2020 United States Senate election in Oregon

The 2020 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oregon, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic senator Jeff Merkley won reelection to a third term in office. Although this Senate seat was largely expected to be one of the safest for the Democrats, the race received national attention due to the Republican nominee Jo Rae Perkins's promotion of the unfounded QAnon conspiracy theory. Furthermore, Perkins flipped five counties that Merkley had won in 2014 (though only by pluralities in the cases of Jackson, Polk and Yamhill). That said, Merkley overperformed Democrat Joe Biden in the concurrent presidential election by about a point and a half.

• Jeff Merkley, incumbent U.S. senator (also nominated by the Oregon Independent Party and the Working Families Party)

• Michael David, activist and ethnographer

• Jo Rae Perkins, former chairwoman of the Linn County Republican Party

• Paul Romero, refrigeration repair technician and candidate for Oregon's 2nd congressional district in 2016 and 2018

• Robert Schwartz, dance teacher

• John Verbeek, financial executive and nominee for Oregon's 1st congressional district in 2018

• Matthew Kulow

• Knute Buehler, former state representative for District 54, nominee for Oregon secretary of state in 2012 and governor of Oregon in 2018 (running for Oregon's 2nd congressional district)

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• Ibrahim Taher, philosopher, anti-war activist, current member state coordinating committee in the Pacific Green Party (also nominated by the Oregon Progressive Party)

• Gary Dye, former refinery operator and engineer

Merkley won four of five congressional districts.

General

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Oregon", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Oregon: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Oregon". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Oregon at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• Jeff Merkley (D) for Senate
• Jo Rae Perkins (R) for Senate
• Ibrahim Taher (G) for Senate