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Races · house · 2022 · Oregon
house · open seat

Joseph Yetter III vs Cliff Bentz

← Oregon houseOregon house →
Safe RR +28.0 forecast· 0 polls · 0 markets
Model's final pre-election call · win probabilitypoliagg-v34 · final pre-election call
1% III (D)
99% Bentz (R)
R+15R+5TIEDD+5D+15
Model's predicted final margin R +28.0 · 80% CI R+40.0 → R+16.0
Actual result R+35.1 · backtest (race already called)
Momentum
—
insufficient data
Tipping-point P
0.0%
Decisive for chamber control
Market · D-side
—
Cross-platform consensus
News articles · 30d
—
no recent coverage
Where this race stands
Verified

Likely R · model 99% R

No recent polls or markets for this race. PVI baseline (R+14) suggests Likely R.

The poliagg-v34 ensemble forecasts R+28.0 with an 80% CI ranging from R+40.0 (10th pctile) to R+16.0 (90th pctile), giving R a 99% chance of winning.

CITATIONS · likely-r
Forecast · poliagg-v34
Predicted final margin
R +28.0
80% CI: R +40.0 → R +16.0 · win prob 1%
R+45R+23TIEDD+23D+45
Quality · inputs
Data quality · medium
Polls used0
Days to electionpassed
Actual resultR+35.1
Residual σ6.00pt
Generated7/1/2026

Endorsements · 0 total

Source · Wikipedia · 2 candidates with no endorsements yet
RCliff Bentz0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.
DJoseph Yetter III0 endorsers
no endorsers yet
No endorsements found yet. Endorsements come from the candidate's Wikipedia article (when one exists) and update with the daily scrape.

Money raised · own committees

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · last filing 2022-10-13
Cliff BentzH0OR02127 ↗
Receipts
$1.2M
Disburse
$601.6K
Cash on hand
$671.9K
Debts
$48.1K
Top industries
Govt employees$6.8K
Top contributors
THE PAPE GROUP$8.7K
STATE OF OREGON$6.8K
ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS CO.$5.8K
SIERRA PACIFIC INC.$5.8K
S-3 GROUP$5.8K
Joseph Yetter IIIOWN COMMITTEE
Receipts
$100.3K
Disburse
$100.3K
Cash on hand
$0
Debts
$25.6K
Top industries
Health professionals$250
Govt employees$100
Top contributors
VICE PRESIDENT$350
MEDFORD MEDICAL CLINIC$250
SOUTHERN OREGON CARDIOLOGY$250
UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH$249.01
PAYNE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT$140

Outside spending · independent expenditures

FEC Schedule E (independent expenditures) + candidate-committee totals · 24/48-hr IE reports
IE total
$4.9K
D side
$0 · 0%
R side
$4.9K · 100%
Top spender
OREGON RIGHT TO LIF…
For / against split
For Bentz $4.9K
SpenderSideAmountShareTarget
OREGON RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY PACR$4.1K84%for Cliff Bentz
RIGHT TO LIFE/OREGON PACR$781.9616%for Cliff Bentz

Editorial ratings · 6 raters

Cook · Sabato · Inside Elections · 538 · DDHQ et al.
Safe R6
The Cook Political Report
Safe R
Oct 4
DDHQ
Safe R
Jul 19
The Economist
Safe R
Sep 27
538
Safe R
Jun 29
Inside Elections
Safe R
Oct 13
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Safe R
Oct 4

Demographic crosstabs

age · education · race · gender
No demographic crosstabs published for this race yet. Most pollsters release only topline numbers; subgroup breakdowns (age, education, race, gender) appear here when a pollster publishes them.
Rating timeline
May 11, 2026Safe Rmodel
Verification trail
Polls verified0 / 0deterministic
Polls flagged—none
Markets ingested0 platformsnone listed
FEC filingssyncedcommittee + IE · 2022-10-13
Endorsements—nothing to sync
News coverage< 5 articlesGoogle News
Method · bounds + percentage totals + date-order checks