John Albert Kitzhaber is an American former politician and physician who served as the 35th and 37th 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.
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.
Alan Curtis Bates was an American osteopathic physician and a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He was a member of the Oregon State Senate,representing the 3rd District since 2005. Previously he was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2000 through 2004.
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.
Robert Nosse is an American politician who serves as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. He represents District 42,which includes parts of Southeast and Northeast Portland.
Paul Lynn 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.
Kathleen Taylor is an American politician currently serving in the Oregon State Senate. A Democrat,she was first elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014 and to the Oregon State Senate in 2016. She represents Senate district 21,which covers part of southeast Portland and its suburbs,including Milwaukie. She lives in Portland.
Daniel Adam Rayfield is an American politician and attorney who is the Attorney General-elect of the State of Oregon and former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2022 to 2024. In the House,he represents the 16th district,which included Corvallis and Adair Village.
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.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8,2016. Primary elections were held on May 17,2016.
Julianne Elizabeth Fahey is an American Democratic politician currently serving as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives. She represents the 14th district,which covers parts of Lane County,including Veneta and western Eugene.
Jeffrey Allen Helfrich is the Minority Leader of the Oregon House of Representatives. A Republican,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.
Christine Renee Drazan is an American politician who serves in the Oregon House of Representatives from the 51st district as a member of the Republican Party. She served from the 39th district from 2019 to 2022,before losing in the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election to Democrat Tina Kotek. During her tenure in the state house she served as the minority leader from 2019 to 2021.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8,2022. Primary elections were held on May 17,2022.
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