Bernard John "Ben" Westlund II was an American politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. A Democrat,he was elected State Treasurer in 2008. Previously,Westlund served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly,as a Republican from 1996 to 2006,as an independent from 2006 to 2007,and then as a Democrat. Westlund dropped his Republican party affiliation to run for Governor of Oregon in the 2006 election,but dropped out of the race in August. In December 2006 he became a Democrat. Westlund worked as a business analyst,and ran businesses in mining,ranching,and agriculture.
The Independent Party of Oregon (IPO) is a centrist political party in the U.S. state of Oregon with more than 140,000 registrants since its inception in January 2007. The IPO is Oregon's third-largest political party and the first political party other than the Democratic Party and Republican Party to be recognized by the state of Oregon as a major political party.
Peter Michael Coleman Courtney is an American politician,lawyer,and professor who was a Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate,representing the 11th District since 1999. He served as President of the Senate from 2003 to 2023. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1981,1983,and from 1989 through 1998. Courtney previously taught at Western Oregon University.
Floyd Prozanski is an American Democratic politician who is a current member of the Oregon State Senate,representing the 4th District,since 2004. He previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives,from 1995 through 2000 and again for the 2003 session. He resigned from the House in December 2003 to accept appointment to the Senate seat that had been vacated by Tony Corcoran. He won election to the seat in November 2004.
Tobias Read is an American politician who is the current Oregon State Treasurer. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 27 from 2007–2017,which comprises parts of Beaverton,southwest Portland,and unincorporated Multnomah and Washington Counties. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore and was formerly the Democratic Majority Whip.
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.
Bruce Starr is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. A Republican,he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002. There he joined his father Senator Charles Starr and they became the first father-son team to serve at the same time in Oregon's Senate. Bruce had previously been a member of the Hillsboro City Council,and was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 and 2010,but lost a bid in 2012 to be the Oregon Labor Commissioner.
Walter Kurt Schrader is an American politician and veterinarian who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district from 2009 to 2023. His district covered most of Oregon's central coast,plus Salem,and many of Portland's southern suburbs,and a sliver of Portland itself. A member of the Democratic Party,Schrader served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1997 to 2008.
Brian James Boquist is an Independent,formerly Republican,politician from Oregon;he currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12. Previously,he was in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley from 2005 to 2009.
Chuck Riley is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 15th district,which includes Hillsboro,Forest Grove,and Cornelius in western Washington County. He served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011.
Chris Telfer is a former Republican and current Independent Party of Oregon politician and Certified Public Accountant in Bend,Oregon,United States.
Robert Eugene Jenson was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 58,which encompassed Union County,Wallowa County,and portions of Umatilla County. District 58 included the cities Pendleton,La Grande,and Enterprise. Jenson served in the Oregon House since 1997 until 2015. At the time of his retirement,as the member with the most seniority,he held the honorary title of Dean of the House.
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.
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).
On November 6,2012,the U.S. state of Oregon held statewide general elections for four statewide offices,both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly,and several state ballot measures.
Michael R. McLane is a judge on the 22nd Circuit Court of Oregon and a former Republican politician in the state's Legislature. McLane resigned his seat representing House District 55 in the Oregon House of Representatives on July 1,2019. He was appointed to the circuit court bench by Democratic Governor Kate Brown.
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.
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.
District 53 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2013,the boundary for the district includes a portion of Deschutes County. The current representative for the district is Democrat Emerson Levy of Redmond.
The 2018 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic parties held primary elections on May 15,2018 with general elections on November 6,2018.
