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Ellen F. Rosenblum (born January 6, 1951) 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.
Term ends: 2024. The Oregon attorney general is a statutory officer within the executive branch of the state of Oregon, and serves as the chief legal officer of the state, heading its Department of Justice with its six operating divisions. [1] The attorney general is chosen by statewide partisan election to serve a term of four years.
The 2024 Oregon Attorney General election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the attorney general of Oregon.Incumbent Democratic attorney general Ellen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by former Governor John Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012, to finish the term of her predecessor John Kroger, who resigned from office. [1]
Dan Rayfield, 45, of Corvallis, is a Willamette University College of Law graduate and has been a state representative since 2015. He also served as Oregon Speaker of the House from 2022 to 2024.
The state attorney general helms the Oregon Department of Justice and is tasked with legally representing the state. More than 1,000 people work for the Oregon DOJ across 10 divisions.
The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ), headed by the Oregon Attorney General (currently Ellen Rosenblum), is the main legal branch of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. The DOJ is part of Oregon's executive branch, and most of its employees work in Oregon's capital, Salem. The Department is equivalent to the State Bureau of ...
The 2020 Oregon Attorney General election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Attorney General of Oregon. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum was originally appointed to the role by former Governor John Kitzhaber on June 29, 2012 to finish the term of her predecessor John Kroger , who resigned from office. [1]
Daniel Adam Rayfield (born March 1, 1979) is an American politician and attorney who served as the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2022 to 2024. He represents the 16th district, which includes Corvallis and Adair Village. [1] He is the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Oregon in the 2024 election.