Theodore Ralph Kulongoski is an American politician,judge,and lawyer who served as the 36th Governor of Oregon from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and also served as the state Insurance Commissioner. He was the Attorney General of Oregon from 1993 to 1997 and a justice of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1997 to 2001. Kulongoski has served in all three branches of the Oregon state government.
David B. "Dave" Frohnmayer was an American attorney,politician,and academic administrator from Oregon. He was the 15th president of the University of Oregon,serving from 1994 to 2009. His tenure as president was the second-longest after John Wesley Johnson. He was the first native Oregonian to run the University of Oregon. Frohnmayer previously served as Oregon Attorney General from 1981 to 1991,and subsequently served as dean at the University of Oregon School of Law before serving as president of the university. He served in an "of counsel" attorney role with the Oregon law firm,Harrang Long Gary Rudnick P.C.
John Albert Kitzhaber is an American former politician and physician who served as the 35th and 37th governor of Oregon from 1995 to 2003 and again from 2011 to 2015. In February 2015,shortly after beginning his fourth term,Kitzhaber resigned from office and was replaced by Secretary of State Kate Brown. A member of the Democratic Party,Kitzhaber was the longest-serving governor in the state's history.
Grattan Kerans was an American politician from Oregon,who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1974 through 1984,and in the Oregon State Senate from 1986 to 1993. He held the position of Speaker of the House during the 1983 legislative session.
Phil Keisling is an American politician and business executive in the U.S. state of Oregon. He served as Oregon Secretary of State from 1991 to 1999 and previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives. He is known for having championed the state's vote-by-mail system.
Randall Edwards is an American politician who most recently served as the state treasurer of the state of Oregon. A Democrat,Edwards was elected as treasurer in 2000 and reelected in 2004,after serving two terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly. He served as a manager and senior advisor at the Oregon State Treasury from 1992–1996,and was an International Trade Analyst for the U.S. Commerce Department.
Term limits legislation –term limits for state and federal office-holders –has been a recurring political issue in the U.S. state of Oregon since 1992. In that year's general election,Oregon voters approved Ballot Measure 3,an initiative that enacted term limits for representatives in both houses of the United States Congress and the Oregon Legislative Assembly,and statewide officeholders. It has been described as the strictest term limits law in the country.
Elections in Oregon are all held using a Vote by Mail (VBM) system. This means that all registered voters receive their ballots via postal delivery and can vote from their homes. A state Voters’Pamphlet is mailed to every household in Oregon about three weeks before each statewide election. It includes information about each measure and candidate in the upcoming election.
Tobias Read is an American politician who is the secretary of state-elect of Oregon. As a member of the Democratic Party he has been serving as the Oregon State Treasurer since 2017. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing the 27th district from 2007 to 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.
Rod Monroe is a Canadian-born American politician who served in the Oregon Senate,representing District 24 in the middle part of Multnomah County,which includes most of eastern Portland and the city of Happy Valley.
Richard Oswald Eymann was an American businessman and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Alberta,Canada,he served as an airman during World War II and then graduated from Dartmouth College. Eymann moved to Oregon where he would serve as a Democrat in the Oregon House of Representatives,including one session as Speaker.
Jason Douglas Boe was an American optometrist from Oregon. A native of California,he served as the 47th president of the Oregon State Senate. Prior to serving in the Senate he was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.
Anthony Meeker is a politician in Oregon. He was appointed State Treasurer in 1987. Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt appointed him to fill the vacancy created when Bill Rutherford resigned from office. Meeker was elected to a full term in 1988. He had also served in the Oregon House of Representatives and in the Oregon State Senate.
Beverly A. Clarno is an American politician who served as the 27th Oregon Secretary of State from 2019 to 2021. She was the only Republican statewide official in Oregon at the time. Clarno previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate. As of 2024,she is the most recent Republican to have held statewide office in Oregon.
Stan Bunn is an American politician and lawyer in the U.S. state of Oregon. Born and raised in Yamhill County,he is part of a political family that includes his brother Jim Bunn who served in Congress. A self-described moderate Republican,Stan served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly,including a successful run for the Oregon House of Representatives while in law school in 1972. Later he served as Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1999 to 2003,in a political career spanning four decades. In non-elective offices,he was chairman of the state's ethics commission and on the Oregon Traffic Safety Commission between stints in the legislature.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon,apportioned according to the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. All five incumbents,four Democrats and one Republican,were re-elected to another term.
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.
William D. Rutherford is an American Republican politician who served as Oregon State Treasurer from 1984 until 1987.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3,2020. Primary elections were held on May 19,2020.
