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 Yamhill,Columbia,Clatsop,and Washington counties.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on January 14,2013,for the first of its two regular sessions,and on February 3,2014 for its second session. All of the 60 seats in the House of Representatives and 16 of the 30 seats in the State Senate were up for election in 2012;the general election for those seats took place on November 6,2012.
Jennifer Williamson is an American attorney,Democratic politician,and political strategist who represented Oregon's 36th District in the Oregon House of Representatives. She served as Majority Leader from 2015 to 2019.
Chris Gorsek is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate representing District 25 since January 11,2021.
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.
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.
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 from Oregon. A Democrat,she was first elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014 and to the Oregon State Senate in 2016. She represented House District 41,which covers part of southeast Portland and its suburbs,including Milwaukie. She defeated former Milwaukie city councilor Deborah Barnes in the Democratic primary election on May 20,2014. She was endorsed by outgoing Representative Carolyn Tomei and Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber in her race against Barnes. She lives in Portland.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8,2016. Primary elections were held on May 17,2016.
Mark Allen Callahan is an American information technology consultant and perennial candidate. He was the Republican nominee in the 2016 United States Senate election in Oregon.
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 23 of the Oregon State Senate comprises parts of Portland and the entirety of Maywood Park in Multnomah County. The district is composed of Oregon House districts 45 and 46. It is currently represented by Democrat Michael Dembrow of Portland.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon was held on November 3,2020,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
District 45 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2021,the district is contained entirely within Multnomah County and includes parts of inner northeast and southeast Portland as well as Parkrose and Argay in outer northeast Portland and the independent enclave of Maywood Park. The current representative for the district is Democrat Thuy Tran of Portland.
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.
