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THE 2026 CANDIDATE FILE
Candidate for U.S. Senate · Oregon
Current directory role: U.S. Senator. Candidacy does not change their current office.
Source checked Nov 4, 2026, 2:15 PM Eastern.
Associated Press via NPR. This call does not certify the result or change who is in office.
Certification: pending. OR · Official state election information
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THE PERSON
Jeff Merkley’s candidate statement lists service in the U.S. Senate and earlier work as an Oregon state representative and House speaker. His listed career includes Habitat for Humanity, national-security analysis and starting a small business.
Background sources checked October 29, 2026.
Saved profile checked October 19, 2026.
THE POLICIES
Campaign promises are labeled separately from past actions. These are sourced positions, not endorsements or predictions. No stance is assigned from party affiliation.
Opposes immigration-enforcement operations at schools and warrantless home raids and calls for accountability for civil-rights violations.
Source checked October 29, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports banning congressional stock trading, Supreme Court reform and a binding judicial ethics code.
Source checked October 29, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports paper ballots, expanded voting by mail, ending secret campaign funding and preventing gerrymandering.
Source checked October 29, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports banning hedge funds from purchasing single-family homes.
Source checked October 29, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports affordable daycare and debt-free pathways through trade school and college.
Source checked October 29, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Calls for a rapid transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
Source checked October 29, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Supports action against prescription-drug price gouging; the statement does not specify a complete drug-pricing mechanism.
Source checked October 29, 2026 · Publication date shown in the linked source when available.Cosponsored a proposal with the following policy direction: The reviewed proposal expands national public health insurance. This describes this proposal only, not a complete policy platform.
Cosponsored Legislation · 2025-04-29
GovInfo / Congress.gov bill status ↗Cosponsored a proposal with the following policy direction: The reviewed proposal limits private insurers to supplemental, nonduplicative coverage. This describes this proposal only, not a complete policy platform.
Cosponsored Legislation · 2025-04-29
GovInfo / Congress.gov bill status ↗Cosponsored a proposal with the following policy direction: The reviewed proposal requires federal negotiation of prescription-drug prices. This describes this proposal only, not a complete policy platform.
Cosponsored Legislation · 2025-04-29
GovInfo / Congress.gov bill status ↗Recorded Yea on On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 37. The reviewed resolution would remove the stated emergency basis for additional Canadian import tariffs. This describes this proposal only, not a complete policy platform.
Senate Roll-Call Vote · 2025-04-01
U.S. Senate ↗Recorded Nay on On Passage of the Bill S. 331. The reviewed proposal applies mandatory criminal penalties to fentanyl-related substances. This describes this proposal only, not a complete policy platform.
Senate Roll-Call Vote · 2025-03-13
U.S. Senate ↗Cosponsored a proposal with the following policy direction: The reviewed proposal expands collective-bargaining and union-organizing protections. This describes this proposal only, not a complete policy platform.
Cosponsored Legislation · 2025-03-05
GovInfo / Congress.gov bill status ↗Recorded Yea on On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4346 with Amendment No. 5135,). The reviewed July 2022 version provides federal semiconductor and science investment. This describes this proposal only, not a complete policy platform.
Senate Roll-Call Vote · 2022-07-26
U.S. Senate ↗A bill title, sponsorship or vote alone does not establish a full stance. Read each record in context.
Jeff Merkley was recorded as Yea on: On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 37. This records the specific question, which may concern cloture, a nomination, or an amendment rather than final passage.
2025-04-01
Read U.S. Senate ↗Jeff Merkley cosponsored this proposal. Sponsorship is not a vote or proof of enactment.
2025-03-05
Read GovInfo / Congress.gov bill status ↗Jeff Merkley was recorded as Yea on: On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 4346 with Amendment No. 5135,). This records the specific question, which may concern cloture, a nomination, or an amendment rather than final passage.
2022-07-26
Read U.S. Senate ↗Jeff Merkley was recorded as Yea on: On the Motion to Proceed S.J.Res. 197. This records the specific question, which may concern cloture, a nomination, or an amendment rather than final passage.
2026-09-28
Read U.S. Senate ↗Jeff Merkley cosponsored this proposal. Sponsorship is not a vote or proof of enactment.
2025-04-29
Read GovInfo / Congress.gov bill status ↗Jeff Merkley was recorded as Nay on: On Passage of the Bill S. 331. This records the specific question, which may concern cloture, a nomination, or an amendment rather than final passage.
2025-03-13
Read U.S. Senate ↗THE ELECTION
U.S. Senate · November 3, 2026
Candidate listing checked October 29, 2026.
Oregon Secretary of State — November 2026 voters’ pamphlet book 14, candidate list p. 26 ↗Portrait source ↗The candidate’s name and party follow the official ballot source. Backgrounds and issue positions are checked separately. A candidate is not an officeholder-elect unless a verified result establishes that status.