Timothy James Walz is an American politician and retired educator. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL),he has served as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019.
The Oregon Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Oregon,headquartered in Salem. The party was established in the Oregon Territory in February 1857 as the "Free State Republican Party of Oregon" and held its first state convention on April 1,1859,after Oregon achieved statehood.
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 127,700. The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
Dave Hunt is an American politician in the state of Oregon. A Democrat,he was the Oregon House Speaker and served as State Representative for District 40 of the Oregon House of Representatives representing Clackamas County from 2003 to 2013. He was elected House Majority Leader for the 2007–2009 session,succeeding Minority Leader Jeff Merkley,who was chosen as Speaker. Hunt served as Speaker during the 2009–2011 session,again succeeding Merkley,who was elected to serve in the United States Senate. After his service in the House,Hunt served as President &CEO of the Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition (PNDC) for five years. He currently serves as Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Clackamas.
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.
Mary Nolan is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. They represented District 36 in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013,and served as the majority leader from 2008 to 2010. They ran unsuccessfully for the Portland City Council in 2012.
Jackie Dingfelder is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. She is a former member of the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives,and later served as a part of Portland,Oregon Mayor Charlie Hales' staff.
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.
Gene Whisnant is a Republican politician from the US state of Oregon. He serves in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 53,which encompasses most of Deschutes County,including the cities of Redmond and Sisters,and portions of the city of Bend.
Bill Kennemer is an American clinical psychologist and Republican politician who represented the 20th district in the Oregon State Senate from 2021 to 2023. Kennemer previously represented Oregon's 39th House district in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019,and Oregon's 12th Senate district from 1987 to 1997.
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).
Matthew Walter Hicks is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015,representing District 3,which encompasses most of Josephine County,including the cities of Grants Pass and Cave Junction.
John Mizuno is a Democratic politician who has served in the Hawaii House of Representatives since 2006. Mizuno was Vice Speaker of the House from 2013 to 2017,and was re-elected Vice Speaker on 20 January 2021. John Mizuno is the first Hawaii lawmaker to ever be recognized as the Legislator of the Year as a freshman. In 2007 Mizuno was recognized as the Legislator of the Year by the Coalition for a Tobacco Free Hawaii. Mizuno was recognized as Legislator of the Year in 2009 by the Hawaii Psychological Association and in 2010 Mizuno was awarded the Legislator of the Year title by the United States Humane Society. He served as a House Majority Whip from 2011 until 2013. In 2017 Representative John Mizuno became the Chairman of the newly formed super committee of Health and Human Services. This was the first time in the history of the House of Representatives that the Health Committee has ever been combined with the Human Services Committee. Mizuno is the former chair of the Human Services Committee (2009-2012). Prior to winning elective office,Mizuno was an administrative hearings officer for the Department of Human Services in Hawaii (1992-1998),a special investigator for the Department of Human Services in Hawaii (1998-2003),and a legislative staff member for the House of Representatives (2003-2006). He is a graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Willamette University College of Law.
Douglas W. Isaacson is an American Republican politician and a former member of the Alaska House of Representatives from District 1. He represented the 1st district from January 18,2013 –January 15,2015.
Chris Gorsek is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate representing District 25 since January 11,2021.
David Gomberg is a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 10 on the state's central coast since January 14,2013. He served in political staff and lobbying positions in Oregon prior to his election to the Legislature. He's the retired head of his own kite design and construction business.
John Davis is an American politician and a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 26 from 2013 until 2017.
Ann Lininger is an American attorney,politician,and jurist serving as a judge on the circuit court in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Prior to being appointed as judge,she was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 38th district,which includes most of Lake Oswego and portions of southwestern Portland.
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.
