Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census,the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro,OR–WA metropolitan statistical area. Though smallest in area,Multnomah County is the state's most populous county. Its county seat,Portland,is the state's largest city.
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.
Katherine Brown is an American politician and attorney who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997,three terms as the state senator from the 21st district of the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2009,three terms as majority leader of the Oregon Senate from 2003 to 2009,and two terms as Oregon Secretary of State from 2009 to 2015. She assumed the governorship upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber in 2015. She was elected to serve out the remainder of his gubernatorial term in the special election in 2016 and was reelected to a full term in 2018.
Tobias Read is an American politician who is the current Oregon State Treasurer. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives,representing District 27 from 2007–2017,which comprises parts of Beaverton,southwest Portland,and unincorporated Multnomah and Washington Counties. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore and was formerly the Democratic Majority Whip.
Laurie Monnes Anderson is an American Democratic politician who most recently served in the Oregon Senate,representing District 25 in eastern Multnomah County,Oregon,including parts of the cities of Fairview,Gresham,Troutdale,and Wood Village. She previously served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives.
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. In January 2017,he began working for the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative as the chief stewardship officer,and as the CEO in January 2023.
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.
Alan Randal Olsen is an American Republican politician who served in the Oregon State Senate from 2011 until 2021,representing Oregon's 20th Senate district in southeastern Clackamas County,including the cities of Barlow,Canby,Gladstone,Johnson City,Oregon City,and portions of Milwaukie. He defeated incumbent Democrat Martha Schrader in the 2010 election.
Michael E. Dembrow is an American Democratic politician from the US state of Oregon,currently representing District 23 in the Oregon Senate. Before his appointment to the Oregon Senate,Dembrow served in the Oregon House of Representatives serving District 45. Dembrow,formerly an English instructor at Portland Community College,served on Governor Ted Kulongoski's State Board of Higher Education. The Oregon League of Conservation Voters and Willamette Week endorsed Dembrow during the 2008 legislative election.
Ellen F. Rosenblum is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the Oregon Attorney General since 2012. She is the first female state attorney general in Oregon's history,and previously was a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2005 to 2011.
Jessica Vega Pederson is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives,for two two-year terms,from January 2013 through 2016. From 2017 to 2022,Vega Pederson served as a county commissioner for Multnomah County,the state's most populous county. In 2022,Vega Pederson was elected to serve as county chair,and took office in 2023.
Elizabeth Steiner 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.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 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 elections of other federal and state offices,including the governor of Oregon and a United States senator. Primary elections were held on May 20,2014.
Gregory J. Matthews is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives,where he represented District 50 from 2009 to 2015.
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.
Robert Nosse is an American politician who serves as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. He represents District 42,which includes parts of Southeast and Northeast Portland.
Susan McLain is an American politician. A Democrat,she currently serves as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 29,representing Cornelius,Forest Grove,and parts of Hillsboro. She served as a councilor for Metro,the regional government covering the urban portions of Clackamas,Multnomah,and Washington counties,for 16 years,first winning election in 1990. She was an unsuccessful candidate for Washington County commissioner in 2006. She was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014,defeating Republican Mark Richman.
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.
Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American Democratic politician,restaurateur,and former engineer serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She currently represents the 39th district,which covers northern Clackamas County,including most of Happy Valley and parts of Oregon City,Milwaukie and the surrounding area.
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.
