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      Nov. 2, 2010 U.S. Senate                                      

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+Ron Wyden (D) i
 		825,507
 		57.22%
Jim Huffman (R)
 		566,199
 		39.25%
Bruce Cronk (WFP)
 		18,940
 		1.31%
Marc Delphine (L)
 		16,028
 		1.11%
Rick Staggenborg (P)
 		14,466
 		1.00%
misc.
 		1,448
 		0.10%

1,442,588
Registered voters: 2,068,798.  Ballots returned: 1,487,210.
Plurality: 259,308 votes (17.98 percentage points).
 OR Secretary of State



Notes:  Sen. Ron Wyden (D) defeated Lewis & Clark College law professor Jim Huffman (R) and three third party candidates.

In the May 18 primaries, seven candidates were on the Republican ballot.  Huffman finished first with 110,450 votes (41.70%) followed by Loren Later (15.01%), G. Shane Dinkel (13.88%), Thomas Stutzman (12.03%) and three others in single digits.  Wyden won 90% of the vote against two opponents.
 
Wyden and Huffman participated in two debates:  on KOBI TV 5 in Medford on Oct. 21 (>); and hosted by Portland City Club at The Governor Hotel, broadcast by Oregon Public Broadcasting and KOIN 6, on Oct. 22.

Open Secrets reports the Wyden campaign raised $6.9 million, spent $8.5 million while the Huffman campaign raised $2.4 million and spent $2.2 million (>).  Huffman's fundraising included loans totaling $1.35 million.



Campaign Managers:
Ron Wyden:  Jake Weigler
Communications director at the Oregon Department of Education, 2009-10.  Campaign director for Healthy Climate Partnership, 2008-09.  Executive assistant to the Attorney General at the Oregon Department of Justice, 2008.  Campaign manager on Steve Novick for U.S. Senate, 2007-08.  Spokesperson for the Governor, 2006-07.  Research director at Media Matters for America, 2005-06.  Research associate at the DNC, 2003-05.  Campaign manager on Dingfelder for State Representative, 2002.  M.A. in political science from The University of Texas at Austin, 2001; B.S. in politics and women's studies from New York University, 1999.

Jim Huffman:  Amilyn Gordon
(Aug. 2010)  External affairs coordinator for Gov. Janice K. Brewer (AZ), Feb.-Dec. 2009.  Finance director for the Arizona Republican Party, Sept. 2007-Jan. 2009.  PAC coordinator for the Washington Restaurant Association, Oct. 2005-Sept. 2007.  Campaign manager on Friends of Karen Minnis, Apr.-Nov. 2006.  Finance director for the Washington State Republican Party, Mar.-Oct. 2005.  Finance assistant on Dino Rossi for governor, Jan. 2004-Mar. 2005.


See also:
Jeff Mapes.  "Huffman raises questions by loaning $1.35 million to his race for Senate."  The Oregonian, Oct. 27, 2010.

Bennett Hall.  "The story behind that ad on the economy."  Corvallis Gazette, Oct. 27, 2010.

Bill Graves.  "Challenger Jim Huffman champions limited government in quest to unseat Ron Wyden."  The Oregonian, Oct. 8, 2010.

Jeff Mapes.  "Lewis & Clark law professor Jim Huffman announces run against Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden."  The Oregonian, Mar. 5, 2010.


 Oregon Secretary of State: 2010 State Voters' Pamphlet.






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