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Jeff Merkley

U.S. Senator · Oregon · Democrat · Ranking Member, Budget

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Money and votes

2025–26 cycle · through Sep 30, 2026Method

34 PACs of the 39 that gave

Of the 39 PACs that gave to Merkley and have a lobbying organization behind them, 34 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

87% · Senate median: 41%

202 bills

Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 202 bills. Merkley voted Yea on 6, Nay on 21, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 173 with no recorded vote.

$162K of $533K

Those 34 PACs gave Merkley $162K, 30% of all the PAC money he received.

Senate median: 29%

PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $5.4M.

A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.

Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied

  1. S.J.Res. 196 A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to "Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations". $34.9K6 PACs

    Sponsor

    No recorded vote

  2. S. 1232 Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act $29.9K6 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Apr 1, 2025

  3. S. 1286 Tax Fairness for Workers Act $26K6 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Apr 3, 2025

Top 3 of 215 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 13 broad must-pass bills among them

Who funds Merkley 94 PACs

  1. A New Direction PACMember’s leadership PAC · funds 11 other members100% to Democrats
  2. Advancing Democracy and Mobilization PACMember’s leadership PAC · funds 13 other members100% to Democrats
  3. Alsobrooks Victory FundIndependent PAC · funds 10 other members100% to Democrats

All 215 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro

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Campaign totals from Merkley’s own reports

FEC S8OR00207

$5.4M

raised this cycle · 11% PACs and other committees, 77% individuals (36% of the total in gifts of $200 or less), 13% transfers and other

$6.6M

cash on hand, 123% of what he raised

Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Sep 30, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.

Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 1 more PAC belongs to an organization that lobbied only on those.

53 of Merkley’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.

Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Merkley’s leadership PAC (Blue Senate PAC, Blue Wave Project, Climate Champions PAC) is reported separately.