Blumenauer was challenged by Republican Bruce Broussard and Constitution Party candidate David Brownlow.

However, incumbent Democratic Congressman Peter DeFazio has represented the district for twenty years and has built up a repertoire among its denizens.

Seeking an eleventh term, DeFazio crushed Republican opponent Jim Feldkamp to win.

Congresswoman Darlene Hooley ran for a sixth term against businessman and former State House candidate Mike Erickson.

In the closest election in Oregon that year, Hooley defeated Erickson by a fairly comfortable margin to serve her final term in Washington.