Chris Harker is an
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politician. A
Democrat
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Politics
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, he served for six years as a state representative for
Oregon's House District 34.
Family
Harker and his spouse, a teacher, have two children.
Occupation
Chris Harker founded Cayuse, Inc. in 1994 and is its CEO. In 2012, he sold the company to
Evisions, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
Political career
On November 4, 2008, Chris Harker defeated
Republican opponent Piotr Kuklinski and was elected to the
Oregon House of Representatives
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with more than twice his opponent's votes. Harker represented communities from
Washington County, encompassing parts of
Beaverton and unincorporated
Washington County.
In the
76th Legislative Assembly, Harker served as Co-Chair of the Joint Legislative Audits and Information Management and Technology Committee, as a member of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, and as a member of the House Human Services Committee.
During the
75th Legislative Assembly, he served as the vice chair of the House Health Care Committee, and as a member of both the House Education Committee and the Joint Ways and Means General Government Subcommittee.
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Harker has been appointed to these committees:
* Joint Legislative Committee on Audits and Information Management and Technology, Co-Chair
* House Higher Education Subcommittee
* House Human Services Committee
2009-2010
* Joint Ways and Means General Government Subcommittee
* House Education Committee
* House Health Care Committee
Education
* Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (1985–1987).
* Ph.D., Human Physiology, The
University of Michigan
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, Ann Arbor (1985).
* B.S., Plant Ecology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1977).
References
External links
Representative Harker's campaignOregon House of Representative - Rep. Chris HarkerProject Vote Smart biographical profile Project Vote Smart legislative profileRepresentative Harker's facebook
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Living people
Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives
University of Michigan alumni
1954 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
Educators from Oregon
Businesspeople from Oregon
21st-century American politicians
American chief executives