The 2014 United States Senate election in Oregon took place on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oregon, concurrently with the election of the Governor of Oregon, 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.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley successfully ran for reelection to a second term. Despite it being a national midterm Republican wave, this was actually his best Senate election 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. Initially, the race was considered potentially competitive, but Wehby's campaign collapsed 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 Oregon House of Representatives, 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
Jeff Merkley, incumbent Senator
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Mark Callahan, information technology consultant and perennial candidate
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 Monica Wehby, 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
Greg Walden, U.S. Representative and Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee
Endorsements
Polling
Results
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: Lake Oswego) Coos (Largest city: Coos Bay) Deschutes (largest municipality: Bend) Jackson (largest city: Medford) Marion (largest city: Salem) Tillamook (largest city: Tillamook) Polk (largest city: Salem) Yamhill (largest city: McMinnville)
See also
2014 United States Senate elections
2014 United States elections
2014 Oregon gubernatorial election
References
External links
U.S. Senate elections in Oregon, 2014 at Ballotpedia
Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets
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 Monica Wehby for U.S. Senate