Atty. General:Ellen Rosenblum (to Jan. 2025) U.S. Representatives:6 Senators:Ron Wyden, D (to Jan. 2029);Jeff Merkley, D (to Jan. 2027). Historical biographies of Congressional members State website:https://www.oregon.gov/ Population Residents:Oregonian Resident population:4,240,137 (17th...
December 25, 2023Ohio Star Staff Democrat-run states are still losing population, new Census Bureau data reveal, a development that could have electoral implications when the government reapportions congressional districts in 2030. Oregon, California, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania, all states wit...
Our experience of the past year amidst the pandemic has only underscored the essential role the Postal Service plays in every community across the country. However, the Postal Service is at a critical juncture and the future of the Service itself, hundreds of thousands of family-sustaining postal...
Oregon gained a sixth House district after the 2020 census, and became the first state in the country to approve a new congressional map. But despite Democrats’ best efforts to draw a map that would yield them five of the six seats, the depressed political environment for the Beav...
Salinas, a Democrat who represents the 6th Congressional District and serves on the House Committee on Agriculture, called the roundtable a “triple-bottom-line kind of discussion.” “How do we make sure that these growers thrive, that they do have multiple sources of income, and that we’...
Like all U.S. states, Oregon is represented by two senators. Following the 1980 census, Oregon had five congressional districts. After Oregon was admitted to the Union, it began with a single member in the House of Representatives (La Fayette Grover, who served in the 35th U.S. Congress ...