Ronald Lee Wyden is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from Oregon,a seat he has held since 1996. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 1996. He is the dean of Oregon's congressional delegation and chairs the Senate Finance Committee.
Mark Odom Hatfield was an American politician and educator from the state of Oregon. A Republican,he served for 30 years as a United States senator from Oregon,and also as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. A native Oregonian,he served in the United States Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II after graduating from Willamette University. After the war he earned a graduate degree from Stanford University before returning to Oregon and Willamette as a professor.
The 1992 United States Senate elections,held November 3,1992,were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with Bill Clinton's victory in the presidential election. Both parties swapped a pair of seats,resulting in no net change in partisan breakdown.
The Oregon Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Oregon,headquartered in Salem. The party was established in the Oregon Territory in February 1857 as the "Free State Republican Party of Oregon" and held its first state convention on April 1,1859,after Oregon achieved statehood.
The Oregon state Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Senate,representing 30 districts across the state,each with a population of 127,700. The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith sought reelection to a third term. Smith was the only Republican Senator from the West Coast and the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon. He was opposed by Democrat Jeff Merkley,the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives,and David Brownlow of the Constitution Party of Oregon. Merkley won by a narrow margin,with Smith not conceding until two days after the election. Merkley became the first Democrat to win this seat since 1960. And since Smith was the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon at the time,this was the first time since 1860 that no Republicans won or held statewide office in Oregon.
Tobias Read is an American politician who is the current Oregon State Treasurer. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 27 from 2007–2017,which comprises parts of Beaverton,southwest Portland,and unincorporated Multnomah and Washington Counties. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore,and was formerly the Democratic Majority Whip.
The Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2007 to 2008. There was a regular session in 2007,and a shorter special session in 2008.
The 75th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on January 12,2009,for its biennial regular session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and half of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2008;the general election for those seats took place on November 4.
Brian James Boquist is an Independent,formerly Republican,politician from Oregon;He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12. Previously,he was in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley from 2005 to 2009.
Chuck Riley is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 15th district,which includes Hillsboro,Forest Grove,and Cornelius in western Washington County. He served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Kim Thatcher is an American politician serving as member of the Oregon State Senate from the 13th district,which is currently assembled for the 81st legislative session. She previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 25th district from 2005 to 2015. She is a resident of Keizer.
The 76th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on January 11,2011,for the first of its two regular sessions. All 60 seats of the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 state senate seats were up for election in 2010. The general election for those seats took place on November 2. The Democrats retained the majority in the senate,but lost six seats in the house,leading to an even split (30-30) between Democrats and Republicans. The governor of Oregon during the session was John Kitzhaber,a Democrat,who was elected to a third term in 2010 following an eight-year absence from public office.
Tim Knopp is an American Republican politician from Oregon. He is a member of the Oregon State Senate and has been the senate minority leader since 2021. He previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Oregon was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oregon,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Dallas Heard is an American politician. He currently serves as a Republican member of the Oregon Senate. Heard had previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 2 from 2015 until 2018.
Alfred Hoyt Corbett was an American attorney,businessman,and politician in the state of Oregon. Born into one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Oregon,he attended Harvard University and then Yale Law School. He served twelve years in the Oregon Legislative Assembly,representing Multnomah County in the Oregon House of Representatives and then the Oregon State Senate.
Jack Tate is a businessman and former Republican legislator in the U.S. State of Colorado. He served both in the state house and state senate. He represented Senate District 27 in the Denver Metro Area,which encompasses parts of unincorporated Arapahoe County,the City of Centennial,and the town of Foxfield. While in the Colorado Senate,he served as Chair of the Senate Committee on Business,Labor,and Technology. He was also a member of the Senate Finance Committee and the Joint Technology Committee,the Pension Reform Commission,the Statutory Revision Committee,the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee,and the Alternatives to the Gallagher Amendment Interim Study Committee.
The 2016 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 79th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic parties held primary elections on May 17,2016 with general elections on November 8.
The 2018 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic parties held primary elections on May 15,2018 with general elections on November 6,2018.
