The Oregon Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Oregon,headquartered in Salem. The party was established in the Oregon Territory in February 1857 as the "Free State Republican Party of Oregon" and held its first state convention on April 1,1859,after Oregon achieved statehood.
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 127,700. The state Senate meets in the east wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.
The Independent Party of Oregon (IPO) is a centrist political party in the U.S. state of Oregon with more than 140,000 registrants since its inception in January 2007. The IPO is Oregon's third-largest political party and the first political party other than the Democratic Party and Republican Party to be recognized by the state of Oregon as a major political party.
Fred Frank Girod is an American politician and dentist from Oregon. He is a member of the Oregon State Senate representing the 9th district,which covers the mid-Willamette Valley,and previously served as the Senate minority leader. He was later succeeded by incumbent minority leader Tim Knopp.
Brian James Boquist is an Independent,formerly Republican,politician from Oregon;he currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12. Previously,he was in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 23 in the mid-Willamette Valley from 2005 to 2009.
Chris Telfer is a former Republican and current Independent Party of Oregon politician and Certified Public Accountant in Bend,Oregon,United States.
Cliff Stewart Bentz is an American lawyer,rancher,and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,he is the ranking member on the House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Water,Oceans and Wildlife and sits on the House Judiciary Committee. He previously served in the Oregon Senate,representing the 30th district in Eastern Oregon. He also served in the Oregon House of Representatives,representing the 60th district,which encompasses Malheur,Baker,Harney,and Grant counties,and part of Lake County,and includes the cities of Baker City,Burns,and Ontario.
The 2012 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses for the 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were on May 15,2012,and the general election was on November 6,2012. Sixteen of the Oregon State Senate's 30 seats were up for election,as were all 60 seats of the Oregon House of Representatives.
The 2014 United States Senate election in Oregon took place on November 4,2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Oregon,concurrently with the election of the Governor of Oregon,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
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 Republican politician currently serving in the Oregon Senate.
The 2014 elections for the Oregon Legislative Assembly determined the composition of both houses of the state legislature for the 78th Oregon Legislative Assembly. The Republican and Democratic primary elections were held on May 20,2014 with the general election following on November 4,2014.
Dallas Heard is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Senate from 2018 to 2023. Heard had previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 2 from 2015 until 2018.
The 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened for its first of two regular sessions on January 22,2019,and met for three special sessions,the last of which concluded on December 21,2020.
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.
The 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Oregon. The incumbent governor,Democrat Kate Brown,took office on February 18,2015,upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber. She was subsequently elected in the gubernatorial special election in 2016,and was re-elected to a full term in 2018. Due to term limits,she was ineligible for re-election in 2022.
A series of Oregon Republican State Senator walkouts began in May 2019 when Republican members of the Oregon State Senate refused to attend floor sessions of the Oregon Senate in an effort to stymie Democratic efforts to pass House Bill 3427. Proposed during the 80th Oregon Legislative Assembly,the bill would have provided $2 billion for K-12 schools through a new tax package. The senators eventually returned after reaching a deal with Oregon Senate Democrats and Oregon Governor Kate Brown,but elected to "vanish" the following month over another bill,House Bill 2020. House Bill 2020 is designed to institute a carbon tax in Oregon. Republican senators argue that it would unduly burden their constituents,while Democrats argue it is necessary to place Oregon at the forefront of the fight against climate change.
The 81st Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 11,2021 and adjourned June 26th. Its even-year short session of 35 days convened on February 1,2022 and adjourned sine die on March 4,2022.
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 82nd Oregon Legislative Assembly is the current session of the Oregon Legislature. It began January 9,2023.
