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Fred Frank Girod is an American politician from Oregon. He is a member of the Oregon State Senate representing the 9th district,which covers the mid-Willamette Valley,and previously served as the Senate minority leader. He was later succeeded by incumbent minority leader Tim Knopp.
Brian James Boquist is an American politician from Oregon. He served in the Oregon Senate representing District 12 from 2009 until 2025 A member of the Republican Party,he briefly defected to the Independent Party from 2021 until 2023. He previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley,from 2005 to 2009.
Lona Kim Thatcher is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 11th district since 2023. She previously represented the 13th district from 2015 to 2023,and served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 25th district from 2005 to 2015. She is a resident of Keizer.
Charles William Thomsen is an American Republican politician from the US state of Oregon. From 2011 to 2023 he served in the Oregon Senate representing District 26,which includes all of Hood River County and parts of eastern Multnomah County and northeastern Clackamas County.
Tim Knopp is an American Republican politician from Oregon. He was a member of the Oregon State Senate from 2013 to 2025 and served as the senate minority leader from 2021 to 2024. He previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.
William S. Hansell is an American politician,farmer,and minister from Oregon. He served over four decades in local and state government positions including eight terms as an Umatilla County commissioner and three four-terms in the Oregon State Senate,representing a large rural district in eastern Oregon. As a young man,he spent twelve years as an evangelical Christian missionary in California and Australia.
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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3,2020. Primary elections were held on May 19,2020.
Suzanne Weber is an American politician serving as the senator from Oregon's 16th Senate district. Weber won in the general election on November 8,2022. She assumed office on January 9,2023. She is a Republican. Oregon senators serve four year terms.
Dick Anderson is an American politician currently in the Oregon State Senate from Oregon's 5th district. He was elected to the seat after the incumbent Democrat decided not to run for re–election. He defeated Democratic candidate Melissa Cribbins in the general election,winning 49.4% to 46.5%,with 4.2% of the vote going to other candidates.
Oregon Ballot Measure 113,the Exclusion from Re-election for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative,was approved by Oregon voters in the 2022 Oregon elections. Measure 113 amended the Constitution of Oregon to provided that members of the Oregon Legislature with ten unexcused absences from floor sessions are disqualified from serving in the legislature following their current term. It is codified as Article IV,Section 15 of the Oregon Constitution.
The 2024 Oregon State Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 5,2024,to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate to the 83rd Oregon Legislature.
Diane Linthicum is an American Republican politician who currently serves in the Oregon Senate. She represents the 28th district,which encompasses all of Klamath County as well as outlying parts of Deschutes and Jackson Counties.
Noah Robinson is an American Republican politician currently serving in the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 2nd district,which comprises all of Josephine County as well as southern Douglas County and northern Jackson County.
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- ↑ Baires, Jennifer. "Anthony Broadman Is First Democrat Elected To SD-27 In 44 Years". The Source Weekly - Bend. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- ↑ "Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can't run for reelection". AP News. 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2025-01-15.
- ↑ "November 5, 2024, General Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
