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Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016
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The 3rd Congressional District of Oregon held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 8, 2016.
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Earl Blumenauer (D) defeated David Walker (independent) and David Delk (Progressive) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No Republican candidates filed to run in the race.[4][5]
| Candidate Filing Deadline | Primary Election | General Election |
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Oregon law allows parties to decide whether unaffiliated voters can vote in their primaries. As of October 2025, both major parties utilized a closed primary process where only registered party members may participate.[6]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Incumbent: Heading into the election, the incumbent was Earl Blumenauer (D), who was first elected in 1996.
As of the 2010 redistricting cycle, Oregon's 3rd Congressional District was located in the northeastern corner of the state and included portions of Clackamas and Multnomah counties.[7]
Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Earl Blumenauer Incumbent |
71.8% | 274,687 | |
| Independent | David Walker | 20.4% | 78,154 | |
| Progressive | David Delk | 7.3% | 27,978 | |
| N/A | Misc. | 0.4% | 1,536 | |
| Total Votes | 382,355 | |||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State | ||||
Candidates
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General election candidates: Earl Blumenauer   David Walker David Delk (Progressive) |
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District history
2014
The 3rd Congressional District of Oregon held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Earl Blumenauer (D) defeated James Buchal (Republican, independent and Constitution Party), Jeffrey Langan (L), Michael Meo (Pacific Green Party), and David Walker (I) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Earl Blumenauer Incumbent |
72.3% | 211,748 | |
| Republican | James Buchal | 19.6% | 57,424 | |
| Libertarian | Jeffrey Langan | 2.2% | 6,381 | |
| Green | Michael Meo | 4.1% | 12,106 | |
| Independent | David Walker | 1.4% | 4,009 | |
| Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous | 0.4% | 1,089 | |
| Total Votes | 292,757 | |||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State | ||||
2012
The 3rd Congressional District of Oregon held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Earl Blumenauer defeated Ronald Green (R), Woodrow Broadnax (Progressive), and Michael Cline (L) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Earl Blumenauer Incumbent |
74.5% | 264,979 | |
| Republican | Ronald Green | 19.8% | 70,325 | |
| Progressive | Woodrow Broadnax | 3.7% | 13,159 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Cline | 1.9% | 6,640 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.2% | 772 | |
| Total Votes | 355,875 | |||
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State | ||||
Important dates and deadlines
- See also: Oregon elections, 2016
The calendar below listed important dates for political candidates in Oregon in 2016.
| Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016 | |||
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| Deadline | Event type | Event description | |
| March 8, 2016 | Ballot access | Filing deadline for primary election candidates | |
| May 17, 2016 | Election date | Primary election | |
| August 30, 2016 | Ballot access | Filing deadline for unaffiliated and minor party candidates for the general election | |
| November 8, 2016 | Election date | General election | |
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State, "2016 Elections Calendar," accessed October 28, 2015 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2016
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2016 House Race Ratings for July 11, 2016," accessed July 19, 2016
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2016 House," accessed July 18, 2016
- ↑ Rothenberg & Gonzales Political Report, "House Ratings," accessed July 19, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate filings search results," accessed March 9, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "filed" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ The New York Times, "Oregon Primary Results," May 17, 2016
- ↑ Oregon Laws, "Or. Rev. Stat. § 254.365," accessed October 22, 2025
- ↑ Oregon Redistricting Map, "Map," accessed August 9, 2012
- ↑ Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!
