The 2014 United States Senate election in Oregon took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the

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to represent the State of Oregon, concurrently with the

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of the

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, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and

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to the

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and various

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. Incumbent Democratic Senator

Jeff Merkley Jeffrey Alan Merkley (born October 24, 1956) is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon. He was first elected to the Senate in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1999 to 2009 as the repres ...

successfully ran for reelection to a second term. Despite it being a national midterm Republican wave, this was actually a stronger Senate election for him in terms of margin of victory, winning by almost 20%. Primary elections were held on May 20, 2014. Merkley easily won the Democratic nomination, while the Republicans nominated pediatric neurosurgeon

Monica Wehby Monica Wehby ( ; born May 7, 1962) is an American physician and politician from the state of Oregon. She was the Republican Party (United States), Republican nominee for the United States Senate from Oregon in the 2014 United States Senate electi ...

. Initially, the race was considered potentially competitive, but Wehby's campaign began to collapse after she faced multiple allegations of stalking and harassment from former partners, and was found to have plagiarized portions of her campaign website.

Background

Democrat Jeff Merkley, the Speaker of the

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, had narrowly defeated two-term Republican incumbent Gordon H. Smith with 49% of the vote in 2008.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* William Bryk, attorney from New York and perennial candidate * Pavel Goberman, fitness instructor and perennial candidate *

, incumbent senator

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Mark Callahan, information technology consultant and

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* Jason Conger, state representative * Tim Crawley, attorney * Jo Rae Perkins, former Chairwoman of the Linn County Republican Party and candidate for Mayor of Albany in 2010 *

, pediatric neurosurgeon

Withdrew

* Sam Carpenter, businessman

Declined

* Bruce Hanna, state representative * Rick Miller, owner and founder of Avamere * Gordon H. Smith, former U.S. Senator *

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, U.S. Representative and Chairman of the

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Endorsements

Polling

Results

Oregon Senate election 2014 Republican primary

Independents

The filing deadline for independent candidates is August 26, 2014. In order to qualify, a candidate must submit 17,893 signatures of registered voters or obtain signatures from at least 1,000 electors at a valid assembly of electors.

Candidates

Declared

* Karl King, massage therapist

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate
October 14, 2014

Predictions

Polling

* ^ Internal poll for Dennis Richardson campaign * * Internal poll for Monica Wehby campaign

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Clackamas (largest city:

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) * Coos (largest city:

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) * Deschutes (largest city: Bend) * Jackson (largest city: Medford) * Marion (largest city: Salem) * Tillamook (largest city: Tillamook) * Polk (largest city: Salem) * Yamhill (largest city: McMinnville)

References

External links

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Official campaign websites (Archived)
Jeff Merkley for U.S. Senate
''incumbent''
Mark Callahan for U.S. Senate

Jason Conger for U.S. Senate

Tim Crawley for U.S. Senate

Pavel Goberman for U.S. Senate

Karl King for U.S. Senate

Jo Rae Perkins for U.S. Senate
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Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Independents

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debates

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

External links