Jeff Merkley (Democrat), David Brock Smith (Republican), Gary Lyndon Dye (Libertarian) and Chris Henry (Progressive) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. Senate in Oregon, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Oregon Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Gary Lyndon Dye (Libertarian) and Chris Henry (Progressive).
Official candidate list: Oregon Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Jeff Merkley
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2009 · Age 69
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, 2026
Register 21 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 490,457 votes
- Jeff Merkley Won: 93.2% 457,006
- Paul D. Wells: 6.2% 30,544
The total includes 2,907 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
The primary · 366,201 votes
- David Brock Smith Won: 29.5% 107,953
- Jo Rae Perkins: 27.1% 99,278
- Brent Barker: 23.3% 85,229
- Russ McAlmond: 11.5% 42,136
- Deborah C. Brown: 3.8% 14,021
2 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The total includes 3,254 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Oregon Secretary of State official Abstract of Votes, May 19, 2026 primary. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $8M
- Outside money
- $25K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other 2 names on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest 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 Merkley Won: 56.9%
- Jo Rae Perkins: 39.3%
2,321,249 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 3.8%. 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. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.