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Jeff Merkley

Democratic · US Senator, Oregon · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election
Raised
$5.4M
Cash on hand
$6.6M
Years in Congress
17
Age
70
Races
Won 8 of 8

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Spectrum

Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works

By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)

Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source

Method and limits

Published score −1.045 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 5,506 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.

Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.

Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.

Now

Career

YearRaceResultShareLost to, or other round
2020US Senate, ORWon · primary won 98.7%56.9%
2014US Senate, ORWon · primary won 92%55.7%
2008US Senate, ORWon · primary won 44.8%48.9%
2006State House, ORWon64.2%
2004State House, ORWon64.7%
2002State House, ORWon100%
2000State House, ORWon83.5%
1998State House, ORWon60.4%

Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.

Money

FEC, through Oct 14, 2026

Spent $3.0M · Debts owed $0

Reports through Oct 14, 2026.

How these are counted

Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle, not the six-year figures fec.gov shows for senators. Raised $5,376,935. Cash on hand $6,621,250. Spent $3,022,684. Debts owed $0. Main committee: Jeff Merkley for Oregon. No donor names are shown.

Senate votes

119th Congress, through Sept 30, 2026

915 roll calls. Yea 255, Nay 653, Not voting 7.

Roll calls missed
0.8%
Voted with own party when parties split
99.5%
How these are counted

Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.

Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 834 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 830. We pick no votes ourselves.

Senate votes come from Voteview. Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Showing the newest 8 of 915

  1. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 256

    On the Nomination · PN1129

    Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

    Vote: NayNomination Confirmed, 47 to 41

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  2. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 255

    On the Cloture Motion · PN1129

    Keith Sonderling, of Florida, to be Secretary of Labor

    Vote: NayCloture Motion Agreed to, 53 to 47

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  3. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 254

    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR9340

    A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.

    Vote: NayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 57 to 43

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  4. Sep 30, 2026 · Senate roll call 253

    On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · HR7008

    A bill to amend chapter 131 of title 5 to require certain restrictions on stocks for Members of Congress and their spouses and dependents, and for other purposes.

    Vote: NayCloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected, 53 to 47

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  5. Sep 29, 2026 · Senate roll call 252

    On the Motion to Discharge · SRES852

    A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

    Vote: YeaMotion to Discharge Rejected, 47 to 51

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  6. Sep 29, 2026 · Senate roll call 251

    On the Motion to Proceed · SJRES197

    A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program".

    Vote: YeaMotion to Proceed Rejected, 48 to 51

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  7. Sep 28, 2026 · Senate roll call 250

    On Passage of the Bill · S4668

    A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for other purposes.

    Vote: NayBill Passed, 77 to 22

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

  8. Sep 28, 2026 · Senate roll call 249

    On the Amendment · S4668

    To establish certain standards with respect to coaches of varsity sports teams.

    Vote: YeaAmendment Rejected, 47 to 52

    Official roll call (opens the Senate record)

Legislation

119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026

Sponsored 109 bills and 29 resolutions. Cosponsored 540 bills and 177 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.

Latest bills Jeff Merkley sponsored

More about Jeff Merkley

Offices held (3 terms and offices)

  • 2009 to nowUS SenateDemocratic

Committees (18 assignments)

  • Senate Committee on Appropriations

    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies subcommittee
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies subcommittee
    • Energy and Water Development subcommittee
    • Ranking Member of the Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies subcommittee
    • Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies subcommittee
    • State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

    • Ranking Member of the Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight subcommittee
    • Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety subcommittee
    • Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

    • Africa and Global Health Policy subcommittee
    • East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy subcommittee
    • Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues subcommittee

  • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

  • Senate Committee on the Budget, Ranking Member

  • Joint Committee on Printing

Occupation on the ballot

U.S. Senator for Oregon

Occupation as printed in the Oregon Voters' Pamphlet, General Election, Nov 3, 2026 (Vol. 1). The Secretary of State does not fact check candidate statements. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Source

Sources (13 sources)

  • Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
  • Took office in Congress 2009-01-06. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).

Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.

DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, Voteview, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits