The 1996 United States Senate special election in Oregon was held on January 30, 1996, to fill the seat vacated by Republican Bob Packwood, who had resigned from the Senate due to sexual misconduct allegations.
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County results Wyden: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Smith: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | |||||||||||||||||
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In the primaries held on December 5, 1995, Democratic U.S. Representative Ron Wyden and Republican President of the Oregon State Senate Gordon H. Smith were nominated. Wyden then defeated Smith in the general election.[1] Smith would win the regularly-scheduled election to the Senate later that year and serve alongside Wyden until 2009. Wyden's victory made him the first Democratic senator from Oregon since 1969, after Wayne Morse very narrowly lost re-election to Packwood.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ron Wyden | 212,532 | 49.46% | |
Democratic | Peter DeFazio | 187,411 | 43.61% | |
Democratic | Anna Nevenic | 11,201 | 2.61% | |
Democratic | Michael Donnelly | 8,340 | 1.94% | |
Democratic | Write-in Candidates | 7,959 | 1.85% | |
Democratic | J.J.T. Van Dooremolen | 2,279 | 0.53% | |
Plurality | 25,121 | 5.85% | ||
Total votes | 429,722 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gordon H. Smith | 246,060 | 63.63 | |
Republican | Norma Paulus | 98,158 | 25.38 | |
Republican | Jack Roberts | 29,687 | 7.68 | |
Republican | John Thomas | 3,272 | 0.85 | |
Republican | Brian Boquist | 3,228 | 0.84 | |
Republican | Tony G. Zangaro | 1,638 | 0.42 | |
Republican | Sam Berry | 1,426 | 0.37 | |
Republican | Jeffrey Brady | 1,160 | 0.3 | |
Republican | Valentine Christian | 943 | 0.24 | |
Republican | Robert J. Fenton | 632 | 0.16 | |
Republican | Lex Loeb | 508 | 0.13 | |
Majority | 147,902 | 38.25% | ||
Total votes | 386,712 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ron Wyden | 571,739 | 47.78% | |
Republican | Gordon H. Smith | 553,519 | 46.26% | |
American Independent | Karen Shilling | 25,597 | 2.14% | |
Libertarian | Gene Nanni | 15,698 | 1.31% | |
Independent | Write-In Candidates | 14,958 | 1.25% | |
Socialist | Vickie Valdez | 7,872 | 0.66% | |
Pacific Green | Lou Gold | 7,225 | 0.60% | |
Plurality | 18,220 | 1.52% | ||
Total votes | 1,196,608 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
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