Beverly "Bev" Stein is an activist, lawyer and politician from

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who served in various capacities in

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, but who now lives in

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. Stein attended the

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and the

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before moving to Portland, where she helped found the

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's Portland chapter. She was elected in 1988 as a

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to represent the 14th district of the

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, succeeding fellow Democrat

Shirley Gold Shirley Gold (October 2, 1925 – February 27, 1998) was an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. She did not run for re-election in 1988, but instead ran for the Oregon State Senate, where she w ...

, who was making a (successful) run for the

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. Stein would remain in that position until she resigned on April 21, 1993 to seek election as

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of the Multnomah County Board. She was succeeded by fellow Democrat George Eighmey. Stein would win her race for board chair, and served eight years in that position.NAM.pdf Cohen, Victor. "Interview with Portland NAM Members" ''Work and Days'' Issue 55/56; Vol. 28, 2010; pp. 233-250
/ref> In 2002, she resigned to run for Governor of Oregon, losing in the Democratic

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to eventual victor

Ted Kulongoski Theodore Ralph Kulongoski ( ; born November 5, 1940) is an American politician, judge, and lawyer who served as the 36th Governor of Oregon from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative As ...

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