Oregon Incumbents Hold All Seven Congressional Seats With 1 Million Votes Counted

All seven incumbent members of Oregon's congressional delegation are leading their races with more than 1 million votes counted as of 8 p.m. on Tuesday.

The Associated Press has already called the Senate race for Democrat Jeff Merkley and the House races for Democratic Representatives Suzanne Bonamici and Maxine Dexter.

The remaining four House races remain close, but all sitting representatives hold leads over their challengers.

The tightest contest is in the 5th Congressional District, which covers Linn County, most of Clackamas and Deschutes counties, and parts of Multnomah and Marion counties.

Democratic Representative Janelle Bynum leads Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair by nearly 10 percentage points.

Bynum took the district in 2024 by defeating Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

Speaking to reporters on Tuesday evening, Bynum said she does not take her position for granted in this swing district.

“My job was to defend this seat and make sure that Democrats could regain control of the House,” Bynum said. “This was a hard-fought seat to begin with. It was $37.5 million the first time. We wanted to make it a non-contest this time.”

Campaign finance records show Bynum raised more than $4.7 million for her second term bid, while Adair raised $680,000.

The 4th Congressional District, which includes the central and southern coast and the university towns of Eugene and Corvallis, saw a rematch of the 2024 election.

Democratic Representative Val Hoyle is leading Republican challenger Monique DeSpain by nearly 12 percentage points.

Hoyle defeated DeSpain by nearly 8 percentage points in the previous election cycle two years ago. The district has a large share of nonaffiliated voters, followed by Democrats and Republicans in lower numbers. In the 1st District along the North Coast, Bonamici captured 70% of the vote. The 1st District has the second highest proportion of registered Democratic voters in the state. In the 2nd District, which borders Idaho and has the highest percentage of registered Republicans, Representative Cliff Bentz is leading former state lawmaker Chris Beck by 21 percentage points. Bentz appears set for a fourth term. In the 3rd District, which is centered in Portland and has the highest proportion of registered Democrats, Representative Maxine Dexter won reelection with more than 75% of the vote. She defeated Republican challenger Loran Ayles. In the 6th District in the Willamette Valley, Representative Andrea Salinas is leading former Dundee mayor David Russ by nearly 16 percentage points. Salinas is on track for a third term. The 6th District was once considered competitive, but this year's race did not feature a high profile challenger. Merkley defeated three challengers in the Senate race: Republican state senator David Brock Smith of Port Orford, Libertarian candidate Gary Lyndon Dye, and Progressive and Pacific Green candidate Chris Henry. All candidates for Oregon's congressional seats raised at least $19.6 million and spent $13.5 million on their campaigns this election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission data. The state’s five Democratic and one Republican House members, along with Merkley, maintained leads in their respective races as voting concluded.