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1986 Oregon U.S. Senate Election

Oregon · 2 candidates · See every 1986 U.S. Senate race

Who won the 1986 Oregon U.S. Senate Election?

Bob Packwood won the 1986 Oregon U.S. Senate Election. Bob Packwood received 656,317 popular votes (62.95%). The main challenger was Rick Bauman (36.04%).

See the full head-to-head between Packwood and Bauman

Packwood +26.9 pts · won by 280,582 votes
Bob PackwoodRepublicanWINNER62.95%
656,317 votes
Rick BaumanDemocratic36.04%
375,735 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified August 15, 2026.