The 1996 United States Senate special election in Oregon was held on January 30, 1996, to fill the seat vacated by Republican Bob Packwood, who had resigned from the Senate due to sexual misconduct allegations.

Robert William Packwood is an American retired lawyer and politician from Oregon, and a member of the Republican Party. He served in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1995, when he resigned from the U.S. Senate under threat of expulsion, in 1995 after allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault of women emerged.