UPDATE: Merkley Announces Early April Town Halls

UPDATE: Because of a change in the U.S. Senate voting schedule, all three town halls in Central Oregon on Saturday, April 5 have been postponed.

The town halls in Grant and Wheeler counties on Sunday, April 6 currently remain as scheduled.

An updated event schedule and invitations will be shared in the coming weeks, so please stay tuned!

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Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced today he will hold five town halls for Oregonians in early April, with in-person community conversations in Jefferson, Deschutes, and Crook counties on Saturday, April 5, followed by conversations in Grant and Wheeler counties on Sunday, April 6. 

Merkley will be joined by U.S. Representative Janelle Bynum for the Deschutes County town hall.

The five events continue 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,” dijo Merkley.

“I’ve had nearly 600 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 look forward to speaking 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, April 5: 

Ayuntamiento del condado de Jefferson 

Tiempo: 10 a.m. hora del Pacífico

Ubicación: Gimnasio de la escuela secundaria de Madras

390 SE 10^el Calle, Madras, OR 97741

Ayuntamiento del condado de Deschutes – con la representante estadounidense Janelle Bynum

Tiempo: 13:00 hora del Pacífico

Ubicación: Gimnasio de la escuela secundaria Sisters

1700 W. McKinney Butte Road, Sisters, OR 97759

Ayuntamiento del condado de Crook 

Tiempo: 4 p.m. PT

Ubicación: Gimnasio de la escuela primaria Barnes Butte

1875 NE Ironhorse Drive, Prineville, OR 97754

Sunday, April 6: 

Ayuntamiento del condado de Grant

Tiempo: 12:30 p. m. hora del Pacífico

Ubicación: Salón comunitario de Dayville

132 Franklin Avenue, Dayville, OR 97825

Ayuntamiento del condado de Wheeler 

Tiempo: 4:30 p.m. hora del Pacífico

Ubicación: Escuela Secundaria Wheeler – Gimnasio

600 East B. Street, Fossil, OR 97830  

NOTA: Oregonians have been turning out in record-breaking numbers to Merkley’s town halls this year. His office works to find the best venues available, but please be prepared that venues may reach capacity.

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