Darlene Kay Olson Hooley is an American politician and former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's 5th congressional district.
Vera Katz was an American Democratic politician in the state of Oregon. She was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and was the 49th mayor of Portland,Oregon's most populous city. She grew up in New York City,moving to Portland in 1962,and was elected to the Oregon House in 1972. She served as mayor from 1993 to 2005.
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 141,242. The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
Asa Lawrence Lovejoy was an American pioneer and politician in the region that would become the U.S. state of Oregon. He is best remembered as a founder of the city of Portland,Oregon. He was an attorney in Boston,Massachusetts before traveling by land to Oregon;he was a legislator in the Provisional Government of Oregon,mayor of Oregon City,and a general during the Cayuse War that followed the Whitman massacre in 1847. He was also a candidate for Provisional Governor in 1847,before the Oregon Territory was founded,but lost that election.
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.
Margaret Louise Carter is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1999 and 2001 to 2009 and was the first black woman elected to the state's legislature. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives until 1999,and then in the Oregon State Senate from 2001 to 2009. She served as President Pro Tempore of the Senate,Vice Chair for Ways and Means,and as a member of both the Health and Human Services and Oregon State Hospital Patient Care committees. She announced her resignation from the Senate effective August 31,2009,and took a post as Deputy Director for Human Services Programs at the Oregon Department of Human Services. In 2015,she was reportedly considering a return to the senate.
Mary Therese Nolan is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. She represented District 36 in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013,and served as the majority leader from 2008 to 2010. She ran unsuccessfully for the Portland City Council in 2012. She came back into office in 2020,when she was elected as one of the councilors for the Portland-area regional government,Metro.
Frank Morse is an American politician served as a member of the Oregon State Senate for the 8th district from 2003 until 2012. He was first elected in 2002,defeating Democrat Barbara Ross,and was re-elected in 2006 and 2010. In September 2012,Morse resigned his office,stating that it was "time for new energy" in the position.
Virginia Burdick is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oregon,who served seven terms in the Oregon State Senate. She represented Tigard and Southwest Portland in Senate District 18.
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.
Jules Bailey is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2014,representing inner Southeast and Northeast Portland. Bailey also served on the County Commission for Multnomah County,Oregon from June 2014 to December 2016. In 2016,Bailey ran for mayor of Portland in 2016,losing to Ted Wheeler.
Lona 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.
Lew Frederick is an American Democratic politician,currently representing District 22 in the Oregon Senate.
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).
Deborah Kafoury is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Ricardo "Ricki" Ruiz is an American politician and community organizer serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 50th district.
Wlnsvey Campos is an American politician who serves in the Oregon State Senate. She assumed office in January 2023.
Kayse Jama is an American politician currently serving as Majority Leader of the Oregon State Senate. A Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate,he represents Oregon's 24th Senate district,which includes parts of Clackamas and Multnomah Counties. Jama was appointed by the Clackamas and Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to replace Shemia Fagan,who was elected Oregon Secretary of State in 2021.
Travis E. Nelson is an American politician and nurse serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 44th district. He assumed office on February 1,2022. He is the first openly LGBTQ+ man of color and the first openly LGBTQ+ African American to ever serve in the Oregon Legislature.
Mama Đút was a vegan restaurant serving Vietnamese cuisine in Portland,Oregon.
