Arthur Brouhard Robinson is an American biochemist,conservative activist,prominent climate change denier,and politician serving as Oregon State Senator from the 2nd District since 2021. He was the five-time Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives for Oregon's 4th congressional district.
Brian James Boquist is an American politician from Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12. A member of the Republican Party,he briefly defected to the Independent Party from 2021 until 2023. He previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley,from 2005 to 2009.
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.
Charles William Thomsen is an American Republican politician from the US state of Oregon. From 2011 to 2023 he served in the Oregon Senate representing District 26,which includes all of Hood River County and parts of eastern Multnomah County and northeastern Clackamas County.
Elizabeth Steiner,also known as Elizabeth Steiner Hayward,is a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate,representing the 17th district. Steiner was appointed to the Senate in 2011 by commissioners from Multnomah and Washington counties following the resignation of her predecessor,Suzanne Bonamici.
Tim Knopp is an American Republican politician from Oregon. He is a member of the Oregon State Senate and served as the senate minority leader from 2021 to 2024. He previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.
William S. Hansell is an American politician,farmer,and minister from Oregon. He served over four decades in local and state government positions including eight terms as an Umatilla County commissioner and three four-terms in the Oregon State Senate,representing a large rural district in eastern Oregon. As a young man,he spent twelve years as an evangelical Christian missionary in California and Australia.
Dennis Linthicum is an American politician serving in the Oregon Senate. A member of the Republican Party,he has served in the senate since 2017.
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.
Cedric Ross Hayden is an American politician from Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon State Senate from the 6th district,representing most of eastern Lane and Douglas counties. Hayden present served in the Oregon House of Representatives from District 7 from 2015 to 2023. His father,Cedric Lee Hayden,is a former state representative.
Daniel Bonham is a Republican member of the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 26th district,encompassing rural Clackamas County and parts of Wasco,Hood River,and east Multnomah Counties making up the Columbia River Gorge.
Lynn P. Findley is an American politician serving as a member of the Oregon State Senate. He represents the 30th district,which covers much of Eastern Oregon.
Kate Lieber is an American politician,who served as Majority Leader of the Oregon State Senate from 2023 to 2024. She represents Oregon's 14th Senate district,which includes the cities of Beaverton,Aloha,and portions of Washington and Multnomah counties.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8,2022. Primary elections were held on May 17,2022.
Oregon Ballot Measure 113,the Exclusion from Re-election for Legislative Absenteeism Initiative,was approved by Oregon voters in the 2022 Oregon elections. Measure 113 amended the Constitution of Oregon to provided that members of the Oregon Legislature with ten unexcused absences from floor sessions are disqualified from serving in the legislature following their current term. It is codified as Article IV,Section 15 of the Oregon Constitution.
The 2024 United States attorney general elections were held on November 5,2024,to elect the attorneys general of ten U.S. states. The previous elections for this group of states took place in 2020,while Vermont's attorney general was last elected in 2022.
The 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly is the current session of the Oregon Legislature. It began January 9,2023.
Benjamin William Bowman is an American Democratic politician who is the Majority Leader of the Oregon House of Representatives. He represents 25th district,which includes Tigard and parts of Durham and south Beaverton.
The 2024 Oregon State Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 5,2024,to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate to the 83rd Oregon Legislature.
LaVonne Griffin-Valade is an American politician and author who is the Oregon Secretary of State. Following the resignation of Shemia Fagan as secretary of state,Governor Tina Kotek appointed Griffin-Valade to the office in June 2023 to complete Fagan's term,which runs until January 2025. Previously,Griffin-Valade was the Portland City Auditor and auditor for Multnomah County,Oregon. She has published four crime fiction novels as well as other essays and stories.
