U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the non-partisan national movement to limit terms for elected officials, praises 2020 U.S. house candidate for Oregon (district 2), Cliff Bentz for signing the pledge for an amendment to term limit Congress.
The Ontario attorney, who seeks to win Oregon’s 2nd Congressional seat, will now shift to online platforms, newspapers and radio to attract voters.
As Oregon state lawmakers prepare to take up climate-change legislation once again next year, Senate Republicans are about to lose their key expert on the subject. Sen. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, announced Wednesday that he will resign in early January in order to run for Congress full time. “It is with considerable sadness that I leave the Oregon Senate,” Bentz […]
Oregon State Sen. Cliff Bentz (Republican, Senate District 30) officially filed with the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office Nov. 1, to run for the office of U.S. representative for Congressional District 2. Bentz, a rural legislator with a ranching and farming background, was first appointed to the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2008. Currently, he serves […]
By Pat Caldwell – The Enterprise VALE – Cliff Bentz believes he can make a difference in national politics. That optimistic sentiment is a trademark of sorts for the 67-year-old lawmaker who spent a good share of his childhood in the high desert sagebrush and juniper trees that dot Malheur County. Since his appointment to […]
Oregon’s only congressional Republican is calling it quits. U.S. Rep. Greg Walden announced Monday morning that he won’t run for reelection in 2020, putting a close to more than two decades in the U.S. Capitol. “At the end of this term, I will have devoted 30 years to the important calling of public service; of helping bring […]