Oregon's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026
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| Oregon's 2nd Congressional District |
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| Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: March 3, 2026 (incumbent) March 10, 2026 (non-incumbent) |
| Primary: May 19, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
| How to vote |
| Poll times:
7 a.m. to 8 p.m. |
| Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2026 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • 1st • 2nd • 3rd • 4th • 5th • 6th Oregon elections, 2026 U.S. Congress elections, 2026 U.S. Senate elections, 2026 U.S. House elections, 2026 |
All U.S. House districts, including the 2nd Congressional District of Oregon, are holding elections in 2026. The general election is November 3, 2026. The primary is May 19, 2026. The filing deadline for incumbents was March 3, 2026. The filing deadline for non-incumbents was March 10, 2026. The outcome of this race will affect the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 120th Congress. All 435 U.S. House districts are up for election.
Currently, Republicans have a 218-214 majority with three vacancies in the chamber.[1] To read more about the U.S. House elections taking place this year, click here. For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- Oregon's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (May 19 Democratic primary)
- Oregon's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 (May 19 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 19, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Peter Black (D)
- Mitchel Knight (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Incumbent Cliff Bentz, Andrea Carr, and Peter Larson are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 19, 2026.
Candidate | ||
| Cliff Bentz | ||
| Andrea Carr | ||
| Peter Larson | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Russell McAlmond (R)
Candidate profiles
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Oregon
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| Cliff Bentz | Republican Party | $619,785 | $368,410 | $1,307,719 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Chris Beck | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Mary Doyle | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Rebecca Mueller | Democratic Party | $3,772 | $825 | $2,947 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Peter Quince | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Dawn Rasmussen | Democratic Party | $32,686 | $19,186 | $13,500 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Patty Snow | Democratic Party | $20,708 | $9,332 | $11,376 | As of December 31, 2025 |
| Andrea Carr | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Peter Larson | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[2]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[3][4][5]
| Race ratings: Oregon's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026 | |||||||||
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| Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
| 3/10/2026 | 3/3/2026 | 2/24/2026 | 2/17/2026 | ||||||
| The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
| Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Pending | Pending | Pending | Pending | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week. | |||||||||
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Oregon in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Oregon, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Oregon | U.S. House | Major party | The lesser of either 1,000 signatures or 2% of the number of votes cast in the district for the candidates of that major political party for presidential electors at the last presidential election. | $150 | Incumbents: 3/3/2026, New candidates: 3/10/2026 | Source |
| Oregon | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | Number of signatures equal to 1% of the number of votes cast in the district for president | N/A | Incumbents: 8/18/2026, New candidates: 8/25/2026 | Source |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Incumbent Cliff Bentz (R) defeated Dan Ruby (D / Progressive Party) and Michael Stettler () in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cliff Bentz (R) | 63.9 | 224,601 |
| | Dan Ruby (D / Progressive Party) ![]() | 32.8 | 115,337 | |
| | Michael Stettler () ![]() | 3.2 | 11,255 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 296 | ||
| Total votes: 351,489 | ||||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Dan Ruby (D) defeated Steve William Laible (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dan Ruby ![]() | 85.0 | 33,585 |
| | Steve William Laible | 13.5 | 5,325 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6% | 620 | ||
| Total votes: 39,530 | ||||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Incumbent Cliff Bentz (R) defeated Jason Beebe (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cliff Bentz | 81.3 | 73,031 |
| | Jason Beebe ![]() | 18.3 | 16,403 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4% | 360 | ||
| Total votes: 89,794 | ||||
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General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Incumbent Cliff Bentz (R) defeated Joseph Yetter (D) in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cliff Bentz (R) | 67.5 | 208,369 |
| | Joseph Yetter (D) ![]() | 32.4 | 99,882 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 425 | ||
| Total votes: 308,676 | ||||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Joseph Yetter (D) defeated Adam Prine (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Yetter ![]() | 69.1 | 27,814 |
| | Adam Prine | 29.0 | 11,669 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0% | 788 | ||
| Total votes: 40,271 | ||||
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Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Incumbent Cliff Bentz (R) defeated Mark Cavener (R) and Katherine Gallant (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cliff Bentz | 75.0 | 67,051 |
| | Mark Cavener ![]() | 19.4 | 17,372 | |
| Katherine Gallant | 5.1 | 4,598 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4% | 386 | ||
| Total votes: 89,407 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brett Cahill (R)
- Raiph Huber (R)
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Cliff Bentz (R) defeated Alex Spenser (D) and Robert Werch (L) in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cliff Bentz (R) | 59.9 | 273,835 |
| | Alex Spenser (D) ![]() | 36.9 | 168,881 | |
| | Robert Werch (L) ![]() | 3.1 | 14,094 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 623 | ||
| Total votes: 457,433 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Patrick Archer (Independent)
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Alex Spenser (D) defeated Nick Heuertz (D), Chris Vaughn (D), Jack Howard (D), and John Holm (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Spenser ![]() | 32.1 | 23,482 |
| | Nick Heuertz ![]() | 31.0 | 22,685 | |
| | Chris Vaughn ![]() | 18.2 | 13,351 | |
| | Jack Howard ![]() | 8.3 | 6,047 | |
| | John Holm | 8.1 | 5,908 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.4% | 1,734 | ||
| Total votes: 73,207 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Raz Mason (D)
- Isabella Tibbetts (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cliff Bentz | 31.3 | 37,488 |
| | Knute Buehler | 22.1 | 26,405 | |
| | Jason Atkinson | 19.5 | 23,274 | |
| | Jimmy Crumpacker | 18.0 | 21,507 | |
| | Travis Fager ![]() | 3.6 | 4,265 | |
| | Jeff Smith ![]() | 2.1 | 2,539 | |
| Justin Livingston | 1.1 | 1,350 | ||
| | Mark Roberts ![]() | 1.1 | 1,336 | |
| | David Campbell ![]() | 0.3 | 418 | |
| | Glenn Carey | 0.2 | 283 | |
| | Kenneth Medenbach ![]() | 0.2 | 267 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4% | 450 | ||
| Total votes: 119,582 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justus Mayo (R)
Libertarian Party convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Oregon District 2
Robert Werch (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on July 6, 2020.
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District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below is the district map in place for this election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Oregon's 2nd the 89th most Republican district nationally.[6]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2024 presidential election was in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by The Downballot.
| Kamala Harris | Donald Trump |
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| 35.0% | 62.0% |
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Oregon, 2024
Oregon presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 16 Democratic wins
- 16 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
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| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
- See also: Party control of Oregon state government
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Oregon's congressional delegation as of October 2025.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Oregon | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Republican | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 8 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Oregon's top three state executive offices as of October 2025.
| Office | Officeholder |
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| Governor | |
| Secretary of State | |
| Attorney General |
State legislature
Oregon State Senate
| Party | As of January 2026 | |
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| Democratic Party | 18 | |
| Republican Party | 12 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | |
Oregon House of Representatives
| Party | As of January 2026 | |
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| Democratic Party | 37 | |
| Republican Party | 23 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 60 | |
Trifecta control
Oregon Party Control: 1992-2025
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, when there are no vacancies, is 218 seats.
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
