The 2014 United States Senate election in Oregon took place on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the

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to represent the

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, concurrently with the

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of the

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, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and

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to the

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and various

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and

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. Incumbent Democratic Senator

Jeff Merkley Jeffrey Alan Merkley (born October 24, 1956) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Oregon since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Merkley served as the 64th speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives ...

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 Monica Wehby ( ; born May 7, 1962) is an American physician and politician from the state of Oregon. She was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate from Oregon in the 2014 election against Democratic incumbent Jeff Merkley. Early ...

. 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

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of the

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, had narrowly defeated two-term Republican incumbent

Gordon H. Smith Gordon Harold Smith (born May 25, 1952) is an American politician, businessman, and academic administrator who served as a United States Senator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served two terms in the Senate from 1997 to 2009. On Septe ...

with 49% of the vote in 2008.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

William Bryk William Bryk (born March 12, 1955) is an elected public official in the Town of Antrim, New Hampshire, a journalist, horseman, and perennial candidate . Before Bryk left his former residence in Brooklyn, New York, he took advantage of the Constitu ...

, attorney from New York and perennial candidate * Pavel Goberman, fitness instructor and perennial candidate *

, incumbent Senator

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Mark Callahan Mark Allen Callahan (born May 11, 1977) is an American politician and perennial candidate. He was the Republican nominee in the 2016 United States Senate election in Oregon. He is an information technology consultant based out of Portland, Oregon. ...

, information technology consultant and

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Jason Conger Jason R. R. Conger ( ; born March 27, 1968) is an American attorney and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 54 in Bend, Oregon, from 2011 to 2015. He ran ...

, state representative * Tim Crawley, attorney *

Jo Rae Perkins Jo Rae Perkins (born May 9, 1956) is an American perennial candidate who was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for both the 2020 U.S. Senate election and 2022 U.S. Senate election in Oregon. Perkins lives in Albany, Oregon, and has received n ...

, former Chairwoman of the Linn County Republican Party and candidate for Mayor of Albany in 2010 *

, pediatric neurosurgeon

Withdrew

* Sam Carpenter, businessman

Declined

Bruce Hanna Bruce Hanna (born April 1960) is a Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Roseburg, Oregon, Roseburg in the United States, U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 7, whi ...

, state representative * Rick Miller, owner and founder of Avamere *

, former U.S. Senator *

Greg Walden Gregory Paul Walden (born January 10, 1957) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1999 to 2021. He is a Republican. Walden is the son of three-term Oregon State Representative Paul E. Walden. In October 2019, ...

, U.S. Representative and Chairman of the

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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

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* * Internal poll for Monica Wehby campaign

Results

References

External links

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;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
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Background

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Independents

Candidates

Declared

General election

Debates

Predictions

Polling

Results

See also

References

External links