Oregon Republican Party
| Oregon Republican Party | |
|---|---|
| 200px | |
| Chairperson | Bill Currier[1] |
| Senate leader | Minority Leader Ted Ferrioli |
| House leader | Minority Leader Mike McLane |
| Founded | 1859 |
| Headquarters | 311 B Ave, Suite N (2nd Floor); Lake Oswego, OR 97034[2] |
| Ideology | Conservatism Fiscal conservatism Social conservatism |
| National affiliation | Republican Party |
| Seats in the Upper House |
14 / 30
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| Seats in the Lower House |
26 / 60
|
| Website | |
| www.orgop.org | |
The Oregon Republican Party is the state affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Oregon, headquartered in Lake Oswego.[2] The first state party convention was held in Salem on April 21, 1859, and its first nominee for Congress, Portland attorney David Logan.[3][4]
Contents
Origins
In May 1856, the first Republican meeting in Oregon was held in Jackson County to nominate county officers and to adopt a platform declaring freedom throughout the United States. On August 20, 1856, Republicans in the Oregon Territory met in Albany and organized the Oregon Republican Party. At this meeting steps were taken to organize county and precinct conventions.[3]
Oregon in the Civil War
Originally from Illinois and a good friend to Abraham Lincoln, Edward Dickinson Baker moved to Oregon and became a U.S. Senator in 1860. When the Civil War started in 1861 he raised his own militia and liked to dress in full uniform in front of colleagues in Congress. On October 21, 1861, with Congress out of session, Colonel Baker and his men met Confederate forces on a hill called Ball's Bluff just outside Washington, D.C. Shortly after the battle started Baker was killed along with nearly 1,000 other men. The disaster sparked the formation of the toughest investigation committee in history, the Joint Committee on the Conduct of War.
During World War II congressmen were commonly seen serving with their units in combat zones but the War Department quickly banned all congress members from serving on active duty, forever making Edward Dickinson Baker the only U.S. congressman to ever lose his life in a military engagement.[5]
Platform
Abortion
The party believes that every person has a fundamental right to life, beginning at conception. The party also opposes taxpayer funding for abortion.[6]
Crime
The party believes that the death penalty should be used, mandatory minimum sentencing for violent offenders and in truth in sentencing.[6]
Economy
The party believes in lower taxes, free market, sound monetary policy and non government involvement."[6]
Education
The party believes that all children should have a right to have access to a quality education, parents have the responsibility to educate their children, and that basic skills and fluency in English should be emphasised.[6]
Environment
The party believes in minimal government intervention and that all regulation should strive to cause the least harm to human resource and business pursuits.[6]
Family
The party believes that legal recognition of marriage should be restricted to those between one man and one woman, that government involvement in family matters should be kept at a minimum, and that local governments have the right to intervene when parents are deemed unfit. The party opposes abortion, assisted suicide and human trafficking.[6]
Foreign policy
The party believes that foreign relations should be based on the security of the United States.[6]
Government spending
The party believes that the government should exercise fiscal responsibility and there should be no unfunded mandates or bailouts. They support a balanced budget.[6]
Health care
The party supports health care reforms that lower costs, eliminate government barriers and allow citizens to make their own health care decisions. They support the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[6]
Immigration
The party recognizes the benefits of legal immigration, opposes amnesty, supports English as the official language, supports a simplified guest worker program. It believes the right to vote should only be earned through naturalization, and that citizenship for children should be granted if one or more of their parents are a U.S. citizen.[6]
Individual liberty through limited government
The party stands for the protection of individual rights.[6]
Seniors
The party opposes age-based discrimination and taxation of Social Security income. It supports permanent separation of Social Security funds from the general fund, and believes that all pensions except Social Security should be taxed equally.[6]
Regulation
The party supports only those regulations that support free enterprise and personal freedoms.[6]
Self-Protection
The party supports the individual's right to keep and bear arms.[6]
Voter integrity and Election Reform
The party supports voter identification at the polls, transparency in elections, severe and enforced penalties for election law violations and the Electoral College.[6]
Past elections
Presidents
Republican nominees have won 25 of Oregon's 38 Presidential popular votes.[3]
Party leaders
Chairman: Bill Currier
Vice Chairman: Tyler Smith
Secretary: Chris Barreto
Treasurer: Ken Taylor
National Committeeman: Solomon Yue, Jr.
National Committeewoman: Donna D. Cain
Current elected officials
The Oregon Republican Party holds split control over the Oregon House of Representatives and 14 of the 30 Oregon Senate seats. It also holds one of the state's five U.S. House seats and neither of the two U.S. Senate seats.
Members of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Statewide offices
- None
State Legislature
Senate
- Senate Minority Leader: Ted Ferrioli, 30th District
- Jeff Kruse, 1st District
- Jason Atkinson, 2nd District
- Frank Morse, 8th District
- Fred Girod, 9th District
- Jackie Winters, 10th District
- Brian Boquist, 12th District
- Larry George, 13th District
- Bruce Starr, 15th District
- Alan Olsen, 20th District
- Chuck Thompson, 26th District
- Tim Knopp, 27th District
- Doug Whitsett, 28th District
- Bill Hansell, 29th District
State House
House Minority Leader: Mike McLane, 55th District
- Wayne Krieger, 1st District
- Tim Freeman, 2nd District
- Wally Hicks, 3rd District
- Dennis Richardson, 4th District
- Sal Esquivel, 6th District
- Bruce Hanna, 7th District
- Andy Olson, 15th District
- Sherrie Sprenger, 17th District
- Vic Gilliam, 18th District
- Kevin Cameron, 19th District
- Vicki Berger, 20th District
- Jim Thompson, 23rd District
- Jim Weidner, 24th District
- Kim Thatcher, 25th District
- John Davis, 26th District
- Julie Parrish, 37th District
- Bill Kennemer, 39th District
- Mark Johnson, 52nd District
- Gene Whisnant, 53rd District
- Jason Conger, 54th District
- Gail Whitsett, 56th District
- Greg Smith, 57th District
- Bob Jenson, 58th District
- John Huffman, 59th District
- Cliff Bentz, 60th District
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Headquarters Address."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Short History of the Oregon Republican Party"
- ↑ http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/01/allen_alley_glides_into_oregon.html Retrieved 1/22/2011.
- ↑ Edward Baker
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