Senator · Oregon

Jeff Merkley

Jeff Merkley is a Democratic senator from Oregon, in Congress since 2009. In the 119th Congress, 915 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 7, and cast 830 of 834 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Democrat
Chamber: Senate; Current
In Congress since: Jan 6, 2009
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressSenate	915	0.8%7 of 915 · rank 87 of 101	100%830 of 834 · rank 38 of 101	1370 became law	16%116 of 717
118th CongressSenate	691	2.5%17 of 691 · rank 62 of 101	99%515 of 521 · rank 43 of 101	1012 became law	11%72 of 629
117th CongressSenate	949	4.0%38 of 949 · rank 37 of 100	99%734 of 739 · rank 32 of 100	952 became law	10%60 of 593

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (Senate), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1−0.45+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
S. 2296: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
Oct 9, 2025· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 53–43· Against party
H.R. 815: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Nay
Feb 13, 2024· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 70–29· Against party
H.R. 815: Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.Nay
Feb 12, 2024· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 66–33· Against party
S. 2226: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024Yea
Jul 27, 2023· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 51–47· Against party
H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023Nay
Jun 1, 2023· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 63–36· Against party
S.Con.Res. 5: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2022 through 2030.Yea
Feb 5, 2021· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 71–29· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 77–22· Against party
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 47–52
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 49–50
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 42–54
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 1–94
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Yea
Sep 28, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 96–1
H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Yea
Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Concurrent Resolution· Concurrent Resolution Rejected 49–50
S. 4668: Protect College Sports Act of 2026Nay
Sep 24, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Agreed to 77–23· Against party
H.R. 6500: Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027Yea
Aug 8, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 90–6
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Passage· On Passage of the Bill· Bill Passed 86–11
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Nay
Aug 7, 2026· Senate· Amendments· On the Amendment· Amendment Rejected 32–64· Against party
S.Res. 817: An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.Nay
Jul 30, 2026· Senate· Passage· On the Resolution· Resolution Agreed to 50–47

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $4.5M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $6.8M
From committees: $519.4K; 89 committees
From contractor PACs: $1,000; 1 PACs · 0% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
national association of broadcastersnational association of broadcasters political action committee (nabpac)	$1,000	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization	$0

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$4.5M	$519.4K	$1,0001 PACs · 0% of committee money
2024	$1.5M	$44.7K	$8,5003 PACs · 19% of committee money
2022	$1.8M	$1,000	-$1,5001 PACs · -150% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

Senate · OregonJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2027
Senate · OregonJan 6, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021
Senate · OregonJan 6, 2009 – Jan 3, 2015

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: www.merkley.senate.gov
Phone: 202-224-3753
Office: 531 Hart Senate Office Building
Contact form: Contact form

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.