DemocratRon Wyden
U.S. Senator · Oregon
U.S. Senator from Oregon
12 tracked promises, 9 rated
Oregon
Represents Oregon statewide
How they won their seat
Ron Wyden won the 2016 U.S. Senate election in Oregon with 56.6% of the vote (1,105,119 votes).
- Ron Wyden · Democrat56.6%1,105,119
- Mark Callahan · Republican33.3%651,106
- Shanti S. Lewallen · Other3.2%61,915
- Steven C. Reynolds · Other3%59,516
- Eric Navickas · Other2.5%48,823
- 2 Other Candidates1.3%25,999
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Ron Wyden's record shows a concentration on issues related to privacy, healthcare, and surveillance reform. He has sponsored multiple bills aimed at enhancing data privacy protections, such as the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act and the Government Surveillance Reform Act, while also addressing healthcare access for rural areas through legislation to support labor and delivery units. Additionally, his involvement in tax reform and oversight is evident through the Billionaires Income Tax Act and efforts to block Treasury nominations until financial documents are provided. Focus areas (from the record): Privacy · Healthcare · Tax Reform · Government Oversight · Surveillance · Rural Health Alignment with declared positions: Consistent. Wyden's sponsored bills and declared positions align closely, particularly in areas of privacy and healthcare. His sponsorship of the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act aligns with his declared position on surveillance reform, while his efforts to support rural healthcare are evident in his legislation regarding labor and delivery units. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of his sponsored bills is not assessed in this analysis; The impact of his campaign finance sources is not assessed in this analysis; Any unlogged work or informal efforts that may influence his political activity. Confidence: high (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Ron Wyden has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2016. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Ron Wyden has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 24
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$552K29%
- Large individual (itemized)$794K42%
- PAC / committee$531K28%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — EnergyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Public Lands, Forests, and MiningOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources — Water and PowerOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Ranking Member, Senate Committee on FinanceOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Finance — Energy, Natural Resources, and InfrastructureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Finance — Fiscal Responsibility and Economic GrowthOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Finance — Health CareOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global CompetitivenessOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Finance — Social Security, Pensions, and Family PolicyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ex Officio, Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the BudgetOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Joint Committee on TaxationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Select Committee on IntelligenceOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+71 · based on 9 rated promises
- Attempted 1
- Championed 8
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2017 · 9 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept9
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
12 promises across 12 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Cannabis and drug policy1
- Clean energy1
- Cybersecurity and government transparency1
- Data privacy1
- Data privacy and national security1
- Government oversight1
- Health care and Medicaid1
- Reproductive health privacy1
- Rural health care and maternity care1
- Surveillance and Fourth Amendment privacy1
- Tax policy1
- Voting rights1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)12100%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
12 tracked promises
“Committed, through reintroducing the Billionaires Income Tax Act, to change tax law so people with more than $1 billion in assets pay tax each year on their gains rather than deferring it.”
“Pledged to keep fighting the Medicaid and health care cuts in the 2025 Republican budget reconciliation bill until the process concluded.”
“Vowed to block the Senate confirmation of CISA director nominee Sean Plankey until the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency publicly releases its 2022 unclassified report on security flaws in U.S. telephone networks.”
“Committed, through the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, to end the federal prohibition of cannabis and give states the tools to implement their own cannabis laws.”
“Committed, through the Government Surveillance Reform Act, to restore warrant protections and reform Section 702 surveillance so it creates stronger privacy protections for law-abiding Americans.”
“Committed, through legislation, to give rural and underserved hospitals the means to keep their labor and delivery units open and to prevent hospital chains from taking funding and closing units.”
“Committed, through the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, to close the data-broker loophole by requiring the government to obtain a court order before purchasing Americans' personal data.”
“Committed, through the My Body, My Data Act, to enact new privacy protections restricting the collection and sharing of people's reproductive and sexual health data.”
“Committed, through the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Surveillance Act, to set guardrails blocking bulk exports of Americans' private, sensitive data to high-risk foreign nations.”
“Vowed to maintain his hold on a Treasury Department nominee and block other Treasury nominations until the administration provides financial documents related to Russia.”
“Committed, through the SHINE Act, to simplify the permitting and inspection process so homeowners and local governments can more easily install home renewable energy systems such as rooftop solar.”
“Committed, through legislation ending voter suppression by unreasonably long lines, to ensure voters are not shut out of voting because they must wait hours to cast a ballot.”
