Cliff Bentz
| Cliff Bentz | |||
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| U.S. Representative from Oregon's 2nd Congressional District From: January 3, 2021 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Greg Walden | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Former State Senator from Oregon's 30th District From: January 4, 2018 – January 2, 2020 | |||
| Predecessor | Ted Ferrioli | ||
| Successor | Lynn Findley | ||
| Former State Representative from Oregon's 60th District From: January 22, 2008 – January 4, 2018 | |||
| Predecessor | Tom Butler | ||
| Successor | Lynn Findley | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Lindsay Norman | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic[1] | ||
Cliff Stewart Bentz, born January 12, 1952 (age 72), is a rancher and lawyer who previously served in the Oregon Senate from 2018 to 2020, representing the 30th district. Prior to that, he was a state representative from the 60th lower legislative district from 2008 to 2018. A conservative Republican, Bentz successfully ran for United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 2nd congressional district to replace the retiring Greg Walden, who did not seek re-election in 2020.[2]
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U.S. House of Representatives
2020 U.S. House election in Oregon's 2nd district
Bentz won the Republican primary for Oregon's 2nd congressional district in the 2020 U.S. House elections, garnering a plurality of just over 30% of the vote in the heavily contested election.[3] The seat was considered to be a safe Republican hold.[4]
Running in a solidly Republican district, Bentz easily won the general election to succeed Walden by a margin of over twenty points.[5]
Tenure
During the process of certifying the "official results" of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Congress, Bentz voted in favor of the objection to counting the Biden electors for the state of Arizona,[6] though against the objection for the state of Pennsylvania.[7]
Bentz voted in favor of the Farm Amnesty Bill.[8]
Bentz was among 35 Republicans to vote for Nancy Pelosi's partisan hack resolution to establish a January Sixth Commission.[9]
Bentz was among 47 Republicans to codify Obergefell V. Hodges (gay marriage).
References
- ↑ Life - Cliff Bentz for Congress
- ↑ Greg Walden to retire in latest sign of GOP doubts about retaking House
- ↑ Oregon Primary Election Results: Second House District
- ↑ Multiple references:
- ↑ Oregon Election Results: Second Congressional District. The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ Final Vote Results for Roll Call 10. clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ Final Vote Results for Roll Call 11. clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/03/19/30-gop-reps-vote-farm-amnesty-govt-supplied-workforce/
- ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/05/19/35-house-republicans-vote-for-bill-to-establish-january-6-commission/
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