2026 results · Oregon · county

Benton County, Oregon

Merkley carried Benton County by 40.5 points in the Senate race, 0.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here (D+39.6). 3 races have votes counted here.

Benton County on the national map

Votes counted, Senate: 44,779; 91% of the 49,336 votes for president in 2024
2026 margin: D+40.5
2024 president: D+39.6
Shift from 2024: 0.9 pts → D
In Oregon: 3rd of 36; The 3rd best county for Merkley of the 36 counted; 3rd for turnout against 2024.

Statewide races

Oregon SenateJeff Merkley won · D+19.5 across the state
68.4% Jeff Merkley28.0% David Brock Smith
D+40.544,779 votes
0.9 pts → D2024 D+39.6
Oregon GovernorTina Kotek won · D+9.6 across the state
63.9% Tina Kotek33.1% Christine Drazan
D+30.844,756 votes
8.8 pts → R2024 D+39.6

The House

Oregon 4th DistrictBenton County's part of the district · Val Hoyle won · D+10.9 across the district
65.5% Val Hoyle30.4% Monique DeSpain
D+35.144,637 votes
7.7 pts → R2024 D+42.9

Also in this county: OR-05, with no votes counted in this county's part. Counts come from each race’s official source, named on its own page. Margins are the leading two candidates’ difference in points of all votes counted. 2024 is the presidential vote, Harris against Trump, on the same ground (for a House district, the county’s part of it). A county is not compared with 2024 until a quarter of its 2024 vote is counted. Ranks are among the state’s counties with votes counted in the same race.