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Election 1980 Results

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1980 US Senate election in Oregon

Bob Packwood (Republican) beat Ted Kulongoski (Democrat) in Oregon in 1980, 52.1% to 44.0%, a margin of 8.1 points and 92,327 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1974, when Bob Packwood also won.

Republicans led in 32 of the 36 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 4. The largest, Multnomah, cast 249,956 votes and went to the Democrat by 2.7 points. The closest was Columbia, where 266 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bob Packwood won Republican 594,290 52.1%
Ted Kulongoski Democratic 501,963 44.0%
All other candidates 44,241 3.9%
Total1,140,494

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Multnomah 124,084 49.6% 117,276 46.9% 8,596 249,956 D+2.7
Lane 64,473 52.0% 54,022 43.6% 5,413 123,908 D+8.4
Washington 45,646 41.8% 59,487 54.5% 4,063 109,196 R+12.7
Clackamas 46,558 45.4% 52,020 50.7% 3,991 102,569 R+5.3
Marion 35,447 42.4% 45,669 54.6% 2,545 83,661 R+12.2
Jackson 19,685 35.0% 34,016 60.5% 2,516 56,217 R+25.5
Douglas 17,938 45.8% 19,184 49.0% 2,042 39,164 R+3.2
Linn 15,221 42.2% 19,717 54.7% 1,122 36,060 R+12.5
Benton 12,612 37.6% 19,600 58.4% 1,330 33,542 R+20.8
Deschutes 10,434 36.7% 17,102 60.1% 899 28,435 R+23.4
Coos 13,989 51.1% 12,387 45.2% 1,005 27,381 D+5.9
Klamath 10,059 39.6% 14,312 56.4% 1,009 25,380 R+16.8
Josephine 6,860 30.3% 14,512 64.0% 1,301 22,673 R+33.7
Umatilla 6,779 31.9% 13,671 64.4% 779 21,229 R+32.5
Polk 7,928 40.1% 11,111 56.3% 712 19,751 R+16.1
Yamhill 7,923 40.2% 10,842 55.0% 934 19,699 R+14.8
Lincoln 7,549 44.7% 8,485 50.3% 845 16,879 R+5.5
Columbia 7,577 49.1% 7,311 47.3% 554 15,442 D+1.7
Clatsop 5,500 44.4% 6,476 52.3% 404 12,380 R+7.9
Union 3,786 34.3% 6,834 61.9% 423 11,043 R+27.6
Malheur 3,291 30.4% 6,941 64.2% 576 10,808 R+33.8
Wasco 4,510 44.5% 5,277 52.1% 350 10,137 R+7.6
Tillamook 4,406 43.9% 5,285 52.7% 335 10,026 R+8.8
Curry 2,666 32.3% 5,134 62.2% 449 8,249 R+29.9
Baker 2,813 35.6% 4,720 59.8% 364 7,897 R+24.1
Hood River 2,551 36.8% 3,945 56.9% 437 6,933 R+20.1
Crook 2,328 39.9% 3,350 57.5% 153 5,831 R+17.5
Jefferson 1,824 38.7% 2,707 57.5% 180 4,711 R+18.7
Grant 1,393 33.4% 2,636 63.3% 136 4,165 R+29.8
Harney 1,435 38.3% 2,152 57.4% 162 3,749 R+19.1
Lake 1,379 38.0% 2,116 58.3% 135 3,630 R+20.3
Wallowa 1,362 37.9% 2,009 55.8% 227 3,598 R+18.0
Morrow 945 30.6% 1,987 64.3% 159 3,091 R+33.7
Sherman 408 35.0% 720 61.7% 38 1,166 R+26.8
Gilliam 365 32.2% 731 64.5% 38 1,134 R+32.3
Wheeler 239 29.7% 546 67.9% 19 804 R+38.2

Counties as they stood in 1980; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Oregon Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Ron Wyden (D) D+14.9
2020 Jeff Merkley (D) D+17.6
2016 Ron Wyden (D) D+23.3
2014 Jeff Merkley (D) D+18.9
2010 Ron Wyden (D) D+18.0
2008 Jeff Merkley (D) D+3.4
2004 Ron Wyden (D) D+31.6
2002 Gordon Smith (R) R+16.6
1998 Ron Wyden (D) D+27.3
1996 Gordon Smith (R) R+3.9
1992 Bob Packwood (R) R+5.6
1990 Mark O. Hatfield (R) R+7.5
1986 Bob Packwood (R) R+26.9
1984 Mark O. Hatfield (R) R+33.1
1980 Bob Packwood (R) R+8.1
1978 Mark Hatfield (R) R+23.4
1974 Bob Packwood (R) R+10.8
1972 Mark Hatfield (R) R+7.6
1968 Bob Packwood (R) R+0.4
1966 Mark Hatfield (R) R+3.5
1962 Wayne Morse (D) D+8.3
1960 Maurine Neuberger (D) D+9.2
1956 Wayne Morse (D) D+8.4
1954 Richard Neuberger (D) D+0.4
1950 Wayne Morse (R) R+51.6
1948 Guy Cordon (R) R+20.1
1944 Wayne Morse (R) R+21.4
1942 Charles McNary (R) R+54.1
1938 Rufus C. Holman (R) R+9.7
1936 Charles McNary (R) R+1.4
1932 Frederick Steiwer (R) R+13.9
1930 Charles McNary (R) R+30.1
1926 Frederick Steiwer (R) R+3.4
1924 Charles McNary (R) R+41.3
1920 Robert Stanfield (R) R+7.2
1918 Charles McNary (R) R+11.9
1914 George Chamberlain (D) D+9.5