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U.S. Representative · Oregon 2nd District
Cliff Bentz
RepublicanDistrict R+14119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score50#139 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Cliff Bentz’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office409 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3702
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumBacks 2 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1266, H.R. 2480.
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.476 (party median +0.530; rank 89 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 79 (avg 86); LCV 3 (avg 1).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 5.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMajority · 21st in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Health
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMajority · 11th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands
- Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Bentz← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.476 is 0.05 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress79House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v2, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 1An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 50 | Middle |
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov |