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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley took to the floor of the chamber for more than 15 hours overnight to protest President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oregon, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
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] Primary elections were held on May 20, 2014.