UPDATE: Merkley Announces First Town Halls of 2025

UPDATE: Because of a change in the U.S. Senate voting schedule, Senator Merkley’s Sherman County Town Hall, which was previously scheduled for 11:00 a.m. PT on Saturday, January 25, 2025, has been postponed. The town halls in Wasco, Hood River, Washington, and Multnomah counties will take place as planned. An updated event schedule and invitations will be shared in the coming weeks, so please stay tuned! — Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he will hold his first town halls of 2025 with in-person community conversations in Sherman, Wasco, and Hood River counties on Saturday, January 25, followed by conversations in Washington and Multnomah counties on Sunday, January 26. Merkley will be joined by U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter at the Hood River County and Multnomah County town halls. The five events kick off Merkley’s 2025 town hall tour of Oregon, where he will hold a community conversation in each of the state’s 36 counties. “There is nothing like holding town halls directly in the communities where Oregonians live and work to get to the heart of the ideas, issues, and priorities that matter most to them. That’s why I hold a town hall for every Oregon county, every year,” Merkley said. “I’ve had over 570 of these conversations since Oregonians first sent me to the Senate, and each one helps fuel my fight for working families, shape policies and ideas for bills, and keeps me laser-focused on where to target federal resources to meet local needs. “These direct community conversations also provide respectful, safe spaces for people to express their unique points of view and open folks up to new perspectives—essential to healing divisions and moving our state forward together. “I am thrilled to be hitting the road again to meet with Oregonians from all walks of life in their communities.” Since taking office in 2009, Senator Merkley has kept his promise to hold an open town hall for each of Oregon’s 36 counties every year. His upcoming town hall conversations are as follows, with additional details to be sent to local media ahead of each event: Saturday, January 25: Sherman County Town Hall Time: 11 a.m. PT Location: Sherman County Courthouse – Commissioners Meeting Room 500 Court Street, Moro, OR 97039 Wasco County Town Hall Time: 2 p.m. PT Location: The Dalles High School – Auditorium 220 E. 10th Street, The Dalles, OR 97058 Hood River County Town Hall – with U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter Time: 4:30 p.m. PT Location: Hood River Middle School – Gym 1602 May Street, Hood River, OR 97031 Sunday, January 26: Washington County Town Hall Time: 12:30 p.m. PT Location: Hazelbrook Middle School – Gym 11300 SW Hazelbrook Road, Tualatin, OR 97062 Multnomah County Town Hall – with U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter Time: 3:30 p.m. PT Location: McDaniel High School – Gym 2735 NE 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97220 ###