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Elections in Oregon |
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The 2010 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2010 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to a third full term by a landslide margin of 18 points, despite the national Republican midterm wave. As of 2022, this is the only senate election since 1998 in which Deschutes County has not supported the Democratic candidate (albeit by a plurality).
Poll source | Dates administered | Ron Wyden | Loren Hooker | Pavel Goberman | Undecided |
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Survey USA | May 7–9, 2010 | 80% | 9% | 4% | 8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronald Wyden (Incumbent) | 323,652 | 89.55% | |
Democratic | Loren Hooker | 25,152 | 6.75% | |
Democratic | Pavel Goberman | 9,985 | 2.68% | |
Democratic | Write Ins | 3,782 | 1.02% | |
Total votes | 376,353 | 100.00% |
Poll source | Dates administered | Jim Huffman | Thomas Stutzman | Keith Waldron | Robin Parker | Undecided |
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Survey USA | May 7–9, 2010 | 20% | 11% | 9% | 6% | 43% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Huffman | 110,450 | 41.70 | |
Republican | Loren Later | 39,753 | 15.01 | |
Republican | G. Shane Dinkel | 36,760 | 13.88 | |
Republican | Thomas Stutzman | 31,859 | 12.03 | |
Republican | Keith Waldron | 24,602 | 9.29 | |
Republican | Robin Parker | 14,637 | 5.53 | |
Republican | Walter Woodland | 4,417 | 1.67 | |
Miscellaneous | 2,363 | 0.89 | ||
Total votes | 264,841 | 100 |
Wyden, a popular incumbent with a 52% approval rating in a July poll, [6] touted bipartisanship and promised to hold town-hall meetings annually in each of Oregon's 36 counties and to open offices outside of Portland and Salem. [7] A Survey USA poll taken a few days before the election showed that 23% of Republicans supported Wyden. [8]
Huffman, widely considered as an underdog, financed his own campaign. He defended bonuses for Wall Street executives and questioned global warming. [9]
The first debate took place on October 21, 2010 in Medford, Oregon and was broadcast by KOBI-TV. Only the two major-party candidates, Huffman and Wyden, participated in the debate. [10] The second debate, which was hosted by the City Club of Portland at the Governor Hotel, took place on October 22. The debate played live on KOIN and re-aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting later that night. [11]
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Cook Political Report [12] | Solid D | October 26, 2010 |
Rothenberg [13] | Safe D | October 22, 2010 |
RealClearPolitics [14] | Likely D | October 26, 2010 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [15] | Safe D | October 21, 2010 |
CQ Politics [16] | Safe D | October 26, 2010 |
Poll source | Dates administered | Jim Huffman (R) | Ron Wyden (D) |
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Rasmussen Reports | February 16, 2010 | 35% | 49% |
Rasmussen Reports | May 24, 2010 | 38% | 51% |
Survey USA | June 7–9, 2010 | 38% | 51% |
Rasmussen Reports | June 17, 2010 | 37% | 47% |
Davis, Hibbits and Midghall | June 21, 2010 | 32% | 50% |
Rasmussen Reports | July 26, 2010 | 35% | 51% |
Survey USA | July 25–27, 2010 | 35% | 53% |
Rasmussen Reports | August 22, 2010 | 36% | 56% |
Rasmussen Reports | September 8, 2010 | 35% | 53% |
Survey USA | September 12–14, 2010 | 38% | 54% |
Rasmussen Reports | October 10, 2010 | 36% | 52% |
Survey USA | October 12–14, 2010 | 34% | 56% |
Public Policy Polling | October 17, 2010 | 40% | 56% |
Rasmussen Reports | October 25, 2010 | 42% | 53% |
Survey USA | October 23–28, 2010 | 32% | 57% |
Candidate (party) | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on hand | Debt |
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Ron Wyden (D) | $5,529,660 | $4,820,297 | $1,827,374 | $0 |
James Huffman (R) | $2,227,784 | $1,576,662 | $651,118 | $1,350,000 |
Marc Delphine (L) | $4,728 | $4,805 | $221 | $0 |
Source: Federal Election Commission [17] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ronald Wyden (Incumbent) | 825,507 | 57.22% | |
Republican | Jim Huffman | 566,199 | 39.25% | |
Working Families | Bruce Cronk | 18,940 | 1.31% | |
Libertarian | Marc Delphine | 16,028 | 1.11% | |
Progressive | Rick Staggenborg | 14,466 | 1.00% | |
Write-In | 1,448 | 0.10% | ||
Total votes | 1,442,588 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold |
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