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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 ...
Oregon was admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. 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 ...
The current Oregon delegation consists of 6 congresspersons and 2 senators serving in the 118th United States Congress. The dean of the current delegation is Senator Ron Wyden, having served in the Senate since 1996 and in Congress since 1981.
Mar. 17—U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., had an online town hall for Baker County residents on Tuesday, March 16, and federal COVID-19 aid was a major topic. Merkley, who was elected in 2008 and ...
The funding has been announced by Oregon's U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, U.S. Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), Val Hoyle (D-04), and Andrea Salinas ...
U.S. Sen. from Oregon Jeff Merkley speaks during a visit to the University of Oregon campus ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. The school's address is 1650 W 22nd Avenue, Eugene. Alan Torres ...
Smith won the November 1996 Senate election to succeed the retiring Mark Hatfield, and Smith and Wyden served together until Smith's defeat in 2008 by Democrat Jeff Merkley. Wyden holds the Senate seat that was once held by Wayne Morse, a man whom Wyden worked for in the summer of 1968 as Morse's driver, [12] and whom Wyden calls his mentor. [13]
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley expressed optimism on Friday over Vice President Kamala Harris' selection as the party's nominee.. At a press event before Merkley's Eugene town hall Friday, the Register ...