The big punch-line: “I’ll take on the biggest bully of them all. Because underdogs? We fight harder,” the congressman ...

Oregon U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley announced he is running for a fourth term in 2026. The 68-year-old Democrat, an East Portland ...

In 2017, he spoke for more than 15 hours in opposition to Trump’s Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch — a nomination he ...

Oregon’s junior U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat, will seek a fourth term in Congress. Merkley, 68, announced Thursday he’d ...

Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon says he's running for reelection. The 68-year-old said in a Thursday statement ...

Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley announced his run for reelection in 2026, while his colleague Sen. Ron Wyden has stated he will run for reelection in 2028.

The challenge comes as more Oregonians than ever are excluded from primary contests that decide many general elections.