U.S. House — OR-02 · Oregon · 2026
General election · 2 on the November ballot · Incumbent running
Model rating Leans Republican (Tilting) on our experimental model — not a poll or a forecast.
No polls on file for this race. Model inputs: 5 of 7, updated today. Sources · What is validated
News attention 22/100 — how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated yesterday. How it works
On the November ballot (2)
From reported primary results, checked 2026-09-30. Each state certifies its own ballot; see the source below.
Ran in the primary (5)
Lost a primary or runoff for this seat — not on the November ballot.
Ballot source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oregon&oldid=1377416930
Latest verified field polling
Only checksummed releases from verified (Tier V) pollsters appear here.
No verified poll has been published for this race. Vector, our experimental model rating, is below — it is not a poll.
Polling average
No polls on file for this race yet. See latest polls across every race.
Campaign money (FEC)
Candidate committee totals for the cycle from the Federal Election Commission (public domain), as of each committee's latest report.
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Bentz | $1,011,413 | $646,983 | $1,420,775 | 2026-06-30 |
| Chris Beck | $94,774 | $40,996 | $53,777 | 2026-06-30 |
| Dawn Rasmussen | $71,006 | $71,006 | $0 | 2026-06-30 |
| Mary Doyle | $6,474 | $6,474 | $0 | 2026-06-30 |
| Patty Snow | $27,274 | $27,274 | $0 | 2026-07-15 |
| Peter James Larson | $7,797 | $7,797 | $0 | 2026-05-20 |
| Rebecca McKay Mueller | $20,409 | $20,409 | $0 | 2026-07-31 |
Results
Vote counts as reported by the state; transcribed from the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the state's official results.
Democratic primary
| Chris Beck won | 15,951 | 34.4% |
| Mary Doyle | 9,101 | 19.6% |
| Rebecca Mueller | 8,357 | 18.0% |
| Dawn Rasmussen | 6,880 | 14.8% |
| Patty Snow | 4,224 | 9.1% |
| Peter Quince | 1,258 | 2.7% |
| Write-in | 610 | 1.3% |
Republican primary
| Cliff Bentz (incumbent) won | 79,543 | 79.6% |
| Peter Larson | 14,565 | 14.6% |
| Andrea Carr | 5,353 | 5.4% |
| Write-in | 474 | 0.5% |
Source: Wikipedia article revision (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-09-30 · parser wiki-race-1.0.0
Key dates
Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.
- 2026-05-19 — Primary election: U.S. House
- 2026-11-03 — General election: U.S. House
Source: FEC election dates (public domain).
Signals (experimental)
Attention 22 Vector R · Tilting
Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)
Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly
Vugol Me Vector (experimental)
Directional rating without probability · experimental · model confidence: medium
Daily precision telemetry
Per-source daily series, CSV export and Vector inputs · paid plans
Sources
- Roster — official filings; fundraising from FEC datapoints where on file (https://api.open.fec.gov/).
- Attention inputs — Wikipedia pageviews (https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/) and GDELT news volume and tone (https://www.gdeltproject.org/).
- Polls and results — individual polls and primary results listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each poll linked to the pollster's release; money and election dates from the FEC (public domain). How rows are checked.
- Models pulse-1.0.0 · vector-1.1.0 · attention inputs SHA-256 3b4082bdbdf2 · methodology · license CC BY 4.0 (data license).
Band: R · Tilting (experimental). Have a say in the community poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.