David Wu is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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.
ChristineKotek is an American politician serving as the 39th governor of Oregon since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Kotek served eight terms as the state representative from the 44th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2007 to 2022,as majority leader of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013,and as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2013 to 2022. She won the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election,defeating Republican nominee Christine Drazan and independent candidate Betsy Johnson.
Suzanne Marie Bonamici is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district,a seat she was first elected to in a 2012 special election. The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River,as well as all of Yamhill,Columbia,Clatsop,and Washington counties.
Brian L. Clem is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 21st district (largely from 2007 to 2021.
Paul Richard Holvey is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 8 since his appointment in January 2004,and serves as the Speaker pro tempore.
Brad Peter Avakian is an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Oregon House,the Oregon Senate,and as the state's nonpartisan elected Labor Commissioner.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012 to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon,apportioned according to the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. All five incumbents,four Democrats and one Republican,were re-elected to another term.
A 2012 special election in Oregon's 1st congressional district was held on January 31,2012,to fill a seat in the U.S. Congress for Oregon's 1st congressional district,following the resignation of Representative David Wu. Primary elections were held on November 8,2011,with the Democrats selecting state senator Suzanne Bonamici and the Republicans selecting businessman Rob Cornilles.
Elizabeth Steiner is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate,representing the 17th District. Steiner was appointed to the Senate in 2011 by commissioners from Multnomah and Washington counties following the resignation of her predecessor,Suzanne Bonamici.
John Davis is an American politician and a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 26 from 2013 until 2017.
Julie Parrish is an American politician and was a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 37 for four terms of office beginning on January 10,2011,and ending on January 13,2019.
Mark Johnson is an American politician and a Republican former member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 52 from 2011 until 2017.
Jim Thompson is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 23 from 2009 to 2015. Thompson served non-consecutively in the seat from his appointment in 2004 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lane Shetterly until January 2005. In September 2015 Thompson registered with the Independent Party of Oregon to run again for District 23.
Gregory J. Matthews is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives,where he represented District 50 from 2009 to 2015.
Barbara Smith Warner is an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. She served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 45th district from 2014 to 2022.
Michael J. Nearman is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 23rd district from 2015 until 2021,when he was expelled from the house for his role in the December 2020 Oregon State Capitol breach.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8,2016. Primary elections were held on May 17,2016.
The 2016 OregonSecretary of State election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the Oregon Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins declined to seek election;she was appointed in March 2015 following Kate Brown's ascension to the governorship.
Lori Michelle Chavez-DeRemer is an American politician from Oregon. As a member of the Republican Party,she represents Oregon's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first Republican woman to represent Oregon in the House.
