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Jeff Merkley

D Democrat · Senator, Oregon
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Low self-dealing
2/6 components have data
#193 of 193 scored

Merkley owns no individual stocks and has publicly led bipartisan legislation to ban congressional stock trading, citing conflicts of interest. His wealth is concentrated in real estate (primary residence and rental properties) rather than tradable securities. His floor-vote attendance is strong (1.6% missed). No sourced flags for self-dealing were found, consistent with a relatively clean record.

Public record

In Congress since
2009
Committees
Budget (Ranking Member)
Appropriations
Environment and Public Works
Foreign Relations
Rules and Administration
Joint Committee on Printing
Missed votes, 119th Congress
0.8% (7 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$4.5M raised · 11% from PACs & committees · $6.8M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
S. 1498

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
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Merkley owns and trades no individual stocks (approximately $0 in trackable publicly traded assets) and sponsors legislation to ban congressional stock trading. Scored 0 per rubric for no individual-stock trading.
Merkley does not own or trade individual stocks, with roughly $0 in trackable public securities.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗Merkley co-leads bipartisan legislation to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks.Official recordmerkley.senate.gov ↗
Net-worth enrichment in officeno data
15% weight
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Disclosed net worth is broad ($4.55M-$19.9M) and concentrated in real estate; no sourced figure isolates growth beyond salary and market over tenure. Insufficient data; absence not penalized.
Merkley's 2023 disclosure places net worth between $4.55M and $19.875M, mostly in real estate.Data aggregatorfinbold.com ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quono data
20% weight
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No sourced evidence located of concentrated industry money paired with aligned votes or bills indicating an influence pattern. Insufficient data.
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
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No sourced evidence of campaign or leadership-PAC funds used for personal benefit. Insufficient data; absence not penalized.
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
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No sourced evidence of family lobbying, office-tied contracts, or a staff-to-lobbyist pipeline located. Insufficient data.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
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Merkley missed 100 of 6,081 roll-call votes (1.6%), better than the 2.8% median. No evidence of duties neglected for fundraising or paid speeches.
Merkley missed 100 of 6,081 roll-call votes (1.6%) from 2009 to June 2026, better than the 2.8% median.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 2 data aggregator · 1 official record · 1 reference database. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 4 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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