United States Senate election in Oregon, 2010
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The 2010 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2010 alongside other elections to the United States Senate
in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives
and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
won re-election to a third full term.
and Salem
. A Survey USA poll taken a few days before the election showed that 23% of Republicans supported Wyden.
Hoffman, widely considered as an underdog, financed his own campaign. He defended bonuses for Wall Street executives and questioned global warming
.
and was broadcasted by KOBI-TV. 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
at the Governor Hotel
, took place on October 22. The debate played live on KOIN
and re-aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting
later that night.
Official campaign websites
United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...
in other states, as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
Ron Wyden
Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden is the senior U.S. Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996....
won re-election to a third full term.
Candidates
- Pavel Goberman, fitness instructor and machinist
- Loren Hooker, farmer
- Ron WydenRon WydenRonald Lee "Ron" Wyden is the senior U.S. Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996....
, incumbent U.S. Senator
Polling
| Poll source | Dates administered | Ron Wyden | Loren Hooker | Pavel Goberman | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey USA | May 7–9, 2010 | 80% | 9% | 4% | 8% |
Results
Candidates
- Shane Dinkel, U.S. Army officer and farm worker
- Loren Later, businessman
- Robin Parker, businessman
- Jim HuffmanJim HuffmanJames L. "Jim" Huffman is a 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, facing incumbent Ron Wyden.-Early life:...
, Lewis & Clark Law SchoolLewis & Clark Law SchoolLewis and Clark Law School is a private American law school located in Portland, Oregon. In the last ten years, L&C's Environmental Law program has been the highest-rated in the United States eight times....
law professor - Thomas Stutzman, real estate broker
- Keith Waldron, farmer and truck driver
- Walter Woodland, woodworker
Polling
| Poll source | Dates administered | Jim Huffman | Thomas Stutzman | Keith Waldron | Robin Parker | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey USA | May 7–9, 2010 | 20% | 11% | 9% | 6% | 43% |
Results
Candidates
- Bruce Cronk (Working FamiliesWorking Families Party of OregonThe Oregon Working Families Party is a minor political party modeled after the national Working Families Party, but is organized locally and is autonomous...
), retired electrician - Marc Delphine (LibertarianLibertarian Party of OregonThe Libertarian Party of Oregon is a political party representing the national Libertarian Party in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is organized as a minor party for state election law, and recognized by the Oregon as a state-wide nominating party....
), financial planner,and a LGBTLGBTLGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
and Tea PartyTea Party movementThe Tea Party movement is an American populist political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and libertarian, and has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since 2009...
activist - Jim HuffmanJim HuffmanJames L. "Jim" Huffman is a 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, facing incumbent Ron Wyden.-Early life:...
(RepublicanOregon Republican PartyThe Oregon Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Oregon, headquartered in Lake Oswego. The first state party convention was held in Salem on April 21, 1859, and its first nominee for Congress, Portland attorney David Logan...
), Lewis & Clark Law SchoolLewis & Clark Law SchoolLewis and Clark Law School is a private American law school located in Portland, Oregon. In the last ten years, L&C's Environmental Law program has been the highest-rated in the United States eight times....
law professor - Rick Staggenborg (Progressive), physician, founder of Soldiers For Peace
- Ron WydenRon WydenRonald Lee "Ron" Wyden is the senior U.S. Senator for Oregon, serving since 1996, and a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1996....
(DemocraticDemocratic Party of OregonThe Democratic Party of Oregon, based in Portland, is the official Oregon affiliate of the United States Democratic Party. It is recognized by the state of Oregon as a major political party, along with the Oregon Republican Party...
), 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 PortlandPortland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
and Salem
Salem, Oregon
Salem is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, which runs north through the city. The river forms the boundary between Marion and Polk counties, and the city neighborhood...
. A Survey USA poll taken a few days before the election showed that 23% of Republicans supported Wyden.
Hoffman, widely considered as an underdog, financed his own campaign. He defended bonuses for Wall Street executives and questioned global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
.
Debates
The first debate took place on October 21, 2010 in Medford, OregonMedford, Oregon
Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
and was broadcasted by KOBI-TV. 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
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. It was organized in 1916 by a small group of men who began meeting in a downtown Portland restaurant to discuss the city's public institutions and government...
at the Governor Hotel
Governor Hotel (Portland, Oregon)
The Governor Hotel, formerly the Seward Hotel, is a historic hotel building in downtown, Portland, Oregon, United States. The present name dates from 1932....
