Benton	35,021	67.29	14,811	28.46	1,041	2.00	1,118	2.15	52	0.10	20,210	38.83	52,043
Clackamas	134,813	53.79	106,838	42.63	4,767	1.90	3,995	1.59	227	0.09	27,975	11.16	250,640
Clatsop	13,052	55.48	9,623	40.91	438	1.86	391	1.66	20	0.09	3,429	14.58	23,524
Columbia	14,375	45.44	15,948	50.41	767	2.42	507	1.60	40	0.13	-1,573	-4.97	31,637
Coos	14,885	41.23	20,051	55.53	676	1.87	470	1.30	24	0.07	-5,166	-14.31	36,106
Crook	4,133	27.29	10,628	70.17	250	1.65	118	0.78	17	0.11	-6,495	-42.88	15,146
Curry	6,170	42.24	7,993	54.72	268	1.83	170	1.16	7	0.05	-1,823	-12.48	14,608
Deschutes	65,264	53.19	53,285	43.43	2,244	1.83	1,769	1.44	128	0.10	11,979	9.76	122,690
Douglas	20,707	33.03	40,036	63.87	1,217	1.94	660	1.05	65	0.10	-19,329	-30.84	62,685
Gilliam	373	31.96	765	65.55	18	1.54	8	0.69	3	0.26	-392	-33.59	1,167
Grant	1,119	24.80	3,273	72.52	89	1.97	27	0.60	5	0.11	-2,154	-47.73	4,513
Harney	1,055	24.10	3,213	73.41	65	1.49	38	0.87	6	0.14	-2,158	-49.30	4,377
Hood River	8,619	66.89	3,821	29.65	229	1.78	209	1.62	7	0.05	4,798	37.24	12,885
Jackson	59,093	47.54	61,010	49.08	2,217	1.78	1,901	1.53	82	0.07	-1,917	-1.54	124,303
Jefferson	4,591	39.07	6,810	57.95	206	1.75	130	1.11	15	0.13	-2,219	-18.88	11,752
Josephine	18,697	37.23	29,685	59.10	986	1.96	789	1.57	68	0.14	-10,988	-21.88	50,225
Klamath	11,237	31.23	23,579	65.53	702	1.95	435	1.21	29	0.08	-12,342	-34.30	35,982
Lake	908	21.29	3,261	76.46	63	1.48	29	0.68	4	0.09	-2,353	-55.17	4,265
Lane	133,033	61.26	75,550	34.79	3,842	1.77	4,497	2.07	236	0.11	57,483	26.47	217,158
Lincoln	17,485	57.88	11,628	38.49	546	1.81	524	1.73	25	0.08	5,857	19.39	30,208
Linn	27,048	38.29	40,801	57.76	1,618	2.29	1,079	1.53	98	0.14	-13,753	-19.47	70,644
Malheur	3,353	28.92	7,882	67.97	230	1.98	124	1.07	7	0.06	-4,529	-39.06	11,596
Marion	79,990	49.37	75,908	46.85	3,221	1.99	2,683	1.66	212	0.13	4,082	2.52	162,014
Morrow	1,558	30.94	3,324	66.02	109	2.16	41	0.81	3	0.06	-1,766	-35.07	5,035
Multnomah	356,870	78.53	78,673	17.31	6,775	1.49	11,669	2.57	431	0.09	278,197	61.22	454,418
Polk	22,893	48.16	22,931	48.24	928	1.95	725	1.53	54	0.11	-38	-0.08	47,531
Sherman	302	25.61	845	71.67	26	2.21	6	0.51	0	0.00	-543	-46.06	1,179
Tillamook	8,326	50.19	7,768	46.83	270	1.63	213	1.28	12	0.07	558	3.36	16,589
Umatilla	11,253	34.95	19,876	61.74	696	2.16	339	1.05	30	0.09	-8,623	-26.78	32,194
Union	4,545	31.12	9,674	66.24	230	1.57	145	0.99	11	0.08	-5,129	-35.12	14,605
Wallowa	1,702	33.56	3,267	64.43	65	1.28	37	0.73	0	0.00	-1,565	-30.86	5,071
Wasco	6,716	48.67	6,572	47.63	290	2.10	208	1.51	13	0.09	144	1.04	13,799
Washington	202,073	64.64	97,799	31.28	6,131	1.96	6,206	1.99	409	0.13	104,274	33.36	312,618
Wheeler	262	28.11	646	69.31	16	1.72	8	0.86	0	0.00	-384	-41.20	932
Yamhill	26,893	46.88	28,177	49.12	1,335	2.33	900	1.57	55	0.10	-1,284	-2.24	57,360
Totals	1,321,047	56.91	912,814	39.32	42,747	1.84	42,239	1.82	2,402	0.10	408,233	17.59	2,321,249

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Columbia (largest municipality: St. Helens)
Coos (largest municipality: Coos Bay)
Jackson (largest municipality: Medford)
Polk (largest municipality: West Salem)
Yamhill (largest municipality: McMinnville)

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[key-58] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeff Merkley (incumbent)	564,878	98.71%
	Democratic	Write-in	7,386	1.29%
Total votes			572,264	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jo Rae Perkins	178,004	49.23%
	Republican	Paul J. Romero, Jr.	109,783	30.36%
	Republican	Robert Schwartz	40,196	11.12%
	Republican	John Verbeek	29,382	8.13%
	Republican	Write-in	4,250	1.17%
Total votes			361,615	100.0%

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[30]	Solid D	October 29, 2020
Inside Elections^[31]	Safe D	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[32]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
Daily Kos^[33]	Safe D	October 30, 2020
Politico^[34]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
RCP^[35]	Safe D	October 23, 2020
DDHQ^[36]	Safe D	November 3, 2020
538^[37]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
Economist^[38]	Safe D	November 2, 2020

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2020 United States Senate election in Oregon

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