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Jeff Merkley

Democrat · OR · U.S. Senate

Bio

Jeffrey Alan Merkley is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon. He was first elected to the Senate in 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives, which covers central Multnomah County, including portions of eastern Portland; he was the speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives during the last two years of his tenure.

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Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.71
Healthcare
D+0.86
Immigration & Border
D+0.60
Guns
D+0.78
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.86
Environment & Energy
D+0.85
Crime & Policing
D+0.88
Defense & Veterans
D+0.79
Economy & Labor
D+0.90
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.71
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.57
Education
D+0.72
Government & Democracy
D+0.79
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+0.83

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

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