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    Jeffrey Alan Merkley (born October 24, 1956) is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon since 2009. A member of the...
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    Democrat Jeff Merkley, the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, and David Brownlow of the Constitution Party of Oregon. Merkley won by a narrow...
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    flipped five counties that Merkley had won in 2014 (though only by pluralities in the cases of Jackson, Polk and Yamhill). Jeff Merkley, incumbent U.S. senator...
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    and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley successfully ran for reelection to a second term. Despite it being a...
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  • Merkley may refer to: Henry Merkley (1758–1840), an Upper Canada politician Jeff Merkley (b. 1956), a United States senator John Alexander Merkley (1877–1944)...
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    Jenniffer González (R-PR) also co-sponsored the bill. On July 23, 2015, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced S. 1858, the Equality Act of 2015, in the United States...
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  • introduced it again in 2011, and Senator Jeff Merkley introduced it in the Senate. On November 7, 2013, Merkley's bill passed the Senate with bipartisan...
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    Republican Jim Inhofe, who resigned on January 3, 2023. Three-term Democrat Jeff Merkley was re-elected in 2020 with 56.9% of the vote and is running for re-election...
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    In Smith's second bid for re-election he faced State House Speaker Jeff Merkley. Smith earned 40% favorable and 20% unfavorable ratings in a December...
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    Chris Murphy (CT) Chief Deputy Whip: Brian Schatz (HI) Deputy Whips: Jeff Merkley (OR), Tina Smith (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), Jacky Rosen (NV), Ben Ray...
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    Democratic nominee. One-term incumbent Democrat Jeff Merkley was narrowly elected with 49% of the vote in 2008. Merkley was running for a second term. State representative...
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  • Call. "Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)". rollcall.com. March 22, 2013. University of California, Los Angeles (March 22, 2013). "Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) 1st...
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    Smith and Wyden served together until Smith's defeat in 2008 by Democrat Jeff Merkley. Wyden holds the Senate seat that was once held by Wayne Morse, a man...
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    February 8, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017. "Jeff Merkley reads Coretta Scott King's letter about Jeff Sessions on Senate floor (video)". Oregonian....
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    bills every Congress since 2013". On April 11, 2019, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley introduced a companion bill in the U.S. Senate and the bill was referred...
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    landslide. Democrat Jeff Merkley won a third term in office, defeating Republican Jo Rae Perkins by more than 17 percentage points. Merkley also received the...
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    Chris Coons, Delaware Chris Murphy, Connecticut Tim Kaine, Virginia Jeff Merkley, Oregon Cory Booker, New Jersey Brian Schatz, Hawaii Chris Van Hollen...
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    current U.S. senators are Democrats Ron Wyden (serving since 1996) and Jeff Merkley (serving since 2009). Mark Hatfield was the state's longest serving senator...
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    Hirono (D–HI) Angus King (I–ME) Ben Ray Lujan (D–NM) Ed Markey (D–MA) Jeff Merkley (D–OR) Patty Murray (D–WA) Jack Reed (D–RI) Bernie Sanders (I–VT) Brian...
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    2023). "U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley from Oregon calls for cease-fire in Gaza". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 6 March 2024. "Merkley Statement on Ceasefire"...
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    Senate from Oregon in the 2014 election against Democratic incumbent Jeff Merkley. Wehby was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Her father was a Certified Public...
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    Schatz's big new Medicaid buy-in plan". Vox. Retrieved June 26, 2018. "Wyden, Merkley urge more affordable housing funds". ktvz.com. April 16, 2019. Archived...
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  • (endorsed Biden) William H. McRaven, United States Navy Admiral 1977–2014 Jeff Merkley, U.S. Senator from Oregon (ran for re-election) Chris Murphy, U.S. Senator...
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    Democratic Oregon House of Representatives Speaker Jeff Merkley in the November general election. Merkley beat longtime Democratic activist Steve Novick and...
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    human rights in the People's Republic of China." Chris Smith (born 1953) Jeff Merkley (born 1956) Jimmy Lai (born 1947)  Hong Kong Ding Jiaxi (born 1967)  China...
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    Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Bernie Sanders, Vermont Mark Warner, Virginia Jeff Merkley, Oregon Tim Kaine, Virginia Chris Van Hollen, Maryland Ben Ray Luján...
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    block covertly but not overtly". For example, a 2012 proposal by Senator Jeff Merkley would require that if between 51 and 59 senators support a cloture motion...
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    reacted angrily to the Senate's refusal to consider Garland, with Senator Jeff Merkley describing the vacant seat as a "stolen seat". However, Republicans such...
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    2020. Jeff Merkley and William Lacy Clay Lacy. "116th Congress 2nd Session Joint Resolution The Abolition Amendment by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon)...
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    York Bob Menendez, New Jersey Jon Tester, Montana Mark Warner, Virginia Jeff Merkley, Oregon Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Heidi Heitkamp, North Dakota...
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