May 2, 2025  3:50 a.m.

With just over 100 days into the second term of President Donald Trump, Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are responding to questions about each of their plans to run for re-election when their terms come up.

Maggie Sunstrum, spokesperson for the Merkley campaign told News Radio 93-9 FM and 1240 KQEN, “Jeff is 100% focused on defeating Trump’s agenda. Trump’s plan is simple: Families lose, Billionaires win. Jeff is fighting for a much better plan: Families thrive. And Billionaires pay their fair share of taxes”. Sunstrum said, “As usual, Jeff and Mary will make a formal campaign announcement regarding 2026 sometime this quarter”. Merkley was first elected to the U.S. Senate when he defeated Republican Senator Gordon Smith in 2008.

Wyden spokesperson Hank Stern told KQEN, “As Senator Wyden has said when asked, he fully intends to run for re-election in 2028”. Wyden joined the Senate after a special election where he defeated Oregon State Senate President Gordon Smith to fill the seat vacated by Republican Senator Bob Packwood in 1996.