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.
Victor George Atiyeh was an American politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Oregon from 1979 to 1987. He was also the first elected governor of Middle Eastern descent and of Syrian descent in the United States.
The Oregon State Board of Higher Education was the statutory governing board for the Oregon University System from 1909 to 2015. The board was composed of eleven members appointed by the Governor of Oregon and confirmed by the Oregon State Senate. Nine members were appointed for four year terms;two members were students and appointed for two year terms.
The 1980 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,coinciding with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. The 34 Senate seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955. This was the first time since 1966 that any party successfully defended all their own seats.
Elizabeth Furse was a Kenya Colony-born American small business owner and former faculty member of Portland State University. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999,representing Oregon's 1st congressional district. She was a Democrat,and was the first naturalized U.S. citizen born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7,2006,in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Kevin Leese Mannix is an American politician,business attorney,and former chairman of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Oregon.
The 2006 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 7,2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor of Oregon Ted Kulongoski ran for a second and final term as governor. Kulongoski faced several challengers in his primary,whom he dispatched to win his party's nomination a second time,while Republican nominee Ron Saxton,the former Chair of the Portland Public Schools Board and a candidate for governor in 2002 emerged from a crowded primary. Kulongoski and Saxton were initially going to be challenged in the general election by State Senator Ben Westlund,but Westlund withdrew his candidacy before the general election. There were multiple independent and third party challengers on the ballot as well. In a hard-fought campaign,Kulongoski won re-election by a surprisingly wide margin,winning his second term as governor.
Vicki Lynn Walker is an American politician. She served as the Oregon State Director for Rural Development with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. A member of the Democratic Party,Walker previously served in both houses of the Oregon Legislature and briefly served as chair of the state's parole board. Walker is known as an advocate for utility customers and as an outspoken critic of influential former Governor Neil Goldschmidt.
Ronald L. Saxton is an American lawyer,business person,and Republican politician in Oregon. He has run twice for Governor of Oregon,losing in the 2002 primary election,and winning the Republican nomination in 2006,but losing in the general election.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5,2002,in 36 states and two territories. The Republicans won eight seats previously held by the Democrats,as well as the seat previously held by Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura,who was elected on the Reform Party ticket but had since renounced his party affiliation. The Democrats won 10 seats previously held by the Republicans,as well as the seat previously held by Maine governor Angus King,an independent. The elections were held concurrently with the other United States elections of 2002.
The Democratic Party of Oregon is the Oregon affiliate of the Democratic Party. The State Central Committee,made up of two delegates elected from each of Oregon's 36 counties and one additional delegate for every 15,000 registered Democrats,is the main authoritative body of the party. The party has 17 special group caucuses which also each have representation on the State Central Committee.
Thomas Ancil Balmer is a former justice and chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. A native of Washington,he was appointed to the court in 2001 as a justice,later serving as chief justice from 2012 to 2018. He retired on December 31,2022.
The Oregon Health Plan is Oregon's state Medicaid program. It is overseen by the Oregon Health Authority.
Brad Peter Avakian is an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Oregon House,the Oregon Senate,and as the state's nonpartisan elected Labor Commissioner.
The 2002 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 5,2002. Incumbent Democrat John Kitzhaber was barred by term limits from seeking a third consecutive term;he later successfully ran again in 2010 and 2014. To replace him,former Oregon Supreme Court Associate Justice Ted Kulongoski won a crowded and competitive Democratic primary,while former State Representative Kevin Mannix emerged from an equally competitive Republican primary. The campaign between Kulongoski and Mannix,who were joined by Libertarian nominee Tom Cox,was close and went down to the wire. Ultimately,Kulongoski eked out a narrow margin of victory over Mannix,which was slightly smaller than Cox's total vote share,allowing Kulongoski to win what would be the first of two terms as governor. As of 2024,this is the last time that Oregon voted for a gubernatorial nominee and a U.S. Senate nominee of different political parties.
In the first decade of the 2000s,the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs sought to build a casino in the Columbia River Gorge. They ended their pursuit of the project in 2013. They considered various sites,as early as 1999;the most extensive plan called for a 60-acre (24 ha) facility with 250 hotel rooms in Cascade Locks,Oregon. The proposed site is within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area,and adjacent to a federally designated wilderness area,but within the city limits of Cascade Locks..
The 1980 Oregon United States Senate election was held on November 4,1980 to select the U.S. Senator from the state of Oregon. Republican candidate Bob Packwood was re-elected to a third term,defeating Democratic state senator Ted Kulongoski and Libertarian Tonie Nathan.
The 1982 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 2,1982. Incumbent Republican Governor Victor Atiyeh won re-election to a second term in a landslide,defeating Democratic state senator Ted Kulongoski and carrying every county in the state. As of 2024,this is the last time that a Republican was elected Governor of Oregon,and the most recent gubernatorial election in which every county voted for the same nominee. Twenty years later,Kulongoski was elected governor,where he served two terms.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8,2022,in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms,the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in the 2018 U.S. gubernatorial elections. The gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,as part of the 2022 midterm elections.
