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Oregon's 1st congressional district special election, 2012

United States House of Representatives special general election in Oregon's 1st congressional district, 2012
Oregon
2010 ←
January 31, 2012 → 2012

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Nominee Suzanne Bonamici Rob Cornilles
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 111,570 81,985
Percentage 53.8% 39.6%

U.S. Representative before election

David Wu
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Suzanne Bonamici
Democratic


David Wu
Democratic

Suzanne Bonamici
Democratic

A 2012 special election in Oregon's 1st congressional district was held on January 31, 2012 to fill a seat in the U.S. Congress for Oregon's 1st congressional district, following the resignation of Representative David Wu. Primary elections were held on November 8, 2011, with the Democrats selecting state senator Suzanne Bonamici and the Republicans selecting businessman Rob Cornilles.

Bonamici was declared the winner almost as soon as the ballot deadline expired at 8 pm PST. She carried every county in the district except Yamhill County, which Cornilles won by a seven-point margin.

Ballots were due for the Democratic primary on November 8, 2011.

The following candidates filed to run in the primary:

Ballots were due for the Republican primary on November 8, 2011.

The following candidates have filed to run in the primary:

Oregon's cross nomination system, a form of fusion voting, allows a candidate for partisan public office to be nominated by up to three political parties. In November 2011, the Independent Party of Oregon held a primary, announcing the results on November 30. Suzanne Bonamici won the primary and will be able list herself as the nominee of the Independent Party on the general election ballot.

Ballots were due for the special election on January 31, 2012.

The following candidates will be on the ballot:


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