Ron Wyden

Wyden continues as the Senator for the state of Oregon after winning the November 2010 elections. Wyden had 57.2% of the votes with his opponent Jim Huffman getting 39.5% of the votes.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/or/oregon_senate_huffman_vs_wyden-1207.html

Ron Wyden is the senior Democratic Senator from the state of Oregon. Wyden received a scholarship to play basketball for the University of California, Santa Barbara. However, he finished his undergraduate work at Stanford University before getting his Juris Doctor at the University of Oregon.http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/15/how-old-is-ron-wyden/

Wyden, along with Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, fought to have a provision in the latest stimulus package that would tax executive bonuses, like the one AIG distributed, at a rate of 35%. However, in closed door sessions, that provision was taken out of the stimulus package by the Obama administration.FoxNews.com: Sen. Wyden Points Finger... (March 18, 2009)

Wyden was a representative in the United States House of Representatives from 1980-1996. He has served as a Senator in the United States Senate from 1996 to the present.http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=27036

Democrat Senator Ron Wyden was seeking re-election in the 2010 Senate race. His opponent was Repbulican Jim Huffman. According to a Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, in October Wyden was ahead with 52% of the vote. Huffman was behind with 36% of the vote. This was a slight change from September when Wyden was ahead with 53% and Huffman 35%.http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2010/election_2010_senate_elections/oregon/election_2010_oregon_senate Wyden won the 2010 elections and continues as the Senator for the state Oregon.http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/or/oregon_senate_huffman_vs_wyden-1207.html

Wyden attended Palo Alto High School where he received a scholarship to attend the University of California. Wyden later transferred to Stanford University, graduated in 1971 and continued to the University of Oregon School of Law.http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/15/how-old-is-ron-wyden/

Wyden is married to Nancy Bass who is his second wife. Bass is co-owner of New York’s Strand Bookstore and mother to twins born in October 2007. Wyden also has two other children from his first marriage.http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/15/is-ron-wyden-married/

Ron Wyden is a strong advocate of Universal Health Care. He has authored the Healthy Americans Act with the help of fellow Senator, Robert Bennett. The crux of the legislation proposes that health care be paid for by both public and private contributions. He's also been an advocate of making health care mandatory for everyone.http://www.ontheissues.org/Social/Ron_Wyden_Health_Care.htm

Wyden voted no on replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment and yes on making the federal death penalty appeals harder as well as limiting death penalty appeals.http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/ron_wyden.htm<ref>