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Election
1996 United States Senate special election in Oregon
County resultsWyden : 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Smith : 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
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.
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.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Peter DeFazio , U.S. Representative
[2]
Michael Donnelly, businessman and President of Wild Oregon Water
[3]
Anna Nevenic, nurse and perennial candidate
[4]
J.J.T. Van Dooremolen
Ron Wyden , U.S. Representative
[5]
Results
Results by county 30–40%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Republican primary
Candidates
Sam Berry, attorney
[7]
Brian Boquist , businessman and rancher
[8]
Jeffrey Brady, dentist
[9]
Valentine Christian, candidate for the U.S. Senate
in 1992
Robert J. Fenton
Lex Loeb
Norma Paulus ,
Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction , former
Oregon Secretary of State , and nominee for
Governor of Oregon in
1986
[10]
Jack Roberts , Commissioner of the
Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
[11]
Gordon H. Smith ,
President of the
Oregon State Senate
[12]
John Thomas, policeman
[13]
Tony G. Zangaro
Results
Results by county 50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
General election
Results
See also
References
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