Verified record
1,207 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $7,554,494, spent $7,109,278, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4997: A bill to set forth requirements for the regulation by the Food and Drug Administration of nitrous oxide products, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 15, 2026
- Sponsored S 5002: A bill to regulate compressed air dusters to prevent inhalant abuse. ↗Jul 15, 2026
- Sponsored S 5006: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate work disincentives for childhood disability beneficiaries. ↗Jul 15, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 198: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model". ↗Jun 24, 2026
- Sponsored S 4773: DASH Act ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored S 4739: A bill to implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, to prohibit reverse targeting of United States persons and persons located in the United States, and for other purposes. ↗Jun 10, 2026
- Sponsored S 4740: A bill to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to improve transparency, and for other purposes. ↗Jun 10, 2026
- Sponsored S 4738: A bill to implement reforms relating to foreign intelligence surveillance authorities, protections relating to warrantless queries for the communications of United States persons, and for other purposes. ↗Jun 10, 2026
- Sponsored S 4616: SLUSH FUND Act of 2026 ↗May 21, 2026
- Sponsored S 4588: Taxing Buybacks from Big Oil Windfalls Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored S 4594: Subpoena Abuse Prevention Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored SJRES 192: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to "Medicare Program; Implementation of Prior Authorization for Select Services for the Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction (WISeR) Model". ↗May 19, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 1,207 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 237
- Nay
- 604
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 17
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Yea
- PN8518Nay
- PN9304Nay
- PN9304Nay
- S4784Nay
- PN9382Nay
- PN9303Nay
- SJRES185Yea
- PN9382Nay
- SJRES196Yea
- PN9303Nay
- PN9302Nay
- PN9302Nay
- PN9307Nay
- PN9307Nay
- HCONRES86Yea
- PN8593Nay
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Nay
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
12 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Tax policyStated position
Committed, through reintroducing the Billionaires Income Tax Act, to change tax law so people with more than $1 billion in assets pay tax each year on their gains rather than deferring it.
Sourceshttps://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-cohen-beyer-introduce-the-billionaires-income-tax-actView position & sources → - Health care and MedicaidStated position
Pledged to keep fighting the Medicaid and health care cuts in the 2025 Republican budget reconciliation bill until the process concluded.
Sourceshttps://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-statement-on-parliamentarian-reconciliation-decisionsView position & sources → - Cybersecurity and government transparencyStated position
Vowed to block the Senate confirmation of CISA director nominee Sean Plankey until the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency publicly releases its 2022 unclassified report on security flaws in U.S. telephone networks.
Sourceshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/wyden_blocks_trumps_cisa_boss/https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-places-hold-on-top-cybersecurity-nominee-to-force-release-of-important-details-on-security-threats-to-us-phone-networksView position & sources → - Rural health care and maternity careStated position
Committed, through legislation, to give rural and underserved hospitals the means to keep their labor and delivery units open and to prevent hospital chains from taking funding and closing units.
Sourceshttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-senate-democrats-release-legislation-to-stop-labor-and-delivery-unit-closures-in-rural-and-underserved-communitiesView position & sources → - Cannabis and drug policyStated position
Committed, through the Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act, to end the federal prohibition of cannabis and give states the tools to implement their own cannabis laws.
Sourceshttps://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-senate-finance-committee-chairman-ron-wyden-and-senator-booker-lead-reintroduction-of-cannabis-administration-and-opportunity-act-legislation-to-end-the-federal-prohibition-of-cannabisView position & sources → - Surveillance and Fourth Amendment privacyStated position
Committed, through the Government Surveillance Reform Act, to restore warrant protections and reform Section 702 surveillance so it creates stronger privacy protections for law-abiding Americans.
Sourceshttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-lee-davidson-and-lofgren-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-reauthorize-and-reform-key-surveillance-law-secure-protections-for-americans-rightsView position & sources → - Clean energyStated position
Committed, through the SHINE Act, to simplify the permitting and inspection process so homeowners and local governments can more easily install home renewable energy systems such as rooftop solar.
Sourceshttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-help-homeowners-install-new-renewable-energy-systemsView position & sources → - Data privacyStated position
Committed, through the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act, to close the data-broker loophole by requiring the government to obtain a court order before purchasing Americans' personal data.
Sourceshttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-paul-and-bipartisan-senators-reintroduce-the-fourth-amendment-is-not-for-sale-actView position & sources → - Reproductive health privacyStated position
Committed, through the My Body, My Data Act, to enact new privacy protections restricting the collection and sharing of people's reproductive and sexual health data.
Sourceshttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-wyden-hirono-rep-jacobs-reintroduce-the-my-body-my-data-act-to-protect-reproductive-and-sexual-health-dataView position & sources → - Data privacy and national securityStated position
Committed, through the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Surveillance Act, to set guardrails blocking bulk exports of Americans' private, sensitive data to high-risk foreign nations.
Sourceshttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-lummis-whitehouse-rubio-and-hagerty-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-protect-americans-private-data-from-hostile-foreign-governmentsView position & sources → - Voting rightsStated position
Committed, through legislation ending voter suppression by unreasonably long lines, to ensure voters are not shut out of voting because they must wait hours to cast a ballot.
Sourceshttps://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-and-merkley-release-legislation-to-end-voter-suppression-by-unreasonably-long-linesView position & sources → - Government oversightStated position
Vowed to maintain his hold on a Treasury Department nominee and block other Treasury nominations until the administration provides financial documents related to Russia.
Sourceshttps://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-vows-to-block-treasury-department-nominees-until-the-administration-provides-financial-documents-related-to-russiaView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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