Jeff Smith (Oregon)

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Jeff Smith (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 19, 2020.

Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Jeff Smith was born in La Grande, Oregon. He earned a bachelor's degree from Oregon Institute of Technology in 1985 and a master's degree from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1993.^[1]

Elections

2020

Oregon's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (May 19 Republican primary)

Oregon's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (May 19 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Oregon District 2

Cliff Bentz defeated Alex Spenser and Robert Werch in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cliff Bentz (R)	59.9	273,835
	Alex Spenser (D)	36.9	168,881
	Robert Werch (L)	3.1	14,094
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	623

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 457,433
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Patrick Archer (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2

Alex Spenser defeated Nick Heuertz, Chris Vaughn, Jack Howard, and John Holm in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 19, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Alex Spenser	32.1	23,482
	Nick Heuertz	31.0	22,685
	Chris Vaughn	18.2	13,351
	Jack Howard	8.3	6,047
	John Holm	8.1	5,908
	Other/Write-in votes	2.4	1,734

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 73,207
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Isabella Tibbetts (D)
Raz Mason (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on May 19, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cliff Bentz	31.3	37,488
	Knute Buehler	22.1	26,405
	Jason Atkinson	19.5	23,274
	Jimmy Crumpacker	18.0	21,507
	Travis Fager	3.6	4,265
	Jeff Smith	2.1	2,539
	Justin Livingston	1.1	1,350
	Mark Roberts	1.1	1,336
	David Campbell	0.3	418
	Glenn Carey	0.2	283
	Kenneth Medenbach	0.2	267
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	450

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 119,582
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Justus Mayo (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Oregon District 2

Robert Werch advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Oregon District 2 on July 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Robert Werch (L)

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