“It was a difficult decision.”
BY NIGEL JAQUISS
Oregon Journalism Project
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) told the Oregon Journalism Project in an interview Thursday morning, July 10, that he will run for a fourth term next year.
Merkley, 68, an East Portland resident when he’s not in Washington, D.C., has been mulling his future for months and extended his process beyond a self-imposed deadline of June 30.
“It was a difficult decision,”…