Senator Ron Wyden won re-election to a third full term by a landslide margin of 18 points, despite the national Republican midterm wave.

As of 2022, this last senate election where Deschutes County voted for the Republican candidate (albeit by a plurality).

Wyden, a popular incumbent with a 52% approval rating in a July poll,[7] touted bipartisanship and promised to hold town-hall meetings annually in each of Oregon's 36 counties and to open offices outside of Portland and Salem.

[8] A Survey USA poll taken a few days before the election showed that 23% of Republicans supported Wyden.

The debate played live on KOIN and re-aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting later that night.