Ron Wyden
Democrat · OR · U.S. Senate
Bio
Ronald Lee Wyden is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon, a seat he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 1996. Upon the death of Representative Don Young in 2022, Wyden became the dean of the West Coast's Congressional delegation. He is the dean of Oregon's congressional delegation and serves as the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee. Known for his libertarian-leaning stances within the Democratic Party, Wyden has been a prominent advocate for privacy rights, internet freedom, and limiting government surveillance, positioning him as a defender of civil liberties.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 45.6 years
- Chambers
- House 15.1y, Senate 30.5y
- First took office
- 1981 (14 terms)
- Seniority
- 3 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 77
- Senate class
- 3 · senior senator
- Bend, OR · 541-330-9142
- Eugene, OR · 541-431-0229
- La Grande, OR · 541-962-7691
- Medford, OR · 541-858-5122
- Portland, OR · 503-326-7525
- Salem, OR · 503-589-4555
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $9.0M – $20.6M
- Liabilities
- $250k – $500k
- Net worth
- $8.5M – $20.4M
- Since 2013
- +$10.5M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
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.
How they score against the parties
Ron Wyden's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Ron Wyden (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Wydensits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Joint Committee on Taxationcenter · 10 members
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligencecenter · 21 members
- Senate Committee on the Budgetcenter · 21 members
- Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resourcescenter · 20 members
- Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure (Ex Officio)Health Care (Ex Officio)International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness (Ex Officio)Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth (Ex Officio)Taxation and IRS Oversight (Ex Officio)Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy (Ex Officio)
Most and least aligned members
Treating Wyden's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Judge bulldozes Markwayne Mullin as wildfire victims suffer amid Trump 'pronoun' ruleA federal judge ruled DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin cannot withhold Oregon disaster relief over President Donald Trump's 'pronoun' mandates as wildfires burn across the state.In a blistering order on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Michael McShane explained wh…
Raw Story · August 21, 2026
Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking toolsDemocratic senator Ron Wyden is asking the U.S. government to review how federal law enforcement agencies use hacking tools and spyware against Americans, citing a lack of transparency into how often or for what reasons these tools are deployed. On Friday, Wy…
Biztoc.com · August 21, 2026
Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools | TechCrunchSenator Ron Wyden sent a letter to the U.S. federal watchdog requesting a comprehensive review of how the FBI, DEA, ICE's HSI, and the Secret Service use hacking tools and spyware against Americans.
TechCrunch · August 21, 2026
Trump Admin Permanently Guts Law 'Designed to Stop Criminals from Laundering Money' After Push From Elon MuskCritics are warning that the Trump administration just made financial crimes a lot easier to commit by permanently gutting a law that prevented criminals from using shell companies to obscure their activities. Elon Musk may benefit.On Tuesday, the Treasury's …
Common Dreams · August 13, 2026
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