Jeff Merkley
Incumbent Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
Sen. Jeff Merkley
• RESIDENCE: Multnomah County
• OCCUPATION: U.S. Senator
• OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY: Executive Director, Portland Habitat for Humanity; National Security Analyst, Pentagon and Congressional Budget Office; President, World Affairs Council of Oregon; Small Business Owner, Computer Medics; Mechanic's Assistant, Trail Equipment.
• PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: U.S. Senator, 2009-present; U.S. Oregon House Speaker, 2007-2008; Oregon House Minority Leader, 2003-07; Oregon House Member, 1999-2008;
• EDUCATION: Master's Degree, public policy, Princeton University; Bachelor's Degree, International Relations, Stanford University; diploma, David Douglas High School.
• FAMILY: Wife Mary Sorteberg, daughter Brynne Merkley; and son Jonathan Merkley
• HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Do-it-yourself home and yard improvement projects, hiking, jogging, reading.
• WHY HE'S RUNNING: Jeff still lives in the same blue collar neighborhood he grew up in, but today hope and opportunity feel a lot further away. His neighbors’ chances are different not because their families are different, but because America is different. The privileged and powerful have rigged our politics and our economy. Now the Trump administration and their cronies are pushing through a families lose, billionaires win agenda
Jeff has spent his life fighting for people who need a chance. He led nonprofits to create affordable housing, threw the payday lenders out of Oregon and put predatory mortgage lenders out of business across America. Jeff shut down the worst abuses of the Wall Street Casino that crashed the economy and led the fight against the first Trump administration’s inhumane child separation policy. He’s led a national battle to stop billionaires from buying elections, prevent voter suppression targeting Black, Brown, and Tribal voters, and end partisan gerrymandering.
Every day, Jeff rolls up his sleeves and takes on the powerful to deliver for ordinary Oregonians so that everyone, no matter what they look like or where they come from, has the kinds of chances we all deserve — because we can create a future where families thrive and billionaires pay their fair share.
• ENDORSEMENTS
• WEBSITE: jeffmerkley.com
• FACEBOOK: facebook.com/jeffmerkley
• INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/jeffmerkley
• X: x.com/SenJeffMerkley
• CONTACT: 503-200-5518; jeffmerkley.com/contact; Jeff Merkley for Oregon, P.O. Box 14172, Portland, OR 97293
• OCCUPATION: U.S. Senator
• OCCUPATIONAL HISTORY: Executive Director, Portland Habitat for Humanity; National Security Analyst, Pentagon and Congressional Budget Office; President, World Affairs Council of Oregon; Small Business Owner, Computer Medics; Mechanic's Assistant, Trail Equipment.
• PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: U.S. Senator, 2009-present; U.S. Oregon House Speaker, 2007-2008; Oregon House Minority Leader, 2003-07; Oregon House Member, 1999-2008;
• EDUCATION: Master's Degree, public policy, Princeton University; Bachelor's Degree, International Relations, Stanford University; diploma, David Douglas High School.
• FAMILY: Wife Mary Sorteberg, daughter Brynne Merkley; and son Jonathan Merkley
• HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Do-it-yourself home and yard improvement projects, hiking, jogging, reading.
• WHY HE'S RUNNING: Jeff still lives in the same blue collar neighborhood he grew up in, but today hope and opportunity feel a lot further away. His neighbors’ chances are different not because their families are different, but because America is different. The privileged and powerful have rigged our politics and our economy. Now the Trump administration and their cronies are pushing through a families lose, billionaires win agenda
Jeff has spent his life fighting for people who need a chance. He led nonprofits to create affordable housing, threw the payday lenders out of Oregon and put predatory mortgage lenders out of business across America. Jeff shut down the worst abuses of the Wall Street Casino that crashed the economy and led the fight against the first Trump administration’s inhumane child separation policy. He’s led a national battle to stop billionaires from buying elections, prevent voter suppression targeting Black, Brown, and Tribal voters, and end partisan gerrymandering.
Every day, Jeff rolls up his sleeves and takes on the powerful to deliver for ordinary Oregonians so that everyone, no matter what they look like or where they come from, has the kinds of chances we all deserve — because we can create a future where families thrive and billionaires pay their fair share.
• ENDORSEMENTS
• WEBSITE: jeffmerkley.com
• FACEBOOK: facebook.com/jeffmerkley
• INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/jeffmerkley
• X: x.com/SenJeffMerkley
• CONTACT: 503-200-5518; jeffmerkley.com/contact; Jeff Merkley for Oregon, P.O. Box 14172, Portland, OR 97293