2026 general election
Oregon 2nd District
The candidate who raised the most money won. · Incumbent re-elected.
$1.6M was spent on the 2026 Oregon 2nd District race: $1.6M raised by the campaigns, $742K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). Cliff Bentz (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$1.6M
Raised by campaigns
$1.6M
PAC checks
$742K
Outside money
$0
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Cliff BentzRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.3M
- Spent
- $955K
- From individuals
- $602K
- From PACs
- $735K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 55% of Bentz's money came from PACs
Corporate $312K (48%)Trade group $190K (29%)Leadership PAC $30K (5%)Membership $58K (9%)Union $4K (1%)Other $58K (9%)
- National Association of Broadcasters Trade group$11K
- American Optometric Association Membership$10K
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association Trade group$10K
- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Nreca) Trade group$10K
- Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group PAC Other$10K
- Koch, Inc. Corporate$10K
- National Association of Home Builders Trade group$10K
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Corporate$10K
Chris BeckDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $277K
- Spent
- $164K
- From individuals
- $260K
- From PACs
- $7K
- From party
- $10K
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 2% of Beck's money came from PACs
Leadership PAC $3K (100%)
- Blue Wave Project Leadership PAC$3K
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2026 Oregon 2nd District race?
- $1.6M was spent on the 2026 Oregon 2nd District race: $1.6M raised by the campaigns, $742K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). Cliff Bentz (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2026 Oregon 2nd District race?
- Cliff Bentz (Republican) raised $1.3M.
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2026 Oregon 2nd District race?
- National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (Nabpac) gave $11K to Cliff Bentz; American Optometric Association Political Action Committee gave $10K to Cliff Bentz; National Cattlemen's Beef Association Political Action Committee (Ncba-PAC) gave $10K to Cliff Bentz.