2010 United States Senate election in Oregon

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The 2010 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Democrat Ron Wyden won re-election to a third full term, defeating Republican Jim Huffman by a wide margin. Wyden received 825,507 votes (57.22%) to Huffman’s 566,199 votes (39.25%).

Wyden won despite a national Republican wave in the midterm elections. He was a popular incumbent and campaigned on bipartisanship, promising to hold town hall meetings in all 36 Oregon counties and to open offices outside Portland and Salem. Before the election, a July poll showed Wyden with about 52% approval, and a pre-election SurveyUSA poll found that 23% of Republicans supported him.

Huffman financed much of his own campaign. He defended bonuses for Wall Street executives and questioned global warming policies. The first debate between Wyden and Huffman occurred October 21 in Medford, with the two major-party candidates on stage. The second debate took place October 22 at the City Club of Portland in the Governor Hotel and was broadcast on KOIN and later on Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Deschutes County voted for the Republican candidate in this election, and as of 2022 it remains the last time the county voted for a Republican in a U.S. Senate race.