Alissa Carolyn Keny-Guyer (born on May 20, 1959) was an American politician and a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives who represented District 46 (parts of SE and NE Portland) since her September 27, 2011 appointment by 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. Th ...

Board of Commissioners to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of

Ben Cannon Ben Cannon (born 1976) is an American educator and policymaker from Oregon. He was elected in 2006 to the Oregon House of Representatives, representing the state's 46th District, which covers portions of southeast and northeast Portland. He wo ...

. Over nearly a decade in the Oregon House, Keny-Guyer chaired the House Committee on Human Services & Housing and served on the House Committees on Health Care (vice chair), Revenue, Early Childhood & Family Supports, Consumer Protection & Government Efficiency (interim chair), Energy/Environment/Water, and the Joint Ways & Means Subcommittee on Human Services. She also served on the Governor's Children's Cabinet, on the Oregon Children’s Integrated Data (OCID) program oversight, and as Assistant Majority Leader for the Oregon House Democrats.

Education

Keny-Guyer earned her BA in

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from Stanford University and her MPH from the

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Elections

Keny-Guyer won her 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 Democratic primary and general elections unopposed. In Oregon's fusion voting system that allows nominations from up to three parties, she was nominated by the Democratic, Working Families, and Independent parties in 2014, 2016 and 2018, and the Democratic, Working Families, and Republican parties in 2012.

References

External links

Official page
at the Oregon Legislative Assembly
Campaign site
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Financial information (state office)
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