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United States Senate election in Oregon, 2014

United States Senate election in Oregon, 2014
Oregon
← 2008 November 4, 2014 2020 →
  Merkley official photo.jpg Dr. Monica Wehby.jpg
Nominee Jeff Merkley Monica Wehby
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 814,537 538,847
Percentage 55.7% 36.9%

Oregon Senate Election Results by County, 2014.svg
County results

U.S. Senator before election

Jeff Merkley
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jeff Merkley
Democratic


Jeff Merkley
Democratic

Jeff Merkley
Democratic

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 ran for re-election to a second term. Primary elections were held on May 20, 2014. Merkley easily won the Democratic nomination, while the Republicans nominated pediatric neurosurgeon Monica Wehby.

Democrat Jeff Merkley, the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, defeated two-term Republican incumbent Gordon H. Smith with 49% of the vote in 2008.


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