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Jeffrey Alan Merkley (born October 24, 1956) is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives, which covers central Multnomah County on the eastern side of Portland; he was the speaker of the House during the ...
Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Ron Wyden (serving since 1996) and Jeff Merkley (serving since 2009). Mark Hatfield was the state's longest serving senator (1967–1997). Prior to 1906, U.S. senators were elected by the Oregon Legislative Assembly. In 1904, Oregon voters passed a ballot measure that required U.S. senators to be selected ...
Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley successfully ran for reelection to a second term. Despite it being a national midterm Republican wave, this was actually a stronger Senate election for him in terms of margin of victory, winning by almost 20%. [ 1 ]
Jeff Merkley: Democrat Oregon: Lutheran [57] [65] [66] Denomination: ELCA. Tim Sheehy: Republican Montana: Lutheran [2] Methodists (5) Senator Party State Religion Notes
Merkley supporters at a campaign rally. Although Smith carried all but eight of Oregon's 36 counties, one of the counties he lost was Multnomah County, home to Portland. Ultimately, Merkley's 146,568-vote margin in Multnomah, his home county, proved too much for Smith to overcome; it was more than double Merkley's overall margin of 59,233 votes.
Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator from Oregon (2009–present) [6] Results. Oregon Democratic primary, May 21, 2024 [7] Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
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