Mark Simmons (politician)
Mark Simmons is an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1997–2002 and served as the 62nd Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives. Early years Simmons graduated from Elgin High School in 1975 and went straight to work for Boise Cascade. Before his election to the legislature, Simmons served as a board member of the Oregon Land Coalition. Political career Simmons was first elected to the State House in 1996. He served as Majority Whip and Chairman of the Rules, Elections, and Public Affairs Committee. In 2001, he was elected as the 62nd Speaker of the House, a position he held until 2003. Later life In 2002, while still Speaker of the House, Simmons was hired as director of public affairs for the Oregon Association of Nurserymen. In 2005, Simmons was appointed as the Oregon State Director for USDA Rural Development USDA Rural Development (RD) is a mission area within the United States Department of Agriculture which runs p ...
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Oregon House Of Representatives
The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 65,000. 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. In the current legislative session, Democrat Dan Rayfield of Corvallis currently serves as Speaker since February 1, 2022 after Tina Kotek stepped down. Milestones * 1914: Marian B. Towne became the first woman elected to the Oregon House * 1972: Bill McCoy became the first African American to serve in the House * 1985: Margaret Carter became the first black woman elected to the House * 1991: Gail Shibley became the first openly gay person to serve in the House * 2013: Tina ...
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Oregon's 58th House District
District 58 of the Oregon House of Representatives is one of 60 House legislative districts in the state of Oregon. As of 2021, the boundary for the district contains all of Union and Wallowa counties and a portion of Umatilla County. The district contains the population centers of La Grande and Pendleton as well as Hells Canyon, the Umatilla Indian Reservation, and the campus of Eastern Oregon University. The current representative for the district is Republican Bobby Levy of Echo. Election results District boundaries have changed over time. Therefore, representatives before 2021 may not represent the same constituency as today. General election results from 2000 to present are as follows: See also * Oregon Legislative Assembly * Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 65,000. The Ho ...
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List Of Speakers Of The Oregon House Of Representatives
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Lynn Snodgrass
Lynn Snodgrass (née Lynn Dee Grenz, born c. 1951) is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives. A Republican, she was elected Speaker in 1998, succeeding fellow Republican Lynn Lundquist. At the time, many Republicans felt Lundquist was too accommodating to Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber. Snodgrass was the first Portland-area Speaker since Vera Katz, whose term in that position ended in 1991. Early life Snodgrass was born in Oregon, growing up in Milwaukie. She attended Oregon State University, and earned an elementary teaching degree at Portland State University. She competed for the Miss Oregon crown in 1969, losing to Margie Elaine Huhta. She competed again, and was crowned Miss Oregon in 1971. She married Drake Snodgrass in 1974. , they owned a successful local nursery and landscaping company. They moved to Boring, Oregon in the early 1980s. She held a seat on the Damascus school board, and served on Portland's Metro Ho ...
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Karen Minnis
Karen Minnis (born July 1954) is an Oregon Republican politician in United States. She was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1998 to 2009, and served as Speaker of the House from 2003 to 2007 Early life Born and raised in Portland, Minnis is a graduate of James Monroe High School in Portland and attended Clark Community College in Vancouver, Washington. She married her high school sweetheart, John Minnis, in 1972, with whom she has three children: two married sons and a daughter. They also have three grandsons and one granddaughter. While a housewife, Minnis held jobs as a dental assistant, a waitress, and delivering newspapers, putting John through college. John first told Minnis he wanted to run for office when she was pregnant with their third child. She then worked as his legislative aide for a decade, an experience she credited with providing a valuable education in politics. Political career Karen ran for John's seat in the House in 1998, when he w ...
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported c ...
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Elgin High School (Oregon)
Elgin High School is a public high school in Elgin, Oregon, United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori .... Academics In 2008, 86% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 43 students, 37 graduated, three dropped out, and three returned for the fall semester in 2008. References High schools in Union County, Oregon Public high schools in Oregon {{Oregon-school-stub ...
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Boise Cascade
Boise Cascade Company (), which uses the trade name Boise Cascade, is a North American manufacturer of wood products and wholesale distributor of building materials, headquartered in Boise, Idaho. with sales over $7.9 billion in 2021, it is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol BCC. Boise Cascade Wood Products manufactures plywood, engineered wood products and lumber; it supplies a broad line of wood products and building materials through Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution's 38 distribution locations. The company has approximately 6,000 employees across North America. Its logo, designed in the 1960s, depicts a pine tree inside the containing circle. The company is neither affiliated with the Canadian paper company Cascades nor is there any connection to Boise, Inc. or Boise Paper, a division of Packaging Corporation of America. History Boise Cascade Corporation was formed in 1957 through the merger of Cascade Lumber Company of Yakima, Was ...
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USDA Rural Development
USDA Rural Development (RD) is a mission area within the United States Department of Agriculture which runs programs intended to improve the economy and quality of life in rural parts of the United States. Rural Development has a loan portfolio over $224.5 billion, and administers nearly $16 billion in program loans, loan guarantees, and grants through their programs. Rural Development promotes economic development by supporting loans to businesses through banks, credit unions and community-managed lending pools. It offers technical assistance and information to help agricultural producers and cooperatives get started and improve the effectiveness of their operations. Rural Development also provides technical assistance to help communities undertake community empowerment programs and helps rural residents buy or rent safe, affordable housing and make health and safety repairs to their homes. History The Rural Development Administration (RDA) was a USDA agency established by the 1 ...
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List Of Speakers Of The Oregon House Of Representatives
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Speakers Of The Oregon House Of Representatives
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Republican Party Members Of The Oregon House Of Representatives
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