2022 United States Senate election in Oregon

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]

2022 United States Senate election in Oregon

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Turnout	66.91
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%
County results Congressional district results Wyden:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Perkins:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
U.S. senator before election Ron Wyden Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Democratic

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

• Ron Wyden, incumbent U.S. Senator (1996–present)^[2]

Eliminated in primary

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

Endorsements

Ron Wyden

Organizations

• Feminist Majority PAC^[9]
• Giffords^[10]
• Jewish Dems^[11]
• League of Conservation Voters^[12]
• Natural Resources Defense Council^[13]
• Population Connection Action Fund^[14]
• Pro-Israel America^[15]
• Sierra Club^[16]

Unions

• Oregon Education Association PAC^[17]
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU) - Oregon State Council^[18]

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

• Jo Rae Perkins, former chair of the Linn County Republican Party and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2020^[20]

Eliminated in primary

• Jason Beebe, mayor of Prineville^[21]
• Christopher C. Christensen^[8]
• Robert M. Fleming^[8]
• Darin Harbick, business owner^[22][8]
• Sam Palmer, Grant County commissioner^[23][8]
• Ibra A. Taher, philosopher, peace activist and Pacific Green nominee for U.S. Senate in 2020^[24]

Declined

• Alek Skarlatos, former Oregon National Guard soldier and nominee for Oregon's 4th congressional district in 2020 (running for U.S. House)^[25]

Endorsements

Jo Rae Perkins

Individuals

• Lars Larson, conservative talk show host^[26]

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

• Will Hobson of Hood River, state leader of the Mises Caucus

Independents

Candidates

Declared

• Thomas Verde, contract specialist^[28][7][29]

Pacific Green Party

Candidates

Nominee

• Dan Pulju^[30][31]

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

Post-primary endorsements

Ron Wyden (D)

Executive Branch officials

• Joe Biden, 46th president of the United States^[41]

U.S. Senators

• Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont^[42]
• Gordon H. Smith, former U.S. Senator from Oregon (Republican)^[43]

Organizations

• American Israel Public Affairs Committee^[44]
• The Mother PAC^[45]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund^[46]

Labor unions

• Oregon AFL–CIO^[47]

Newspapers

• The Corvallis Advocate^[48]
• News-Register^[49]
• Portland Tribune^[50]

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)[51]	November 1–6, 2022	1,393 (LV)	± 3.0%	56%	42%	2%[b]	–
Emerson College[52]	October 31 – November 1, 2022	975 (LV)	± 3.1%	51%	34%	7%[c]	8%
Data for Progress (D)[53]	October 16–18, 2022	1,021 (LV)	± 3.0%	51%	40%	3%[d]	7%
Civiqs[54]	October 15–18, 2022	804 (LV)	± 4.3%	55%	38%	5%[e]	2%
Emerson College[55]	September 29 – October 1, 2022	796 (LV)	± 3.4%	51%	32%	8%[f]	9%

Results

2022 United States Senate election in Oregon^[56]

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 Columbia (largest municipality: St. Helens) Gilliam (largest municipality: Condon) Jackson (largest municipality: Medford) Jefferson (largest municipality: Madras) Marion (largest municipality: Salem) Polk (largest municipality: West Salem) Wasco (largest municipality: The Dalles) Yamhill (largest municipality: McMinnville)

By congressional district

Wyden won 5 of 6 congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.^[57]

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

• 2022 United States Senate elections
• 2022 Oregon elections

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%