2020 United States Senate election in Oregon
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.
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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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | Jeff Merkley (incumbent) | 564,878 | 98.71% | |
| Democrat | Write-in | 7,386 | 1.29% | |
| Total votes | 572,264 | 100.0% | ||
Republican Party primary
| 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
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democrat | 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% | |
| Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Political party/P' not found. | Ibrahim Taher | 42,239 | 1.82% | -0.40% | |
| Write-in | 2,402 | 0.11% | -0.34% | ||
| Total votes | 2,321,249 | 100.0% | |||
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2020 United States Senate Election In Oregon Media
Jeff Merkley, 115th official photo (cropped2)
Jo Rae Perkins senate forum 2014 (cropped)
This image shows the precinct results for the 2020 United States Senate election in Oregon.
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References
- ↑ 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.