Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Jo Rae Perkins

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. Senate · Oregon
Filing address
Albany, OR (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
PERKINS, JO RAE
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Oregon with the whole state highlighted

Oregon

RepublicanU.S. Senate · OregonChallengerLost the general election (39.32%)

FEC candidate ID S4OR00156 · Principal campaign committee: JO RAE PERKINS FOR US SENATE

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. Senate · Oregon$10,577.14Lost primary
2021–2022U.S. Senate · Oregon$125,792.28Lost the general election (40.92%)
2019–2020U.S. Senate · Oregon$142,923.60Lost the general election (39.32%)
Total raised$142,923.60
Total spent$117,245.97
Cash on hand$25,858.61
Debts owed by the campaign$7,140.41
Loans from the candidate$417.87

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $120,539.59PACs and other committees: $5,365.60Party committees: $7,629.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $2,300.66Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $7,088.75
  • Individual contributions$120,539.5984%
  • PACs and other committees$5,365.604%
  • Party committees$7,629.005%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,300.662%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$7,088.755%

Self-funding: $2,300.66 (2% of money raised): $1,882.79 given and $417.87 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $5,000.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Jo Rae Perkins$12.44
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jo Rae Perkins$59.76

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Oregon U.S. Senate, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jo Rae Perkins (R)$142,923.60$25,858.612020-12-31
Jeffrey Alan Merkley (D)$6,410,830.47$3,805,561.172020-12-31
Paul Joseph Romero Jr. (R)$7,984.93$10.252020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Civiqs/Daily KosSeptember 26–29, 2020944 (LV)± 3.5%Jeff Merkley 55% · Jo Rae Perkins 35%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election in Oregon (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: JO RAE PERKINS FOR US SENATE.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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