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Jeff Merkley

1956 - Today

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Jeffrey Alan Merkley (born October 24, 1956) is an American politician who is the junior United States senator from Oregon since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1999 to 2009 as the representative for the 47th district in the Oregon House of Representatives, which covers central Multnomah County on the eastern side of Portland; he was the speaker of the House during the last two years of his tenure. In 2008, Merkley defeated two-term Republican incumbent U.S. Senator Gordon Smith and was reelected in 2014 and 2020, defeating Republican nominees Monica Wehby and Jo Rae Perkins. During his tenure, Merkley has been an advocate of progressivism and was the only U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeff Merkley has received more than 1,239,495 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeff Merkley is the 18,297th most popular politician (down from 16,974th in 2019), the 14,750th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,355th in 2019) and the 1,098th most popular American Politician.

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  • 36.81

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeff Merkley ranks 18,297 out of 19,576. Before him are Davit Bakradze, Anthony Weiner, Martins Dukurs, Talant Mamytov, Camila Vallejo, and Wayne Allard. After him are Carter Glass, Jack Guy Lafontant, Firmin Ngrébada, Pavel Latushko, Davit Kezerashvili, and Hermann Gröhe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Jeff Merkley ranks 707. Before him are Květa Jeriová, L.A. Reid, Yordan Mitkov, Satish Kaushik, Suren Nalbandyan, and Stephen Bray. After him are Charles L. Bennett, Bryan Trottier, Willie Banks, Tetsuro Miura, K. A. Applegate, and Jay C. Buckey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jeff Merkley ranks 14,750 out of 20,380. Before him are Nick Kroll (1978), Yunus Musah (2002), Charlotte Greenwood (1890), Bianca Lawson (1979), Jessica Rothe (1987), and Wayne Allard (1943). After him are Laura Benanti (1979), Mona Marshall (1947), Jamie-Lynn Sigler (1981), Amanda Wyss (1960), Brandon T. Jackson (1984), and Patrick Breen (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Jeff Merkley ranks 1,098. Before him are Judy Chu (1953), Thomas Menino (1942), Christine Gregoire (1947), Andrew Yang (1975), Anthony Weiner (1964), and Wayne Allard (1943). After him are Sean Hannity (1961), Jeff Bingaman (1943), Andrew Card (1947), John W. Weeks (1860), Mike Rounds (1954), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (1959).

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