About Earl Blumenauer
Earl Francis Blumenauer ( BLOOM-ə-nowər; born August 16, 1948) is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 3rd congressional district from 1996 to 2025. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. As a member of the Democratic Party, Blumenauer previously spent over 20 years as a public official in Portland, including serving on the Portland City Council from 1987 to 1996, when he succeeded Ron Wyden in the U.S. House of Representatives. Wyden was elected to the U.S. Senate after Bob Packwood resigned. Blumenauer is known for his distinctive bow ties and neon bicycle lapel pins. Blumenauer gifts his signature bike pins to fellow congressmen, interns, and staffers. Since January 2025, Blumenauer serves as a senior fellow at Portland State University and as special advisor to university president Ann Cudd. In 1996, Blumenauer's first year in Congress, he voted in support of the Defense of Marriage Act, which passed that year. In April 2021, he led a letter by 20 members of Congress requesting $100 million in funding for alternative proteins research and development.
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