Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Cliff Bentz
- Office
- U.S. representative for Oregon’s 2nd district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Ontario, OR
- Born
- 1952
- In Congress
- House since 2021 · 5 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- BENTZ, CLIFF
- Next election
- Primary May 19, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Oregon, District 2
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0OR02127 · Principal campaign committee: CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Oregon District 2 | $1,339,191.81 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Oregon District 2 | $1,133,834.48 | Won the general election |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Oregon District 2 | $1,184,427.97 | Won the general election (67.5%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Oregon District 2 | $1,452,634.25 | Won the general election (59.9%) |
Total raised$1,452,634.25
Total spent$1,363,581.04
Cash on hand$89,053.69
Debts owed by the campaign$53,700.00
Loans from the candidate$100,000.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$1,038,477.9871%
- PACs and other committees$310,356.8221%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$101,899.707%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,899.750%
Self-funding: $101,899.70 (7% of money raised): $1,899.70 given and $100,000.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
- Energy
- Health
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- Federal Lands
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
113 committees reported giving $292,158.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- THE BOEING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- SNAKE RIVER SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- PACIFICORP - PACIFIC POWER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NECAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. BI-PARTISAN COMM. FOR EFFECTIVE GOVTPAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- IDA-PAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$4,500.00
- KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
Show all 113 committees
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL PACPAC$3,500.00
- RIGHT TO LIFE/OREGON PACConnected PAC$2,800.00
- PACIFIC COAST COUNCIL OF CUSTOMS BROKERS AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS ASSNS INC TRADE EXPANSIONPAC$2,800.00
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FLUOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FLUOR PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY EMPLOYEE PAC (AKA WELLS FARGO EMPLOYEE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KRAFTHEINZPAC)PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTEL CORPORATION EMPLOYEE GOVERNMENT ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DULCICH INC DBA PACIFIC SEAFOOD GROUP EMPLOYEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ALASKA AIR GROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ACPAC ACA INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AT&T INC./WARNERMEDIA LLC FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T/WARNERMEDIA FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VERIZON PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- GARY MILLER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- T-MOBILE US, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (T-PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- CALPORTLAND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CALPORTLAND PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SAWTOOTH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SAWTOOTH PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- GREATER TOMORROW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- NEW ENERGY IN WASHINGTON HOUSE PAC (N.E.W. HOUSE PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- COWBOY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURING AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOBIL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (STAN-PAC)Connected PAC$1,500.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,500.00
- MODA, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- UNION PACIFIC CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPORATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; RAI PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ALTRIA GROUP, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL STONE, SAND & GRAVEL ASSOCIATION ROCKPAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- POWERPAC OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MCKESSON CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN COMPANY EMPLOYEES PACPAC$1,000.00
- MDU RESOURCES GROUP GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUPPLY ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- K&L GATES LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- KPMG PARTNERS/PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES PACPAC$1,000.00
- BURGER KING FRANCHISEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- EDP RENEWABLES NORTH AMERICA LLC PAC (AKA EDPR NA PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$1,000.00
- TRANSCANADA USA SERVICES, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TOYOTA/LEXUS PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RUSS FULCHER FOR IDAHOCandidate committee$1,000.00
- UTAH FIRST PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ARMSTRONG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ROUGHRIDER PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SUPPORT TAXFIGHTERS & ELECT EFFECTIVE LEADERS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATED OREGON LOGGERS INC FEDERAL PAC (AOL FED PAC)Connected PAC$800.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- WINREDHybrid PAC$258.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Cliff Bentz$226,184.84
- Independent expenditures opposing Cliff Bentz$54,142.00
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.Supporting$225,000.00
- REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FOR OREGONOpposing$53,041.00
- NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUNDSupporting$1,184.00
- VOTE LOCAL VOTE BLUEOpposing$1,100.00
The race
Oregon U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 10 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Bentz (R) | $1,452,634.25 | $89,053.69 | 2020-12-31 |
| Gregory P. Walden (R) | $1,642,609.97 | $1,188,300.02 | 2020-12-31 |
| Knute Buehler (R) | $1,599,076.22 | $3,611.20 | 2020-12-31 |
| Jimmy Crumpacker (R) | $998,842.48 | $0.00 | 2020-11-20 |
| Jason Atkinson (R) | $301,114.10 | −$11,729.05 | 2020-09-30 |
| John Paul Holm (D) | $51,610.82 | −$1,421.33 | 2020-09-30 |
| Jeffery G Smith (R) | $30,964.36 | −$12,001.65 | 2020-05-27 |
| Alex Spenser (D) | $25,854.68 | $330.13 | 2020-12-31 |
| Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D) | $14,727.00 | $0.00 | 2019-08-21 |
| Justin Livingston (R) | $8,885.29 | $80.08 | 2020-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CLIFF BENTZ FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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