, took place on October 22. The debate played live on KOIN
KOIN
KOIN is the CBS affiliate television station serving the Portland metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located in Portland, Oregon, United States; it broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 40...
and re-aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon Public Broadcasting is the primary television and radio public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington. With its headquarters and television studios in Portland, OPB consists of five full-power television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over...
later that night.
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Cook Political Report Cook Political Report The Cook Political Report is an independent, non-partisan online newsletter that analyzes elections and campaigns for the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, Governor's offices and the American Presidency. The Cook Political Report is led by a staff of five... |
Solid D | October 9, 2010 |
| Rothenberg Stuart Rothenberg Stuart Rothenberg is an American editor, publisher, and political analyst best known for his Washington-based, biweekly, self-proclaimed non-partisan political newsletter The Rothenberg Political Report... |
Safe D | October 8, 2010 |
| Swing State Project | Safe D | |
| RealClearPolitics RealClearPolitics RealClearPolitics is a political news and polling data aggregator based in Chicago, Illinois. The site's founders say their goal is to give readers "ideological diversity." They have described themselves as frustrated with what they perceive as anti-conservative, anti-Christian media bias, and... |
Likely D | |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball Sabato's Crystal Ball Sabato’s Crystal Ball is a free, nonpartisan weekly online newsletter and comprehensive website in the United States that analyzes the current American political scene and predicts electoral outcomes for U.S House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, governors, and U.S. president races... |
Safe D | September 30, 2010 |
| CQ Politics Congressional Quarterly Congressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress... |
Safe D | October 9, 2010 |
Polling
| Poll source | Dates administered | Jim Huffman (R) | Ron Wyden (D) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmussen Reports | February 16, 2010 | 35% | 49% |
| Rasmussen Reports | May 24, 2010 | 38% | 51% |
| Survey USA | June 7–9, 2010 | 38% | 51% |
| Rasmussen Reports | June 17, 2010 | 37% | 47% |
| Davis, Hibbits and Midghall | June 21, 2010 | 32% | 50% |
| Rasmussen Reports | July 26, 2010 | 35% | 51% |
| Survey USA | July 25–27, 2010 | 35% | 53% |
| Rasmussen Reports | August 22, 2010 | 36% | 56% |
| Rasmussen Reports | September 8, 2010 | 35% | 53% |
| Survey USA | September 12–14, 2010 | 38% | 54% |
| Rasmussen Reports | October 10, 2010 | 36% | 52% |
| Survey USA | October 12–14, 2010 | 34% | 56% |
| Public Policy Polling | October 17, 2010 | 40% | 56% |
| Rasmussen Reports | October 25, 2010 | 42% | 53% |
| Survey USA | October 23–28, 2010 | 32% | 57% |
Fundraising
| Candidate (party) | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on hand | Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Wyden (D) | $5,529,660 | $4,820,297 | $1,827,374 | $0 |
| James Huffman (R) | $2,227,784 | $1,576,662 | $651,118 | $1,350,000 |
| Marc Delphine (L) | $4,728 | $4,805 | $221 | $0 |
| Source: Federal Election Commission | ||||
Results
External links
- Elections Division at the Oregon Department of State
- U.S. Congress candidates for Oregon at Project Vote SmartProject Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
- Oregon U.S. Senate 2010 from OurCampaigns.com
- Campaign contributions from Open SecretsOpen SecretsOpen Secrets is a book of short stories by Alice Munro published by McClelland and Stewart in 1994. It was nominated for the 1994 Governor General's Award for English Fiction.-Stories:* "Carried Away"* "A Real Life"...
- 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 ReportsRasmussen ReportsRasmussen Reports is an American media company that publishes and distributes information based on public opinion polling. Founded by pollster Scott Rasmussen in 2003, the company updates daily indexes including the President's job approval rating, and provides public opinion data, analysis, and...
- 2010 Oregon Senate Race from Real Clear Politics
- 2010 Oregon Senate Race from CQ PoliticsCongressional QuarterlyCongressional Quarterly, Inc., or CQ, is a privately owned publishing company that produces a number of publications reporting primarily on the United States Congress...
- Race profile from The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Official campaign websites