2020 United States Senate election in Oregon
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 County results Merkley: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Perkins: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | |||||||||||||||||
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An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Oregon. The four people in the election were Jeff Merkley (Democratic Party), Jo Rae Perkins (Republican Party), Gary Dye (Libertarian Party), and Ibrahim Taher (Pacific Green Party of Oregon). The election was thought to be a easy win for the Democrats but the election got a lot of news when Jo Rae Perkins said she agreed with the conspiracy theory group, QAnon. Jeff Merkley won the election and was the senator for the third time.
There was two primary elections for the Democrat and Republican parties. Jeff Merkey was the only one in the Democratic primary and there were four people in the Republican Party primary. Jo Rae Perkins won the Republican primary election.
Democratic Party primary
[change | change source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeff Merkley (incumbent) | 564,878 | 98.71% | |
| Democratic | Write-in | 7,386 | 1.29% | |
| Total votes | 572,264 | 100.0% | ||
Republican Party primary
[change | change source]| 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% | ||
Results
[change | change source]| 2020 United States Senate election in Oregon[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Jeff Merkley (incumbent) | 1,321,047 | 56.91% | +1.18% | |
| Republican | Jo Rae Perkins | 912,814 | 39.32% | +2.45% | |
| Libertarian | Gary Dye | 42,747 | 1.84% | -1.23% | |
| Pacific Green | Ibrahim Taher | 42,239 | 1.82% | -0.40% | |
| Write-in | 2,402 | 0.11% | -0.34% | ||
| Total votes | 2,321,249 | 100.0% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "May 19, 2020, Primary Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
- ↑ "November 3, 2020, General Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved December 3, 2020.