64th Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
In office January 3, 2007 – January 2, 2009
Preceded by
Karen Minnis
Succeeded by
Dave Hunt
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 47th district
In office January 3, 1999 – January 2, 2009
Preceded by
Frank Shields
Succeeded by
Jefferson Smith
Personal details
Born
Jeffrey Alan Merkley
(1956-10-24) October 24, 1956 (age 67) Myrtle Creek, Oregon, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Mary Sorteberg
(m. 1992)
Children
2
Education
Stanford University (BA) Princeton University (MPA)
Website
Senate website
Jeff Merkley's voice
Jeff Merkley on the Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2022 Recorded September 29, 2022
Jeffrey Alan Merkley (born October 24, 1956) is an American politician serving as 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 last two years of his tenure.
In 2008, Merkley defeated two-term Republican incumbent U.S. Senator Gordon Smith and was reelected in 2014 and 2020, defeating Republican nominees Monica Wehby and Jo Rae Perkins. During his tenure, Merkley has been an advocate of progressivism and was the only U.S. senator to endorse Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries.[1] He was considered a potential candidate for president in 2020, but chose to run for reelection to the Senate instead.[2]
^"Sanders' first Senate endorser: Jeff Merkley". Politico. April 13, 2016. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^Miller, Avery; Klein, Rick (December 19, 2018). "Sen. Jeff Merkley: Family on board for a 2020 presidential run and he won't defer to Sen. Bernie Sanders". ABC News. Archived from the original on August 2, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
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Democratic nominee. One-term incumbent Democrat JeffMerkley was narrowly elected with 49% of the vote in 2008. Merkley was running for a second term. State representative...
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