Oregon 2026 Primary Elections

★ U.S. Senate Safe D

Incumbent: D Jeff Merkley

Democrat

Jeff Merkley Incumbent Nominee $4,540,974 raised

Republican

David Brock Smith Nominee $120,760 raised

Jo Rae Perkins $10,577 raised

Dollar figures are each campaign’s total funds raised, from FEC filings.

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held May 19, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Jeff Merkley ✓	457,006	93.2%
Paul D. Wells	30,544	6.2%

Republican Primary

Held May 19, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
David Brock Smith ✓	107,953	29.5%
Jo Rae Perkins	99,278	27.1%
Brent Barker	85,229	23.3%
Russ McAlmond	42,136	11.5%
Deborah C. Brown	14,021	3.8%
David Burch	8,704	2.4%
Tim Skelton	5,626	1.5%

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★ Governor Lean D

Incumbent: D Tina Kotek

Democrat

Tina Kotek Nominee

Republican

Christine Drazan Nominee

Primary Results

Democratic Primary

Held May 19, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Tina Kotek ✓	385,999	83.6%
Brittany N. Jones	13,939	3.0%
Forest "Fora" Alexander	12,684	2.8%
Miranda Weigler	10,161	2.2%
Tristan Sheppard	6,006	1.3%
James Atkinson IV	5,902	1.3%
David Beem	4,863	1.1%
Steve Laible	3,692	0.8%
Cal Kishawi	2,422	0.5%
Donnie Beckwith	1,799	0.4%

Republican Primary

Held May 19, 2026.

Candidate	Votes	%
Christine Drazan ✓	172,474	40.5%
Ed Diehl	140,458	33.0%
Chris Dudley	71,929	16.9%
David Medina	21,742	5.1%
Danielle Bethell	9,629	2.3%
Brad Peters	1,827	0.4%
Paul Romero	1,615	0.4%
Kyle Duyck	1,562	0.4%
Robert Neuman	680	0.2%
Martin Ward	539	0.1%
Hope Dalrymple	534	0.1%
DeAngelo Turner	377	0.1%
Wen Waddell	321	0.1%
Tim Youker	248	0.1%

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★ U.S. House 6 districts

OR-01 District 1 Safe D D Suzanne Bonamici

Suzanne Bonamici (D) ^* ✓ Jamil Ahmad (D) Barbara J Kahl (R) ✓

Democratic · May 19 Suzanne Bonamici 77,306 86.6% ✓ Jamil Ahmad 11,458 12.8%

Republican · May 19 Barbara Kahl 26,877 71.5% ✓ John Verbeek 10,285 27.4%

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OR-02 District 2 Safe R R Cliff Bentz

Chris Beck (D) ✓ Dawn Rasmussen (D) Mary Doyle (D) Patty Snow (D) Rebecca McKay Mueller (D) Cliff Bentz (R) ^* ✓ Peter James Larson (R)

Democratic · May 19 Chris Beck 15,951 34.4% ✓ Mary Doyle 9,101 19.6% Rebecca Mueller 8,357 18.0% Dawn Rasmussen 6,880 14.8% Patty Snow 4,224 9.1% Peter Quince 1,258 2.7%

Republican · May 19 Cliff Bentz 79,543 79.6% ✓ Peter Larson 14,565 14.6% Andrea Carr 5,353 5.4%

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OR-03 District 3 Safe D D Maxine Dexter

Maxine Dexter (D) ^* ✓ Jessica Salas (O) Loran Ayles (R) ✓

Democratic · May 19 Maxine Dexter 81,643 89.1% ✓ Jessica Salas 7,513 8.2% Andrew Castilleja 2,082 2.3%

Republican · May 19 Loran Ayles 14,420 96.3% ✓

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OR-04 District 4 Safe D D Val Hoyle

Val Hoyle (D) ^* ✓ Melissa Bird (D) Monique DeSpain (R) ✓

Democratic · May 19 Val Hoyle 68,900 75.2% ✓ Melissa Bird 19,850 21.7% Daniel Bahlen 2,259 2.5%

Republican · May 19 Monique DeSpain 59,232 86.6% ✓ Stefan Strek 8,507 12.4%

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OR-05 District 5 Toss-up D Janelle Bynum

Janelle Bynum (D) ^* ✓ Jonathan Lockwood (R) Patti Adair (R) ✓

Democratic · May 19 Janelle Bynum 70,294 82.0% ✓ Zeva Rosenbaum 14,951 17.4%

Republican · May 19 Patti Adair 43,524 59.6% ✓ Jonathan Lockwood 28,984 39.7%

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OR-06 District 6 Likely D D Andrea Salinas

Andrea Salinas (D) ^* ✓ Jason J Faler (I) David Honorable Russ (R) ✓

Democratic · May 19 Andrea Salinas 62,532 98.7% ✓

Republican · May 19 David Russ 44,027 98.4% ✓

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📊 Primary Polls

Race	Pollster	Date	Sample	Results
Governor · Republican primary	Hoffman Research Group (R)	2026-04-24	620 LV	Christine Drazan 35% · Ed Diehl 18% · Chris Dudley 14% · Unsure 25%
Governor · Republican primary	Nelson Research	2026-04-17	515 LV	Christine Drazan 37% · Ed Diehl 18% · Chris Dudley 18% · David Medina 7% · Danielle Bethell 2% · Unsure 18%

Primary polls are shown here only — they never enter the general-election averages. Pollster names link to track records.