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.
Suzanne Marie Bonamici is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district,a seat she was first elected to in a 2012 special election. The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River,as well as all of Columbia,Clatsop,and Washington counties.
Bruce Starr is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12 since 2025. 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 and son 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.
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.
Michael E. Dembrow is an American Democratic politician from the US state of Oregon who represented District 23 in the Oregon Senate from 2013 to 2025. Before his appointment to the Oregon Senate,Dembrow served in the Oregon House of Representatives serving District 45. Dembrow,formerly an English instructor at Portland Community College,served on Governor Ted Kulongoski's State Board of Higher Education. The Oregon League of Conservation Voters and Willamette Week endorsed Dembrow during the 2008 legislative election.
Katie Eyre Brewer is an American politician and accountant in Oregon. She was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in November 2010 for House District 29,succeeding Democratic Representative Chuck Riley. She lost to Ben Unger in the 2012 general election. Now known as Katie Eyre,she serves on the Hillsboro Planning Commission.
Joseph Gallegos is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 30 from 2013 until 2017.
Susan McLain is an American politician. A Democrat,she currently serves as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 29,representing Cornelius,Forest Grove,and parts of Hillsboro. She served as a councilor for Metro,the regional government covering the urban portions of Clackamas,Multnomah,and Washington counties,for 16 years,first winning election in 1990. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Washington County commissioner in 2006. She was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014,defeating Republican Mark Richman.
Ken Helm is an American lawyer and politician from Oregon. A Democrat,he serves in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing House District 27 in Beaverton and Cedar Hills. 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 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.
David Brock Smith is an American Republican politician currently serving in the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 1st district,which covers all of Curry County and parts of Coos and Douglas counties.
Julianne Elizabeth Fahey is an American Democratic politician 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.
Armand Richard Vial is an American lawyer,farmer,small business owner,and Nonpartisan candidate for Oregon's State Senate District 18,which covers parts of Washington County,in the November 2022 midterm election. He previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives in 2016 representing the 26th district. He has served in the state legislature as a Republican.
Mark Meek is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 20th district. He previously represented the 40th district in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2017 to 2023.
District 15 of the Oregon State Senate comprises central Washington County,including most of Hillsboro as well as Forest Grove and Cornelius. It is composed of Oregon House districts 29 and 30. It is currently represented by Democrat Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro.
District 30 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2021,the district is located entirely within Washington County and includes Rockcreek,Helvetia,and West Union as well as eastern Hillsboro and the Hillsboro Airport. The current representative for the district is Democrat Nathan Sosa.
Wlnsvey Campos is an American politician who serves in the Oregon State Senate. She assumed office in January 2023.
Lisa Reynolds is an American physician and politician. Lisa co-founded political organization Indivisible Oregon. She serves as a member of the Oregon Senate from the 17th district. She previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 34th district,which includes Bethany,Bonny Slope,Cedar Mill,Oak Hills,Rockcreek,and Tanasbourne as well as northern Beaverton and a small part of northwestern Portland and northeastern Hillsboro. In November 2024 she was appointed to succeed state senator Elizabeth Steiner.
Deb Patterson is an American politician from the state of Oregon. A Democrat,she has been a member of the Oregon State Senate since January 2021.
Lori Michelle Chavez-DeRemer is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district from 2023 to 2025. A member of the Republican Party,Chavez-DeRemer served as mayor of Happy Valley,Oregon,from 2011 to 2019.
