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Oregon Secretary of State - Elections Division
1996 Oregon Congressional and Statewide Results |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties |
President, 42.5% in '92 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 63% Democrat |
| William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (D) 47.15% |
ex-U.S. Senator Robert J. Dole (R) 39.06% |
businessman H. Ross Perot (Rfm) 8.80%, consumer attorney / Green Party nominee Ralph Nader (Pac) 3.59%, businessman Harry Browne (L) 0.65%, Conservative Caucus founder Howard Phillips (T) 0.25%, Dr. John S. Hagelin (NL) 0.20%, Mary Cal Hollis (S) 0.14%, |
| Senator, 1/30/96 Special Election to replace Ron Packwood (R) resigned |
| U.S. Rep. Ron Wyden (D) 48% |
Oregon St. Sen. Pres. Gordon Smith (R) 47% |
Karen Shilling (AH) 2%, Gene Nanni (L) 1%, Vicki Valdez (S) 1%, Lou Gold (Pac) 1%, |
Senator, Mark Hatfield (R) retiring, 53.7% in '90 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 64% Democrat, Cook Report: Toss Up, Roll Call: Toss Up, Rothenberg Report: Possible Take Over, Campaign & Elections: 1:1, Politics Now: Leans Republican, |
| Businessman Tom Bruggere (D) 46.5% |
Oregon St. Sen. Pres. Gordon Smith (R) 48.9% |
Brent Thompson (Rfm) 1.6%, Gary Kutcher (Pac) 1.1%, Paul "Stormy" Mohn (L) 1.0%, Christopher Phelps (S) 0.5%, Michael L. Hoyes (NL) 0.4%, |
1st Cong. District, 47.7% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 64% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Toss Up, Campaign & Election's Odds: 5:4 Democrat, Politics Now: Toss Up, Hotline: Hot Seat, |
| Elizabeth Furse (D) 54.6% |
'94 nominee / businessman Bill Witt (R) 42.2% |
Richard Johnson (L) 2.8%, David Princ (S) 0.5%, John Vincent Meyers (NL) 0%, |
2nd Cong. District, Wes Cooley (R) retiring after scandal, 57.3% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 64% Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Campaign & Election's Odds: 3:2 Republican, Politics Now: Safe Republican, |
| Deschutes Co. DA Mike Dugan (D) 39% |
ex-U.S. Rep./'94 Governor nominee Robert F. "Bob" Smith (R) 59.1% |
Frank Wise (L) 2.0%, ex-Reagan offical Ronald Robertson (Rfm) 0%, |
3rd Cong. District, Ron Wyden (D) elected to U.S. Senate, 72.5% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 10:1 Democrat, Politics Now: Safe Democrat, |
| City Commissioner Earl Blumenauer (D) 68.2% |
Scott Bruun (R) 24.9% |
Joe Keating (Pac) 4.0%, Bruce Alexander Knight (L) 1.9%, Victoria P. Guillebeau (S) 1.1%, |
4th Cong. District, 66.8% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 90% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 2:1 Democrat |
| Pete A. DeFazio (D) 68.6% |
'94 nominee John D. Newkirk (R) 26.6% |
Tonie Nathan (L) 1.9%, William Bonville (Rfm) 1.6%, David G. Duemler (S) 0.7%, Allan Opus (Pac) 0.6%, |
5th Cong. District, 49.8% in '94 D.C.'s Political Report's Prediction: 64% Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Campaign & Election's Odds: 8:7 Democrat, Politics Now: Toss Up, Hotline: Hot Seat, |
| ex-St. Rep./ County Commissioner Darlene Hooley (D) 51.6% |
Jim Bunn (R) 45% |
Lawrence Knight-Duquesne (L) 2.4%, Trey Smith (S) 1.0%, |
1. Key to Predictions: Roll Call,
The Cook Political Report,
The Rothenberg Political Report,
Campaign & Election Magazine,
D.C.'s Political Report
2. Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates
open races. Blue boxes indicates winner. Red print indicates change in party control.
3. Key to Party Identification.
(AH) = American Heritage Party
(D) = Democratic Party
(I) = independent candidates
(L) = Libertarian Party
(NL) = Natural Law Party
(Pac) = Pacific Party - Affiliated with the Green Party
(Rfm) = Reform Party
(R) = Republican Party
(S) = Socialist Party
(WI) = Write-in candidates
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