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U.S. Senator · Oregon
Jeff Merkley
DemocratState D+8119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score28#83 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact Jeff Merkley’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, 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 Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 12 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 12 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 93, S. 356, S. 688, S. 761, S. 1547 and 7 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with Senate DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.453 (party median -0.356; rank 39 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 0); LCV 97 (avg 96).
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, 2021 – January 3, 2027
- Senate class
- Class 2
- Seniority
- Junior senator
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 17.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Senate Committee on the BudgetRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
- Joint Committee on PrintingMinority · 2nd in seniority
- Senate Committee on AppropriationsMinority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Merkley← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.453 is 0.10 to the left of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 2296National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 64
| Middle |
| H.R. 3838Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 |