2016 United States Senate election in Oregon

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2016 United States Senate election in Oregon
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  2010 November 8, 2016 2022  
  Ron Wyden official portrait crop.jpg Mark Callahan.jpg
Nominee Ron Wyden Mark Callahan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,105,119651,106
Percentage56.60%33.35%

2016 United States Senate election in Oregon results map by county.svg
OR Senate 2016.svg
Wyden:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Callahan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
     No data

U.S. senator before election

Ron Wyden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Ron Wyden
Democratic

The 2016 United States Senate election in Oregon was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oregon, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Senator Ron Wyden was re-elected to a fourth full term in office. This is the first senate election since 1998 in which Coos County has not supported him. [1]

Democratic Party primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results

Results by county:
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Wyden
70-80%
80-90% Oregon D Sweep.svg
Results by county:
  Wyden
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ronald Wyden (Incumbent) 501,903 83.20%
Democratic Kevin Stine78,28712.98%
Democratic Paul Weaver20,3463.37%
write-ins 2,7400.45%
Total votes603,276 100.00%

Results by county

CountyRon Wyden
Democratic
Paul Weaver
Democratic
Kevin Stine
Democratic
Other votesTotal
votes
 %# %# %# %#
Baker 78.42%1,2056.04%7914.15%1851.38%181,307
Benton 82.47%15,0952.74%50214.57%2,6660.21%3918,302
Clackamas 83.92%48,3553.27%1,88412.25%7,0600.56%32557,624
Clatsop 84.51%5,1733.84%23511.29%6910.36%226,121
Columbia 80.70%5,9715.95%44012.75%9430.61%457,399
Coos 77.80%6,2846.90%55714.60%1,1790.71%578,077
Crook 80.97%1,6137.28%14510.79%2150.95%191,992
Curry 80.17%2,4175.41%16313.47%4060.96%293,015
Deschutes 85.24%19,4892.92%66811.42%2,6110.42%9622,864
Douglas 77.40%8,1597.48%78914.27%1,5040.85%9010,542
Gilliam 84.31%1886.73%156.73%152.24%5223
Grant 77.46%5196.12%4113.43%902.99%20670
Harney 80.18%5427.25%4910.65%721.92%13676
Hood River 84.57%3,3763.18%12712.05%4810.20%83,992
Jackson 77.86%22,1523.34%94918.35%5,2210.46%13028,452
Jefferson 81.59%1,4186.33%11011.34%1970.75%131,738
Josephine 77.92%7,0654.73%42916.37%1,4840.98%899,067
Klamath 78.52%4,1795.73%30514.60%7771.15%615,322
Lake 76.74%4097.88%4214.45%770.94%5533
Lane 83.64%58,0573.31%2,30012.70%8,8190.35%24169,417
Lincoln 82.28%7,1444.60%39912.73%1,1050.40%358,683
Linn 78.20%9,4356.31%76114.76%1,7810.74%8912,066
Malheur 75.48%9488.20%10314.81%1861.51%191,256
Marion 81.20%27,4094.63%1,56213.54%4,5690.64%21533,755
Morrow 80.03%5418.28%5610.80%730.89%6676
Multnomah 85.30%148,9802.04%3,55612.32%21,5100.35%603174,649
Polk 81.64%8,1304.88%48612.96%1,2910.52%529,959
Sherman 74.41%125 10.12%1711.91%203.57%6168
Tillamook 83.24%3,4224.31%17712.16%5000.29%124,111
Umatilla 82.40%3,6565.12%22711.97%5310.52%234,437
Union 81.05%1,9725.67%13812.50%3040.78%192,433
Wallowa 86.25%7342.12%1811.05%940.59%5851
Wasco 81.63%2,5015.48%16812.40%3800.49%153,064
Washington 84.21%65,5653.06%2,38512.43%9,6770.30%23277,859
Wheeler 76.36%1264.85%812.73%216.06%10165
Yamhill 82.37%9,7293.86%45613.14%1,5520.63%7411,811

Republican Party primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Callahan
30-40%
40-50%
Carpenter
30-40%
40-50%
Stewart
40-50% Oregon Senate Republican primary results by county, 2016.svg
  Callahan
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Carpenter
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Stewart
  •   40–50%
Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Callahan 123,473 38.24%
Republican Sam Carpenter104,49432.36%
Republican Faye Stewart57,39917.78%
Republican Dan Laschober34,15710.58%
write-ins 3,3571.04%
Total votes322,880 100.00%

Independent Party primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Independent primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Steven Reynolds 10,497 40.80%
Independent Marvin Sandnes4,73318.40%
write-ins 10,49640.80%
Total votes25,726 100.00%

Working Families Party

The Working Families Party of Oregon, which usually cross-endorses Democratic candidates, nominated their own candidate in protest of Sen. Ron Wyden's support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. [13] [14] [15]

Candidates

Declared

Pacific Green Party and Oregon Progressive Party

The Pacific Green Party and the Oregon Progressive Party cross-endorsed Eric Navickas, former member of the Ashland, Oregon City Council. [17] [18] [19]

Candidates

Declared

  • Eric Navickas, former Ashland City Councilman [20] [21]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [22] Safe DNovember 2, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball [23] Safe DNovember 7, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report [24] Safe DNovember 3, 2016
Daily Kos [25] Safe DNovember 8, 2016
Real Clear Politics [26] Safe DNovember 7, 2016

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Ron
Wyden (D)
Mark
Callahan (R)
OtherUndecided
SurveyMonkey November 1–7, 20161,595± 4.6%63%32%5%
SurveyMonkey October 31–November 6, 20161,483± 4.6%64%32%4%
SurveyMonkey October 28–November 3, 20161,150± 4.6%64%32%4%
SurveyMonkey October 27–November 2, 2016934± 4.6%64%33%3%
SurveyMonkey October 26–November 1, 2016809± 4.6%61%34%5%
SurveyMonkey October 25–31, 2016743± 4.6%62%34%4%
KATU-TV/SurveyUSA October 10–12, 2016654± 3.9%54%32%6%9%
Gravis Marketing (R-Breitbart) October 4, 20161,248± 2.8%52%33%15%

Results

United States Senate election in Oregon, 2016 [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Ronald Wyden (incumbent) 1,105,119 56.60% -0.62%
Republican Mark Callahan651,10633.35%-5.90%
Working Families Shanti Lewallen61,9153.17%+1.86%
Independent Steven Reynolds59,5163.05%N/A
Pacific Green Eric Navickas48,8232.50%N/A
Libertarian Jim Lindsay23,9411.23%+0.12
n/a Write-ins2,0580.10%0.00%
Total votes1,952,478 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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