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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1986 United States Senate election in Oregon
| country = Oregon
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1980 United States Senate election in Oregon
| previous_year = 1980
| next_election = 1992 United States Senate election in Oregon
| next_year = 1992
| election_date = November 8, 1986
| image1 = RWPackwood.jpg
| image1_size = x150px
| nominee1 = '''[[Bob Packwood]]'''
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = '''656,317'''
| percentage1 = '''62.95%'''
| image2 = Rick Bauman.jpg
| image2_size = x150px
| nominee2 = [[Rick Bauman]]
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 375,735
| percentage2 = 36.04%
| title = U.S. Senator
| before_election = [[Bob Packwood]]
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = [[Bob Packwood]]
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
| map_image = 1986 United States Senate election in Oregon results map by county.svg
| map_size = 260px
| map_caption = County results <br/>
'''Packwood:''' {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}} 
'''Bauman:''' {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}}
}}
{{ElectionsOR}}
The '''1986 United States Senate election in Oregon''' was held on November 8, 1986. Incumbent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Bob Packwood]] ran for re-election. U.S. Congressman [[Jim Weaver (Oregon politician)|Jim Weaver]] received the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nomination. A populist Democratic congressman from [[Eugene, Oregon]], he was a darling of the environmentalists. Weaver supported the [[Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984]]. Packwood was confident, despite the popular opponent, because had more money and a better campaign organization.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.andykerr.net/ConservPolitics/PackwoodNoSex.html |title=Andy Kerr - the Browning of Bob Packwood |access-date=2010-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917065244/http://andykerr.net/ConservPolitics/PackwoodNoSex.html |archive-date=2010-09-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After winning the party nomination, Weaver was the subject of a [[House Ethics Committee]] probe into his campaign finances, and withdrew his candidacy. [[Rick Bauman]] was selected to replace Weaver on the ballot, and lost handily to Packwood.

==Democratic primary==

===Candidates===
====Declared====
* [[Rick Bauman]], State Representative
* [[Rod Monroe]], State Senator

====Withdrew====
* [[Jim Weaver (Oregon politician)|Jim Weaver]], U.S. Representative

===Results===
{{Election box begin no change| title=Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1986<ref name=86dp>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253141|title=Oregon US Senate Democratic Primary Race, May 20, 1986|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=April 9, 2010}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Jim Weaver (Oregon politician)|Jim Weaver]]
 | votes = 183,334
 | percentage = 61.56%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Rod Monroe]]
 | votes = 44,553
 | percentage = 14.96%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Rick Bauman]]
 | votes = 41,939
 | percentage = 14.08%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = Steve Anderson
 | votes = 26,130
 | percentage = 8.77%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = miscellaneous
 | votes = 1,868
 | percentage = 0.63%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes = 297,824
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}

After the primary, a [[United States House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct|House Ethics Committee]] probe into Weaver's campaign finances led him to withdraw his candidacy and the Oregon Democratic State Central Committee selected Bauman to replace Weaver on the ballot in August, just 10 weeks before the general election.<ref name=bishop>{{cite news
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wXozAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3830,6305449
|title=Bauman begins 'uphill campaign'
|date=August 26, 1968
|access-date=April 14, 2010
|work=[[The Register-Guard]]
|last=Bishop
|first=Bill
}}</ref>

==Republican primary==

===Candidates===
* Joe Lutz, Baptist minister and evangelical/conservative activist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HzUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EKcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3234,6819702&dq=joe+lutz&hl=en|title=Reading Eagle - Google News Archive Search}}</ref>
* [[Bob Packwood]], incumbent U.S. Senator

===Results===
[[File:1986 US Senate election in Oregon Republican Primary.svg|thumb|200px|Republican Primary results by county:
{{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#ed8783|Packwood}}
|{{legend|#ed8783|50–60%}}
|{{legend|#e55651|60–70%}}
}}
{{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#c88fe4|Lutz}}
|{{legend|#c88fe4|50–60%}}
|{{legend|#b368d9|60–70%}}
|{{legend|#7c31a2|80–90%}}
}}
]]
{{Election box begin no change| title=Republican primary for the United States Senate from Oregon, 1986<ref name=86rp>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253137|title=Oregon US Senate Republican Primary Race, May 20, 1986|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=April 9, 2010}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Bob Packwood]] (incumbent)
 | votes = 171,985
 | percentage = 57.62%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = Joe Lutz
 | votes = 126,315
 | percentage = 42.32%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = miscellaneous
 | votes = 166
 | percentage = 0.06%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes = 298,466
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}

==General election==

===Candidates===
* [[Rick Bauman]], State Representative
* [[Bob Packwood]], incumbent U.S. Senator

===Results===
{{Election box begin no change| title=[[United States Senate elections, 1986|United States Senate election in Oregon, 1986]]<ref name=86ge>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3689|title=Oregon US Senate Race, Nov 4, 1986|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|access-date=April 9, 2010}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party =  Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Bob Packwood]] (incumbent)
 | votes = 656,317
 | percentage = 62.95%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate = [[Rick Bauman]]
 | votes = 375,735
 | percentage = 36.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
 | party = Independent
 | candidate = ''Write-in''
 | votes = 10,503
 | percentage = 1.01%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes = 1,042,555
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link without swing
 | winner = Republican Party (United States)
 | loser = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[1986 United States Senate elections]]

== References ==
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{{Oregon elections}}
{{United States elections, 1986}}

[[Category:United States Senate elections in Oregon|1986]]
[[Category:1986 United States Senate elections|Oregon]]
[[Category:1986 Oregon elections|Senate]]