Darlene Hooley | |
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Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives from Oregon's 5th district | |
In office January 3, 1997 –January 3, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Jim Bunn |
Succeeded by | Kurt Schrader |
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 27th district | |
In office 1980–1987 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Darlene Kay Olson April 4,1939 Williston,North Dakota,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Divorced |
Alma mater | Pasadena Nazarene College Oregon State University |
Occupation | High school teacher |
Darlene Kay Olson Hooley (born April 4,1939) is an American politician and former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's 5th congressional district .
A high school teacher by profession,she served as a city councilwoman,state legislator,and county commissioner in Oregon before being elected to the House in 1996. In her post-congressional career,she remains engaged in civic life in Oregon and works as a strategic planning consultant.
Darlene Kay Olson was born in Williston,North Dakota to Clarence Alvin and Alyce Rogers Olson,who were wheat farmers. [1] She moved with her parents to Salem,Oregon at the age of 8. She attended Salem Academy,and then Pasadena Nazarene College (now Point Loma Nazarene University) in southern California,where she also worked as a lifeguard. [2] She returned to Oregon and earned her degree in education from Oregon State University in 1961,where she was on the basketball,field hockey,and rowing teams. Following her graduation,she taught reading,music,and high school physical education for eight years at schools in Woodburn,Gervais,and Portland. [1] [2] She also did post-graduate work at Oregon State and Portland State University. [3]
Hooley became interested in politics after her son was injured on a playground in West Linn. [2] She was appointed to a parks advisory committee,and in 1976,became the first woman elected to serve on the West Linn City Council. [1] In 1980,Hooley was elected to the Oregon State Legislature and served as a State Representative until 1987. In the legislature she served in the lower chamber (Oregon House of Representatives) as a Democrat representing Clackamas County (District 27),succeeding Republican Ted Achilles. [4] [5] She chaired the environmental and energy committees,helping to pass energy conservation and recycling legislation and worked on rewriting land use planning laws. In her third term,she chaired the education subcommittee of the ways and means committee. [1] As subcommittee chair,she is credited with leading reforms to Oregon's public kindergarten,pay equity laws,and welfare system. [6] Hooley left the legislature in 1987 to accept a position on the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners. [2]
In 1996,Hooley ran for the U.S. House of Representatives against one-term incumbent Republican Jim Bunn,who had been voted in as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994. Hooley won 51% of the vote in a field that included Bunn and two minor party candidates. Ironically,while Bunn's loss was attributed in part to his divorce and remarriage during his only term,Hooley also divorced during her first term in 1997. [7]
In the 2006 election,Hooley won a sixth term,defeating Republican Mike Erickson (who spent over $1 million of his own money),Green Paul Aranas,and Constitution candidate Douglas Patterson. She filed to run for a seventh term in 2008, [8] but in February 2008 announced she would not seek an additional term,creating an unexpected open seat in the 2008 election.
In her first term in the U.S. House,Hooley was elected House Democratic freshman class president. [1] Local political observers reported that she solidified support in her closely divided district,by staking out moderate positions,avoiding controversy and scandal. [9] In later terms,she was appointed to leadership positions in the House Democratic Caucus. [1]
Following the September 11,2001 attacks Hooley,a member of the House Financial Services Committee,advocated adapting banking laws and acting to disrupt the financial foundations of terrorist networks. [10] She has also focused on issues surrounding identity theft prevention [11] and increasing medical and financial privacy. [1] In 2003,she was a key sponsor of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act (HR 2622),which gave Americans the ability to receive free annual credit reports. [12]
She also focused on methamphetamines [13] and ecoterrorism [14] legislation,and supported the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. [15]
In 2002,Hooley voted against the authorization of the use of military force in Iraq. [16] As a member of the Veterans' Affairs committee,she focused on issues of veterans' health care and deployment of National Guard troops to the Iraq War.[ citation needed ]
Hooley was a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker. In 2006,she cosponsored H.R. 4411,the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. [17] She was also successful in directing federal funding to her district,including millions of dollars for transportation,timber,and agricultural interests. [18]
She served on the Science and Technology,Energy and Commerce,and Budget committees. She was a House Senior Whip for the Democratic Party and a member of the New Democrat Coalition.
Year | Democratic | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | |||||
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1996 | Darlene Hooley | 139,521 | 51% | Jim Bunn | 125,409 | 46% | Lawrence Knight Duquesne | Libertarian | 5,191 | 2% | Trey Smith | Socialist | 2,124 | 1% | * | ||||
1998 | Darlene Hooley | 124,916 | 55% | Marylin Shannon | 92,215 | 41% | Michael Donnelly | Pacific Green | 3,637 | 2% | Blaine Thallheimer | Libertarian | 2,979 | 1% | * | ||||
2000 | Darlene Hooley | 156,315 | 57% | Brian J. Boquist | 118,631 | 43% | * | ||||||||||||
2002 | Darlene Hooley | 137,713 | 55% | Brian J. Boquist | 113,441 | 45% | * | ||||||||||||
2004 | Darlene Hooley | 184,833 | 53% | Jim Zupancic | 154,993 | 44% | Jerry Defoe | Libertarian | 6,463 | 2% | Joseph H. Bitz | Constitution | 2,971 | 1% | * | ||||
2006 | Darlene Hooley | 146,973 | 54% | Mike Erickson | 116,424 | 43% | Paul Aranas | Pacific Green | 4,194 | 2% | Douglas Patterson | Constitution | 4,160 | 2% | * | ||||
* In 1996, minor candidates received 391 votes. In 1998, Natural Law candidate Jim Burns received 2,284 votes (1%); Socialist candidate Ed Dover received 1,378 votes; and minor candidates received 248 votes. In 2000, write-ins received 402 votes. In 2002, minor candidates received 383 votes. In 2004, minor candidates received 374 votes. In 2006, write-ins received 483 votes. |
After leaving Congress, Hooley joined former Multnomah County Commissioner Lisa Naito in founding Hooley & Naito, a strategic planning and legislative advocacy firm. [20]
Hooley remains[ when? ] active in supporting veterans and established the Darlene Hooley Scholarship for Oregon Veterans, under the auspices of the Oregon Community Foundation. [21]
In 2012, the City of Portland dedicated the Darlene Hooley Pedestrian Bridge, a bridge that connects the Lair Hill neighborhood to the South Waterfront district. [22] [23]
Hooley is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One. [24]
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