Cliff Bentz

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)

Headshot · unitedstates.github.io

Cliff Bentz — Photo — Photo · Oregon Department of Transportation · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Cliff Bentz — Illustration · Vugol.me — Illustration · Vugol.me
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain

Races

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.

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 2026-09-24 · https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Bentz

Campaign finance

$1,011,413total raised (2026 cycle)

$1,420,775cash on hand (2026 cycle)

$646,983total spent (2026 cycle)

As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC

Website and social

Campaign site

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Sources

Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-24 — 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_headshot — https://unitedstates.github.io/
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

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