The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.
The seat
Jeff Merkley
Democrat · Holds the seat now
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Oregon
- General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks
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How they won the primary
The primary · 490,457 votes
- Jeff MerkleyWon93.2%457,006
- Paul D. Wells6.2%30,544
- Write-in0.6%2,907
The primary · 366,201 votes
- David Brock SmithWon29.5%107,953
- Jo Rae Perkins27.1%99,278
- Brent Barker23.3%85,229
- Russ McAlmond11.5%42,136
- Deborah C. Brown3.8%14,021
3 more candidates on the full canvass.
Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $8M
- Outside money
- $29K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The 4 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
5 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+18 in 2020
- Jeff MerkleyWon56.9%
- Jo Rae Perkins39.3%
2,321,249 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.