Ron Wyden

Career and professional background

• Education

  attended the public schools of Palo Alto, Calif.

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• Education

  A.B., Stanford University 1971

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• Education

  J.D., University of Oregon Law School in Eugene 1974

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• Career and public service

  director, Oregon Legal Services for the Elderly 1977-1979

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• Career and public service

  public member, Oregon State Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators 1977-1979

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• Career and public service

  elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the seven succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1981, to February 5, 1996, when he resigned, having been elected to the Senate

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• Career and public service

  elected to the Senate in a special election on January 30, 1996, to fill the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1999, left vacant by the resignation of Robert W. Packwood, and began service on February 6, 1996

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• Career and public service

  reelected in 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016, and again in 2022 for the term ending January 3, 2029

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• Career and public service

  chair, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress [January 3, 2013-February 12, 2014]), Committee on Finance (One Hundred Thirteenth Congress [February 12, 2014-January 3, 2015], One Hundred Seventeenth and One Hundred Eighteenth Congresses).

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