John Albert Kitzhaber is an American former politician who served as the 35th and 37th governor of Oregon. A member of the Democratic Party,he served the longest time in office,having won election in 1994 and 1998,then returning to win in 2010 and 2014.
Vicki Lynn Walker is an American politician. She served as the Oregon State Director for Rural Development with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A member of the Democratic Party,Walker previously served in both houses of the Oregon Legislature and briefly served as chair of the state's parole board. Walker is known as an advocate for utility customers and as an outspoken critic of influential former Governor Neil Goldschmidt.
Dennis Michael Richardson was an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 26th Secretary of State of Oregon from 2017 until his death in 2019. Richardson was from Central Point,Oregon and served six terms in the Oregon House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He represented House District 4,which included portions of Jackson and Josephine counties,and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2014 election,losing to incumbent Democrat John Kitzhaber.
Randall Edwards is an American politician who most recently served as the state treasurer of the state of Oregon. A Democrat,Edwards was elected as treasurer in 2000,and reelected in 2004,after serving two terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He served as a manager and senior advisor at the state treasury from 1992–1996,and was an International Trade Analyst for the U.S. Commerce Department.
Like many other U.S. states,the politics of Oregon largely concerns regional issues. Oregon leans Democratic as a state,with both U.S. senators from the Democratic party,as well as four out of Oregon's five U.S. Representatives. The Democratic candidate for president has won in Oregon in every election since 1988. Both houses of Oregon's legislative assembly have been under Democratic control since the 2012 elections.
Katherine Brown is an American politician and attorney serving as the 38th governor of Oregon since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997,three terms as the state senator from the 21st district of the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2009,three terms as majority leader of the Oregon Senate from 2003 to 2009,as well as two terms as Oregon Secretary of State from 2009 to 2015. She assumed the governorship upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber in 2015. She was elected to serve out the remainder of his gubernatorial term in the special election in 2016 and was reelected to a full term in 2018.
The Independent Party of Oregon (IPO) is a political party in the U.S. state of Oregon with more than 135,000 registrants since its inception in January 2007. The IPO is Oregon's third-largest political party and the first political party other than the Democratic Party and Republican Party to be recognized by the state of Oregon as a major political party.
Elections in Oregon are all held using a Vote by Mail (VBM) system. This means that all registered voters receive their ballots via postal delivery and can vote from their homes. A state Voters’Pamphlet is mailed to every household in Oregon about three weeks before each statewide election. It includes information about each measure and candidate in the upcoming election.
Mary Nolan is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. She represented District 36 in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013,and served as the majority leader from 2008 to 2010. She ran unsuccessfully for the Portland City Council in 2012.
Walter Kurt Schrader is an American politician and veterinarian serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district since 2009. His district covered most of Oregon's central coast,plus Salem,and many of Portland's southern suburbs,and a sliver of Portland itself. A member of the Democratic Party,Schrader served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2008.
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.
We Can Do Better is a grassroots movement based in the U.S. state of Oregon,which aims to bring citizens and stakeholders together to design a health care system that "works better for everyone." It was founded by former Oregon governor John Kitzhaber,M.D. in January 2006. Kitzhaber's goal was to find a way to put money used for health care,which as of 2006 amounted to about $6.3 billion in Oregon,to better use. That year,it was one of three organizations that drew substantially increased funding levels from the Northwest Health Foundation;its grant funds totaled $82,000.
The 2010 Oregon gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2010 to elect the Governor of Oregon to a four-year term beginning on January 10,2011. The incumbent governor,Democrat Ted Kulongoski,was ineligible to run due to term limits barring him from being elected to more than two consecutive terms.
Electoral reform in Oregon refers to efforts to change election and voting laws in the West Coast state of Oregon.
The 2014 Oregon gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor of Oregon,concurrently with other elections in Oregon and across the United States.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including the Governor of Oregon and a United States Senator. Primary elections were held on May 20,2014.
The 2014 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses of the state legislature for the 78th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 20,2014 with the general election following on November 4,2014.
Cylvia Lynne Hayes is an American consultant with a focus in sustainable economic development and was de facto First Lady of Oregon as the fiancée of former Governor John Kitzhaber. She is the founder and chief executive officer of 3EStrategies,a clean economy consulting firm. During her time as First Lady,Hayes helped launch the Prosperity Initiative to reduce poverty in Oregon. She was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Oregon House of Representatives in 2002,running against state representative Ben Westlund. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Dan A. Rayfield is an American politician serving as the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives representing the 16th district,which includes Corvallis and Philomath.
District 46 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2013,the boundary for the district includes a portion of Multnomah County. The current representative for the district is Democrat Khanh Pham of Portland.
