Arthur Brouhard Robinson is an American biochemist,conservative activist,prominent climate change denier,and politician serving as Oregon State Senator from the 2nd District since 2021. He was the five-time Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives for Oregon's 4th congressional district.
The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the state Senate,representing 30 districts across the state,each with a population of 141,242. The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
Brian James Boquist is an Independent,formerly Republican,politician from Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12. He was in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley,from 2005 to 2009.
Kim Thatcher is an American politician currently serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 11th district since 2023. She previously represented the 13th district from 2015 to 2023,and served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 25th district from 2005 to 2015. She is a resident of Keizer.
Charles William Thomsen is an American Republican politician from the US state of Oregon. From 2011 to 2023 he served in the Oregon Senate representing District 26,which includes all of Hood River County and parts of eastern Multnomah County and northeastern Clackamas County.
Tim Knopp is an American Republican politician from Oregon. He is a member of the Oregon State Senate and has been the senate minority leader since 2021. He previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.
William S. Hansell is an American politician,farmer,and minister from Oregon. He served over four decades in local and state government positions including eight terms as an Umatilla County commissioner and three four-terms in the Oregon State Senate,representing a large rural district in eastern Oregon. As a young man,he spent twelve years as an evangelical Christian missionary in California and Australia.
Dennis Linthicum is an American politician serving in the Oregon Senate. A member of the Republican Party,he has served in the senate since 2017.
Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American Democratic politician,and former engineer serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She currently represents the 39th district,which covers northern Clackamas County,including most of Happy Valley and parts of Oregon City,Milwaukie and the surrounding area.
Daniel Bonham is a Republican member of the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 26th district,encompassing rural Clackamas County and parts of Wasco,Hood River,and east Multnomah Counties making up the Columbia River Gorge.
Lynn P. Findley is an American politician serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 30th district,which covers much of Eastern Oregon.
The 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Oregon. Incumbent Kate Brown took office when fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber resigned on February 18,2015. She won the subsequent 2016 special election a full term in 2018. Due to term limits,she was unable to run again in 2022.
Suzanne Weber is an American politician serving as the senator from Oregon's 16th Senate district. Weber won in the general election on November 8,2022. She assumed office on January 9,2023. She is a Republican. Oregon senators serve four year terms.
Richard Anderson is an American politician currently in the Oregon State Senate from Oregon's 5th district. He was elected to the seat after the incumbent Democrat decided not to run for re–election. He defeated Democratic candidate Melissa Cribbins in the general election,winning 49.4% to 46.5%,with 4.2% of the vote going to other candidates.
Oregon Ballot Measure 113,the Exclusion from Re-election for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative,was approved by Oregon voters in the 2022 Oregon elections. Measure 113 amended the Constitution of Oregon to provided that members of the Oregon Legislature with ten unexcused absences from floor sessions are disqualified from serving in the legislature following their current term. It is codified as Article IV,Section 15 of the Oregon Constitution.
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.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the 6 U.S. representatives from the State of Oregon,one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections will coincide with the 2024 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The primary elections are scheduled for May 21,2024.
Brian Stout is an American politician serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 31st district. Stout was elected in 2022 and has announced that he will not run for re-election in 2024.
The 2024 Oregon Senate election will be held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 5,2024,to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate of the 82nd Oregon Legislature. The election will coincide with the election of the other house of the Legislative Assembly,the Oregon House of Representatives,and other elections.
LaVonne Griffin-Valade is an American politician and author who is the Oregon Secretary of State. Following the resignation of Shemia Fagan as secretary of state,Governor Tina Kotek appointed Griffin-Valade to the office in June 2023 to complete Fagan's term,which runs until January 2025. Previously,Griffin-Valade was the Portland City Auditor and auditor for Multnomah County,Oregon. She has published four crime fiction novels as well as other essays and stories.
