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The 83rd Oregon Legislative Assembly is the current session of the Oregon Legislature. It began on January 21, 2025. It began on January 21, 2025. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Democrats netted one seat in both the House and the Senate to win a three-fifths supermajority in both chambers, which is required to pass new taxes or update existing taxes. [ 5 ]
The House meets in the west wing of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Members of the House serve two-year terms without term limits. In 2002, the Oregon Supreme Court struck down Oregon Ballot Measure 3 (1992), that had restricted State Representatives to three terms (six years) on procedural grounds. [1]
The secretary of state of Oregon, an elected constitutional officer within the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, is first in the line of succession to the governor. [1] The duties of the office are auditor of public accounts, chief elections officer, and administrator of public records.
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 141,242. [1]
The 2022 Oregon State Senate election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8, 2022, to elect 15 of the 30 members of the State Senate of the 82nd Oregon Legislature, along with one special election. A primary election was held in several districts on May 17, 2022. [1]
Jim Crary, attorney and candidate for Oregon's 2nd congressional district in 2016 and 2018 [5] James Manning Jr., president pro tempore of the Oregon Senate (2021–present) from the 7th district (2016–present) [6] Dave Stauffer, attorney and perennial candidate [5] Paul Damian Wells, machinist and candidate for secretary of state in 2012 and ...
Originally created in 1918 as the "Oregon State High School Athletic Association", the name changed to the "Oregon School Activities Association", or OSAA, in 1947. Currently, the OSAA sponsors seventy-four state championships in nineteen interscholastic activities including athletics, music, and forensics and is a member of the National ...
The 2020 Oregon House of Representatives election were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election being held on May 19, 2020. Voters in the 60 districts of the Oregon House of Representatives elected their representatives.