Cliff Bentz
RRep. OR-2 · U.S. House · 3 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Bentz sits more conservative than 70% of the House and more liberal than 30%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC)Trade$11K
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership$10K
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC)Trade$10K
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PACTrade$10K
- REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PACOther / unclassified$10K
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)Corporate$10K
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade$10K
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PACCorporate$10K
- Corporate45%
- Trade29%
- Other / unclassified14%
- Membership9%
- Cooperative2%
- Labor1%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Health & medicine$73K
- Energy & utilities$54K
- Telecom & media$42K
- Agriculture$37K
- Real estate$23K
- Automotive$20K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 47% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleBentz's campaign has spent $519K across 312 reported disbursements.
- Events & fundraising$215K 41%
- Payroll & admin$103K 20%
- Advertising & media$76K 15%
- Consulting & research$67K 13%
- Travel & lodging$57K 11%
- GRAND VALLEY CONSULTING LLC$119K
- VOYAGEUR COMPANY$53K
- TG FUNDRAISING LLC$52K
- BLACK BUTTE RANCH RESORT$43K
- HUCKABY DAVIS LISKER INC.$29K
- MARISA SANCHEZ$19K
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents Oregon's 2th district · age 74 · from Salem.
Cliff Stewart Bentz is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district since 2021. He previously served in the Oregon Senate from 2018 to 2020 and in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2008 to 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
liveBentz has 2 periodic transaction reports on record — stock trades disclosed after the fact under the STOCK Act. Each PDF itemizes the trades.
- Filed 5/9/2026Official PDF ↗
- Filed 7/9/2025Official PDF ↗
From U.S. House Clerk financial disclosures.
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- House Committee on Natural Resources
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this House seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle- Dawn RasmussenDemocratChallenger$68Kraised ↗
- Chris BeckDemocratChallenger$30Kraised ↗
- Patty SnowDemocratChallenger$27Kraised ↗
- Rebecca McKay MuellerDemocratChallenger$19Kraised ↗
- Mary DoyleDemocratChallenger$6Kraised ↗
- Peter James LarsonRepublicanChallenger$8Kraised ↗
+ 4 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Last election
· 2024 cycle- Daniel RubyDemocratChallenger$28Kraised ↗
+ 4 other minor candidates with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Cliff actually voted · last 15 bills live
- Yea11-Jun-2026H RES 1335On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Yea11-Jun-2026H R 9238On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- Yea10-Jun-2026H R 8464On Passage
- Nay10-Jun-2026H R 8464On Motion to Recommit
- Yea10-Jun-2026H R 8312On Passage
- Yea10-Jun-2026H R 7892On Passage
- Nay9-Jun-2026H R 5408On Passage
- Nay9-Jun-2026H RES 1140On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Aye9-Jun-2026S 2On Passage
- Nay9-Jun-2026S 2On Motion to Commit
- Nay9-Jun-2026H RES 1140On Motion to Discharge
- Aye9-Jun-2026H RES 1345On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Yea9-Jun-2026H RES 1345On Ordering the Previous Question
- Yea8-Jun-2026H R 8428On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- Yea8-Jun-2026H R 8466On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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Every figure here is real and sourced: identity, party, seat, term history, committees and contact (congress-legislators); vote attendance, missed votes & how they voted (U.S. House Clerk, last 100 roll calls through 11-Jun-2026); campaign money raised and spent (FEC); stock-trade disclosures (U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Reports); declared election opponents & the money they raised (FEC candidate filings), with opponent bios quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists; ideological placement (DW-NOMINATE, voteview.com) and party-unity (computed from the roll calls above); biography (Wikidata + Wikipedia); the 2026 session calendar (official schedule). Nothing on this page is invented. wheresmyguy? carries no flight data, home locations, or real-time tracking. Time-stamped information is delayed at least 4 hours by design — wheresmyguy? is never a real-time tracker.