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.
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.
Alan Randal Olsen is an American Republican politician who served in the Oregon State Senate from 2011 until 2021,representing Oregon's 20th Senate district in southeastern Clackamas County,including the cities of Barlow,Canby,Gladstone,Johnson City,Oregon City,and portions of Milwaukie. He defeated incumbent Democrat Martha Schrader in the 2010 election.
Ellen F. Rosenblum is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Oregon Attorney General since 2012. She is the first female state attorney general in Oregon's history,and previously was a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2005 to 2011.
Shemia Patricia Fagan is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Oregon secretary of state from 2021 to 2023. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate,representing Senate District 24 from in 2019 to 2021. She also represented House District 51 from 2013 to 2017. In 2020,Fagan was elected as Oregon Secretary of State.
John Davis is an American politician and a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 26 from 2013 until 2017.
Mark Johnson is an American politician and a Republican former member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 52 from 2011 until 2017.
Barbara Smith Warner is an American Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. She served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives for the 45th district from 2014 to 2022.
Carla Piluso is an American politician and former police officer. She was the first woman to serve as chief of the Gresham Police Department in Gresham,Oregon. In 2014,she won election as a Democrat to the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 50. Piluso served in the Gresham Police Department for 30 years,beginning in 1979. She is also on the school board for the Gresham-Barlow School District. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Multnomah County commissioner in 2008.
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.
Michael J. Nearman is an American politician who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 23rd district from 2015 until 2021,when he was expelled from the house for his role in the December 2020 Oregon State Capitol breach.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8,2016. Primary elections were held on May 17,2016.
Karin Power is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives. She represented the 41st district,which covers parts of Clackamas County and Multnomah County,including Milwaukie,Oak Grove,and parts of southeast Portland.
Tawna Dee Sanchez is an American politician,currently serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She represents the 43rd district,which covers parts of north-central Portland.
Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American politician and businesswoman serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party and currently represents the 39th district,which covers northern Clackamas County,including most of Happy Valley and parts of Oregon City,Milwaukie and the surrounding area.
Eric Werner Reschke is an American businessman and Republican politician currently serving in the Oregon House of Representatives. He represents the 55th district,which covers parts of Jackson and Klamath counties,including parts of Klamath Falls.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3,2020. Primary elections were held on May 19,2020.
The 2020 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Oregon Secretary of State,the highest office in the state after the governor. Incumbent Republican Bev Clarno had agreed not to run for a full term. Clarno was appointed by Governor Kate Brown to replace Dennis Richardson,who died of cancer during his term.
The 2016 OregonSecretary of State election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the Oregon Secretary of State. Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins declined to seek election;she was appointed in March 2015 following Kate Brown's ascension to the governorship.
Maxine Elizabeth Dexter is an American physician and politician who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2020 to 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,she was appointed in June 2020 after the death of Mitch Greenlick. She formerly represented the 33rd district,which covers the Northwest District and Northwest Heights of Portland,as well as Cedar Mill,Oak Hills,and most of Bethany.
