Bill Kennemer | |
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Member of the Oregon Senate from the 20th district | |
In office February 1, 2021 –January 9, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Alan Olsen |
Succeeded by | Mark Meek |
Member of the OregonHouseofRepresentatives from the 39th district | |
In office January 2009 –January 14,2019 | |
Preceded by | Wayne Scott |
Succeeded by | Christine Drazan |
Member of the Oregon Senate from the 12th district | |
In office January 1987 –January 1997 | |
Preceded by | Walt Brown |
Succeeded by | Verne Duncan |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 (age 76–77) Sacramento,California,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Cherie |
Education | Warner Pacific University (BA) Fuller Theological Seminary (MS,PhD) |
Bill Kennemer (born 1946) is an American clinical psychologist and Republican politician who represented the 20th district in the Oregon State Senate from 2021 to 2023. Kennemer previously represented Oregon's 39th House district in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019,and Oregon's 12th Senate district from 1987 to 1997. [1]
Kennemer was born in Sacramento,California. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Warner Pacific College in 1968 and a PhD from Fuller Graduate School of Psychology in 1975. [1] [2]
Kennemer was a clinical psychologist in private practice for nearly 25 years as well as a professor of psychology. [2] He has also worked as a truck driver and farm hand. [2]
Kennemer cites his commitment to public service as stemming from an incident in 1952 when,after his family home was destroyed by a fire,the community came together to rebuild it. [1] He was an Oregon State Senator from 1987 to 1996, [2] where he served as Assistant Senate Minority Leader, [2] and Chair of the Senate Business,Housing and Finance Committee. [2] He was in the BiPartisan Tourism Caucus,and the Fish and Wildlife Caucus,and was a member of the Association of Oregon Counties Legislative Committee. [1] [2] He was also a member of the Education Commission of the States and the Clackamas County Economic Development Commission. [2]
Upon leaving the Senate,he served as a Clackamas County Commissioner from 1997 to 2008,five times as chair. [1] [2]
In 2008,he narrowly won the closest legislative race in Oregon against first-time candidate Democrat Toby Forsberg for the Oregon House of Representatives seat held by former Minority Leader Wayne Scott. He won four more two-year terms before opting not to seek re-election in 2018.
In 2021,Kennemer was appointed to complete the Senate term of Alan Olsen,who resigned with two years remaining in his term. [3]
As Clackamas County Commissioner in,he received the Association of Oregon Counties Board of Directors' Outstanding Service Award for 1998. [2] Later,while a state representative,his support and advocacy in animal-related measures saw him labeled as a 2011 "Top Dog" by the Oregon Humane Society. [4]
Having lost his previous wife to cancer,Kennemer is now married to Cherie McGinnis. They share four children and nine grandchildren. [1]
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