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Cliff Bentz

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Cliff Bentz is a Republican candidate for U.S. House in OR-02 in the 2026 election and the incumbent.

American politician (born 1952)

IncumbentU.S. House — OR-02RepublicanRunning nowVugol ID VM-97B-ZD5J FEC H0OR02127

Running for U.S. House, OR-02, 2026

Link: vugol.me/p/cliff-bentz

Roster source: FEC filing (2026-08-26)

Cliff Bentz — Headshot
Headshot · unitedstates.github.io
Cliff Bentz — Photo
Photo · Oregon Department of Transportation · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo · Rep. Cliff Bentz · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Cliff Bentz — Photo
Photo · bentz.house.gov
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Photo · Oregon Department of Transportation (see here) · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cliff Bentz — Illustration · Vugol.me
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  • 2026 · U.S. House, OR-02 · General · Republican · on the ballot · incumbent
  • 2024 · U.S. House, OR-02 · General · Republican · result not on file · incumbent · source
  • 2022 · U.S. House, OR-02 · General · Republican · won · 208,369 votes (67.5%) · incumbent · source
  • 2020 · U.S. House, OR-02 · General · Republican · won · 273,835 votes (59.9%) · source
  • 2018 · State Senate, OR District 30 · General · Republican · won · 39,336 votes (71.6%) · source

Background

Cliff Stewart Bentz is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district since 2021.

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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.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-13 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Bentz

Campaign finance

$1,277,462total raised (2026 cycle)
$875,816total spent (2026 cycle)
$1,457,990cash on hand (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-09-30 · Source: FEC

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  • Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
  • Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-10-13 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Bentz
  • Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
  • Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H0OR02127/
  • photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cliff_Bentz_(29488339406).jpg
  • photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cliff_Bentz_talking_to_press_during_capitol_storming.jpg
  • photo_gallery — https://bentz.house.gov/about
  • photo_gallery — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cliff_Bentz.jpg
  • photo_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/

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