Difference between revisions of "Ron Wyden"
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| Ron Wyden | |||
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| Senior U.S. Senator from Oregon From: February 5, 1996 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Bob Packwood | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Former U.S. Representative from Oregon's 3rd Congressional District From: January 3, 1981 – February 5, 1996 | |||
| Predecessor | Robert Duncan | ||
| Successor | Earl Blumenauer | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Laurie Oseran (1979 – 1999) Nancy Bass | ||
| Religion | Jewish | ||
Ronald Lee "Ron" Wyden (born 1949) is a senior Democratic United States Senator from Oregon. He previously served as a United States Congressman representing Oregon's 3ed Congressional District from 1980 to 1995. In 1996 he was elected to the Senate and has won every election since then. Wyden is a member of eight senate committees including the Budget Committee, Select Committee on Intelligence, and numerous committees on the environment.[1] Throughout the course of the current Congress, Wyden has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues ninety-five percent of the time.[2]