John Albert Kitzhaber is an American former politician and physician who served as governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2015. In February 2015,shortly after beginning his fourth term,Kitzhaber resigned from office and was replaced by Secretary of State Kate Brown. A member of the Democratic Party,Kitzhaber was the longest-serving governor in the state's history.
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.
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 six 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 who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. 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,and 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.
Mary Therese 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.
Valerie Anne Hoyle is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 4th congressional district since 2023. Until 2023,she served as the commissioner of Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI).
Ellen F. Rosenblum is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Oregon Attorney General since 2012. She is the first female state attorney general in Oregon's history,and previously was a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2005 to 2011.
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.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8,2016,in 12 states and two territories. The last regular gubernatorial elections for nine of the 12 states took place in 2012. The last gubernatorial elections for New Hampshire,Oregon,and Vermont took place in 2014,as Oregon held a special election due to the resignation of Governor John Kitzhaber,while the governors of New Hampshire and Vermont both serve two-year terms. The 2016 gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,including the presidential election,Senate,and House elections.
David Gomberg is a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 10 on the state's central coast since January 14,2013. He served in political staff and lobbying positions in Oregon prior to his election to the Legislature. He's the retired head of his own kite design and construction business.
Paul Evans is an American politician. He has served in the Oregon House of Representatives since 2015,representing District 20,which includes parts of Marion and Polk counties. He was the mayor of Monmouth from 1999 to 2002.
Ken Helm is an American politician from Oregon. A Democrat,he serves in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing House District 34 in the West Hills outside Portland. He lives in Beaverton. Helm was first elected in 2014,winning the Democratic primary on May 20,2014,and facing no Republican opposition in the general election.
Kathleen Taylor is an American politician from Oregon. A Democrat,she was first elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014 and to the Oregon State Senate in 2016. She represented House District 41,which covers part of southeast Portland and its suburbs,including Milwaukie. She defeated former Milwaukie city councilor Deborah Barnes in the Democratic primary election on May 20,2014. She was endorsed by outgoing Representative Carolyn Tomei and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber in her race against Barnes. She lives in Portland.
Duane Stark is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party from southern Oregon,he was elected to succeed his party's 2014 gubernatorial nominee,Dennis Richardson,in the Oregon House of Representatives from District 4. He took office in January 2015 as one of two new state representatives from Grants Pass,together with Carl Wilson.
Julie Fahey is an American Democratic politician currently serving as the Majority Leader in the Oregon House of Representatives. She represents the 14th district,which covers parts of Lane County,including Veneta and western Eugene.
Jeffrey A. Helfrich is a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives. He represents the 52nd district,which covers all of Hood River County and parts of Clackamas,Multnomah and Wasco counties.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 6,2018. Primary elections were held on May 15,2018.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8,2022. Primary elections were held on May 17,2022.
The 2020 United States attorney general elections were held on November 3,2020,in 10 states. The previous attorney general elections for this group of states took place in 2016,except in Vermont where attorneys general only serve two-year terms and elected their current attorney general in 2018. Nine state attorneys general ran for reelection and eight won,while Republican Tim Fox of Montana could not run again due to term limits and Republican Curtis Hill of Indiana was eliminated in the Republican convention.
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