Cliff Bentz

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Cliff Bentz
Cliff Bentz 117th U.S Congress.jpg
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
Information
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]

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).

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