The 2010 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2010, alongside other elections to the
United States Senate
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in other states, as well as elections to the
United States House of Representatives
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and various
state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee Wyden ( ; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996 United States Senate special el ...
won re-election to a third full term by a landslide margin of 18 points, despite the national Republican midterm wave. As of 2022, this last senate election where
Deschutes County
Deschutes County ( ) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 198,253. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschu ...
voted for the Republican candidate (albeit by a plurality).
Democratic primary
Candidates
* Pavel Goberman, fitness instructor and mentalist, perennial candidate
* Loren Hooker, farmer
[
* ]Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee Wyden ( ; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996 United States Senate special el ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator
Polling
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
* Shane Dinkel, U.S. Army officer and farm worker[
* ]Jim Huffman
James L. Huffman (born March 25, 1945) is a former professor of law and the former dean of Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. He was the Republican nominee in the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Oregon, losing to incumbent Democrat Ron ...
, Lewis & Clark Law School
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law professor
* Loren Later, businessman[
* Robin Parker, businessman][
* Thomas Stutzman, real estate broker][
* Keith Waldron, farmer and truck driver][
* Walter Woodland, woodworker][
]
Polling
Results
General election
Candidates
* Bruce Cronk (Working Families), retired electrician
* Marc Delphine (Libertarian
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), financial planner and LGBT
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and Tea Party
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A ...
activist[
* ]Jim Huffman
James L. Huffman (born March 25, 1945) is a former professor of law and the former dean of Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon. He was the Republican nominee in the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Oregon, losing to incumbent Democrat Ron ...
( Republican), Lewis & Clark Law School
The Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College (also known as Lewis & Clark Law School), is an American Bar Association#Accreditation of U.S. law schools since 1923, American Bar Association-approved private law school in the United ...
law professor[
* Rick Staggenborg ( Progressive), physician and founder of Soldiers For Peace][
* ]Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee Wyden ( ; born May 3, 1949) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996 United States Senate special el ...
( Democratic), incumbent U.S. Senator[
]
Campaign
Wyden, a popular incumbent with a 52% approval rating in a July poll, touted bipartisanship and promised to hold town-hall meetings annually in each of Oregon's 36 counties and to open offices outside of Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
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and Salem
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Canada
* Salem, Ontario, various places
Germany
* Salem, Baden-Württemberg, a municipality in the Bodensee district
** Salem Abbey (Reichskloster Salem), a monastery
* Salem, Schleswig-Holstein
Israel
* Salem (B ...
. A Survey USA
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poll taken a few days before the election showed that 23% of Republicans supported Wyden.
Huffman, widely considered as an underdog, financed his own campaign. He defended bonuses for Wall Street executives and questioned global warming
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.
Debates
The first debate took place on October 21, 2010, in Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census on April 1, 2020, the city had a total population of 85,824, making it the List of cities in Oregon, eighth-most populo ...
and was broadcast by KOBI-TV
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. Only the two major-party candidates, Huffman and Wyden, participated in the debate. The second debate, which was hosted by the City Club of Portland
The City Club of Portland is a nonprofit, nonpartisan civic organization based in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1916, the organization had approximately 1500 members and a paid staff of 4 in 2013. The former Mayor of Portla ...
at the Governor Hotel, took place on October 22. The debate played live on KOIN
KOIN (channel 6) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Salem, Oregon, Salem–licensed The CW, CW owned-and-operated station KRCW-TV (channel 32). The two ...
and re-aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting, public media organization for the U.S. state of Oregon as well as southern Washington (state), Washington. It provides news, information, and programming via television stati ...
later that night.
Predictions
Polling
Fundraising
Results
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
* Baker
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(largest city: Baker City)
* Crook
Crook is slang for criminal.
Crook or Crooks may also refer to:
Places Canada
* Crooks Inlet, former name of Kangiqturjuaq, Nunavut
England
* Crook, County Durham, a town
* Crook, Cumbria, a village and civil parish
* Crook Hill, Derby ...
(largest city: Prineville
Prineville is a city in and the seat of Crook County, Oregon, United States. It was named for the first merchant to establish businesses in the present location, Barney Prine. The population was 10,429 at the 2020 census.
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)
* Curry
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(largest city: Brookings Brookings may refer to:
Organizations
* Brookings Institution, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy organization based in Washington, D.C.
Places
* Brookings, Oregon, USA
* Brookings, South Dakota, USA
* Brookings County, South Dakota, USA ...
)
* Douglas
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* Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
* Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil ...
(largest city: Roseburg)
* Deschutes (largest city: Bend)
* Jefferson (largest city: Madras
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)
* Josephine (largest city: Grants Pass
Grants Pass is a city in and the county seat of Josephine County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on Interstate 5 in Oregon, Interstate 5, northwest of Medford, Oregon, Medford, along the Rogue River (Oregon), Rogue River. The populatio ...
)
* Klamath (largest city: Klamath Falls
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)
* Lake
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(largest city: Lakeview)
* Linn Linn may refer to:
People
* Linn (surname)
* Linn (given name)
* Carl Linnaeus, abbreviated as Linn.
* Linn da Quebrada, stage name of Brazilian singer, actress, screenwriter and television personality Lina Pereira dos Santos (born 1990)
Place ...
(largest city: Albany)
* Morrow
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* Morrow, Arkansas
*Morrow, Georgia
* Morrow, Louisiana
* Morrow, Ohio
*Morrow County, Ohio
*Morrow County, Oregon
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*Morrow Lake, Ontario
*Mount Morrow, Northwest Ter ...
(largest city: Boardman)
* Sherman
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*Sherman (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
** William Tecumseh Sherman (1820–1891), American Civil War General
*M4 Sherman, a World War II American tank
S ...
(largest city: Wasco)
* Umatilla (largest city: Hermiston
Hermiston () is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Its population of 20,322 makes it the largest city in Eastern Oregon. Hermiston is the largest and fastest-growing city in the Hermiston-Pendleton Micropolitan Statistical Area, t ...
)
* Union (largest city: La Grande)
* Wallowa Wallowa may refer to:
Places
*Wallowa, Oregon
*Wallowa County, Oregon
*Wallowa Lake
*Wallowa Lake State Park
*Wallowa Mountains
*Wallowa River
Other
*''Acacia calamifolia'', a shrub or tree
*''Acacia euthycarpa'', a shrub or tree
* ''The Wallo ...
(largest city: Enterprise
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Business and economics
Brands and enterprises
* Enterprise GP Holdings, an energy holding company
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* Enterpris ...
)
* Wheeler (largest city: Fossil
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)
References
External links
Elections Division
of the Oregon Secretary of State
U.S. Congress candidates for Oregon
at Project Vote Smart
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Oregon U.S. Senate 2010
from OurCampaigns.com
Campaign contributions
from Open Secrets
2010 Oregon Senate General Election: Jim Huffman (R) vs Ron Wyden (D)
graph of multiple polls from ''Pollster.com''
Election 2010: Oregon Senate
from Rasmussen Reports
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2010 Oregon Senate Race
from Real Clear Politics
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2010 Oregon Senate Race
from CQ Politics
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Race profile
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Official campaign websites
Bruce Cronk for U.S. Senate
Marc Delphine for U.S. Senate
Jim Huffman for U.S. Senate
Ron Wyden for U.S. Senate
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