As we reach the halfway point in the midterm elections of 2018, Kate Brown for the Democratic Party is at 50% with 669,466 votes. Coming in at a very close second is Knute Buehler from the Republican Party with 44.2% and 591,739 votes. Independent runner Patrick Starnes is at 2.9% and 38,682 votes. Nick Chen from the Liberal Party is at 1.3% with 17,165 votes. Aaron Auer with Constitution Party is at 1% with 13,795 votes, and finally, Chris Henry from the Oregon Progressive Party is at 0.5% with 7,221 votes.