Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| race | candidate | party | notes | votes |
| us senate | jeff merkley | cross - nominated democratic | defeated incumbent gordon smith | 864392 |
| oregon state treasurer | ben westlund | cross - nominated democratic | defeated allen alley | 847590 |
| us house of representatives , cd1 | joel haugen | independent republican | lost to incumbent david wu | 58279 |
| state representative , hd4 | keith wangle | independent | lost to incumbent dennis richardson | 8053 |
| state representative , hd5 | pete belcastro | independent | lost to incumbent peter buckley | 11653 |
| state representative , hd18 | jim gilbert | cross - nominated democratic | lost to incumbent vic gilliam | 11702 |
| state representative , hd20 | vicki berger | cross - nominated republican | defeated richard riggs | 15829 |
| state representative , hd29 | terry rilling | independent | lost to incumbent chuck riley | 7321 |
Title:
independent party of oregon
Statement:
all democratic challengers recieved at least 10000 votes in their bids to unseat incumbents
Answer:
supported