Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Jeff Merkley
- Office
- U.S. senator from Oregon (class 2)
- Party
- Democrat
- Born
- 1956
- In Congress
- Senate since 2009 · 17 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2021 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Oregon
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookYouTubeInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID S8OR00207 · Principal campaign committee: JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. Senate · Oregon | $5,376,935.12 | General-election nominee |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. Senate · Oregon | $6,410,830.47 | Won the general election (56.91%) |
Total raised$6,410,830.47
Total spent$4,288,037.97
Cash on hand$3,805,561.17
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
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$5,585,245.9687%
- PACs and other committees$601,018.869%
- Party committees$5,000.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$181,258.723%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$38,306.931%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- Joint Committee on Printing
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Ranking Member
- Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
- Energy and Water Development
- State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
- Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight Ranking Member
- Clean Air, Climate, and Nuclear Innovation and Safety
- Transportation and Infrastructure
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Africa and Global Health Policy
- East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
- Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
- Senate Committee on the Budget Ranking Member
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
123 committees reported giving $607,979.00 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.
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UNITE HERE TIP CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICA WORKS FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FIRST STATE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- M-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HOOPS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NARRAGANSETT BAY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GREEN MOUNTAIN PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PEOPLE'S VOICE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- OCEANS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR FUNDLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- TREASURE STATE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- KEYSTONE AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NUTMEG PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- LOBO PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MOTOR CITY PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
Show all 123 committees
- COMMON GROUND PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PINEAPPLE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PERIMETER PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- GETTING STUFF DONE PAC (GSD-PAC)Leadership PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
- NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- FORWARD TOGETHER PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- A NEW DIRECTION PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$7,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$7,000.00
- SMART SOLUTIONS PACLeadership PAC$7,000.00
- VELVET HAMMER PACLeadership PAC$5,600.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,095.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$5,034.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL ADVISORS POLITICAL ACTION COMM Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO WORKERS AND GRAIN MILLERS INTERNATIONAL UNION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF OREGONParty committee$5,000.00
- NEW MILLENNIUM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- LEGPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VICTORY NOW PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FUND FOR THE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COMMON SENSE COLORADOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- EDUCATE AND INNOVATE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HAWAII PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ALL FOR OUR COUNTRY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GRANITE VALUES PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SEEKING JUSTICE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- INDIVISIBLE ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- GIDDY UP PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- K&L GATES LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DC)Connected PAC$4,000.00
- GOOGLE LLC NETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO CO STEWARDSHIP PACPAC$3,500.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (OPEIU) JB MOSS VOICE OF THE ELECTORATE (VOTE)PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION FRESH POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (FRESH PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- CAP-PAC SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY ACTION FOUNDATION INC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- XEROX CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (XPAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- GREAT LAKES PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- POLSINELLI PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DULCICH INC DBA PACIFIC SEAFOOD GROUP EMPLOYEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,000.00
- ALLETE PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION PAC (ASHA PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- ANGUS KING FOR U.S. SENATE CAMPAIGNCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WHEATPAC)Connected PAC$1,500.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DENTONS US LLP PACPAC$1,000.00
- ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP (APKS) PARTNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LIVESTOCK MARKETING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (LMA-PAC)PAC$1,000.00
- MAXIMUS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MAXPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF CHRIS DODDCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DUANE MORRIS GOVERNMENT COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY PAC (HEARTPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES INC PAC; AKA ACP SERVICES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ACTION FUND PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA INC. VOTER ACTION (ABBV. 'ENVIRONMENT AMERICA VOTER ACTION')Connected PAC$1,000.00
- PREMIUM CIGAR ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PREMIUM CIGAR PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NRDC ACTION FUND INC., PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOBBS STRAUS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY DEFENSE PACPAC$1,000.00
- 150PAC.ORGConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP LLC PACPAC$1,000.00
- BARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Jeffrey Alan Merkley$1,077.51
- Independent expenditures opposing Jeffrey Alan Merkley$0.00
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.
- CARE ACTIONSupporting$1,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$59.00
- SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTIONSupporting$10.00
- ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUNDSupporting$7.00
The race
Oregon U.S. Senate, 2020 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Alan Merkley (D) | $6,410,830.47 | $3,805,561.17 | 2020-12-31 |
| Jo Rae Perkins (R) | $142,923.60 | $25,858.61 | 2020-12-31 |
| Paul Joseph Romero Jr. (R) | $7,984.93 | $10.25 | 2020-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civiqs/Daily Kos | September 26–29, 2020 | 944 (LV) | ± 3.5% | Jeff Merkley 55% · Jo Rae Perkins 35% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election 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: JEFF MERKLEY FOR OREGON.
- 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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