Carla "KC" Hanson is an American politician who currently serves as the

Chairperson The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

of the

Democratic Party of Oregon The Democratic Party of Oregon is the Oregon affiliate of the Democratic Party. The State Central Committee, made up of two delegates elected from each of Oregon's 36 counties and one additional delegate for every 15,000 registered Democrats, is ...

. Hanson has a history of progressive and

liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

activism and has previously served as chair of the

Multnomah County 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. Thou ...

Democratic Party. Hanson is an

LGBT+ ' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity. The LGBT term is an ...

activist who was active in 1990's Oregon with No on Hate PAC, No on 9 PAC and No on 13 PAC, political action committees formed to defend the LGBT community from anti-gay initiatives of that decade. Hanson was a founding member of the Oregon Voter Rights Coalition, an election reform organization formed in 2005, and served as its Executive Director 2005–2007. Hanson was a PLEO (Party Leader or Elected Official) Delegate to the 2008 and 2012 Democratic National Conventions, and was an unpledged delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention.

References

21st-century American women politicians Democratic Party of Oregon chairs Living people Oregon Democrats Women in Oregon politics Year of birth uncertain 21st-century American politicians {{Oregon-politician-stub