73rd Oregon Legislative Assembly

The Seventy-Third Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2005 to 2006. (The Legislative Assembly is the legislative body of the U.S. state of Oregon, composed of the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives.) There was a regular session in 2005, and a one-day special session on April 20, 2006.

73rd Oregon Legislative Assembly
72nd Legislative Assembly 74th Legislative Assembly
Interior of the rotunda at the Capitol Building
Overview
Legislative bodyOregon Legislative Assembly
JurisdictionOregon, United States
Meeting placeOregon State Capitol
Term2005 (2005)–2006 (2006)
Oregon State Senate
Members30 Senators
Senate PresidentPeter Courtney
Majority LeaderKate Brown
Minority LeaderTed Ferrioli
Party controlDemocratic Party
Oregon House of Representatives
Members60 Representatives
Speaker of the HouseKaren Minnis
Majority LeaderWayne Scott
Minority LeaderJeff Merkley
Party controlRepublican Party

The Senate was controlled by the Democratic Party of Oregon during the 73rd legislature, and the House was controlled by the Oregon Republican Party.

The 2005 regular session was the second longest in Oregon history, lasting 208 days, from January until August.[1][2]

Two members of the House (Dan Doyle, R-Salem and Kelley Wirth, D-Corvallis) resigned due to unrelated scandals in 2005.[3]

Partisan control

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Affiliation Senators Representatives
  Democratic Party 17 27
  Republican Party 11 33
Independent 2 0
Total 30 60

Senators of the 2005 Legislative Session

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Senate President: Peter Courtney (D-11 Salem)
President Pro Tem: Margaret Carter (D-22 Portland)
Majority Leader: Kate Brown (D-21 Portland)
Minority Leader: Ted Ferrioli (R-30 John Day)

 
State Senate districts
 
Portland Senate districts
 
Willamette Valley Senate districts
District Name Party
1-Roseburg Jeff Kruse Republican
2-Central Point Jason Atkinson Republican
3-Ashland Alan C. Bates Democrat
4-S. Lane/N. Douglas Floyd Prozanski Democrat
5-Coos Bay Joanne Verger[4] Democrat
6-Springfield Bill Morrisette Democrat
7-Eugene Vicki Walker Democrat
8-Albany Frank Morse Republican
9-Molalla Roger Beyer Republican
10-Salem Jackie Winters Republican
11-Salem Peter Courtney Democrat
12-McMinnville Gary George Republican
13-Hillsboro Charles Starr Republican
14-Beaverton Ryan Deckert Democrat
15-Hillsboro Bruce Starr Republican
16-Scappose Joan Dukes,[5]
then Betsy Johnson
Democrat
17-Beaverton Charlie Ringo Democrat
18-Portland Ginny Burdick Democrat
19-Tualatin Richard Devlin Democrat
20-Canby Kurt Schrader Democrat
21-Portland Kate Brown Democrat
22-Portland Margaret Carter Democrat
23-Portland Avel Gordly Democrat,
then independent
24-Portland Frank Shields Democrat
25-Gresham Laurie Monnes Anderson Democrat
26-Mt. hood Rick Metsger Democrat
27-Tumalo Ben Westlund Republican,
then independent
28-Klamath Falls Doug Whitsett Republican
29-Pendleton David Nelson Republican
30-John Day Ted Ferrioli Republican

Representatives

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Speaker: Karen Minnis (R-49 Wood Village)
Speaker Pro Tempore: Dennis Richardson (R-4 Central Point)
Majority Leader: Wayne Scott (R-39 Oregon City)
Assistant Majority Leader: Debi Farr (R-14 Eugene)
Assistant Majority Leader: Billy Dalto (R-21 Salem)
Majority Whip: Derrick Kitts (R-30 Hillsboro)
Democratic Minority Leader: Jeff Merkley (D-47 Portland)

District Name Party
1-Gold Beach Wayne Krieger Republican
2-Myrtle Creek Susan Morgan Republican
3-Grants Pass Gordon Anderson Republican
4-Central Point Dennis Richardson Republican
5-Ashland Peter Buckley Democrat
6-Medford Sal Esquivel Republican
7-Roseburg Bruce Hanna Republican
8-Eugene Paul Holvey Democrat
9-Coos Bay Arnie Roblan Democrat
10-Newport Alan Brown Republican
11-Central Linn/Lane Phil Barnhart Democrat
12-Springfield Terry Beyer Democrat
13-Eugene Robert Ackerman Democrat
14-Eugene Debi Farr Republican
15-Albany Andy Olson Republican
16-Corvallis Kelley Wirth,
then Sara Gelser
Democrat
17-Sublimity Jeff Kropf Republican
18-Molalla Mac Sumner Republican
19-Salem Dan Doyle,
then Kevin Cameron
Republican
20-Salem Vicki Berger Republican
21-Salem Billy Dalto Republican
22-Woodburn Betty Komp Democrat
23-Dallas Brian Boquist Republican
24-McMinnville Donna G. Nelson Republican
25-Keizer Kim Thatcher Republican
26-Wilsonville Jerry Krummel Republican
27-Washington County Mark Hass Democrat
28-Aloha Jeff Barker Democrat
29-Hillsboro Chuck Riley Democrat
30-Hillsboro Derrick Kitts Republican
31-Clatskanie Betsy Johnson,
then Brad Witt
Democrat
32-Cannon Beach Deborah Boone Democrat
33-Portland Mitch Greenlick Democrat
34-Washington County Brad Avakian Democrat
35-Tigard Larry Galizio Democrat
36-Portland Mary Nolan Democrat
37-West Linn Scott Bruun Republican
38-Lake Oswego Greg Macpherson Democrat
39-Oregon City Wayne Scott Republican
40-Clackamas County Dave Hunt Democrat
41-Milwaukie Carolyn Tomei Democrat
42-Portland Diane Rosenbaum Democrat
43-Portland Chip Shields Democrat
44-Portland Gary Hansen Democrat
45-Portland Jackie Dingfelder Democrat
46-Portland Steve March Democrat
47-Portland Jeff Merkley Democrat
48-Happy Valley Mike Schaufler Democrat
49-Wood Village Karen Minnis Republican
50-Gresham John Lim Republican
51-Clackamas Linda Flores Republican
52-Corbett Patti Smith Republican
53-Sunriver Gene Whisnant Republican
54-Bend Chuck Burley Republican
55-Bend George Gilman Republican
56-Klamath Falls Bill Garrard Republican
57-Heppner Greg Smith Republican
58-Pendleton Bob Jenson Republican
59-The Dalles John Dallum Republican
60-Ontario R. Tom Butler Republican

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Morrisette, Bill (August 21, 2005). "Tough legislative session sees a few successes". The Register-Guard.
  2. ^ "How long a session?". The Register-Guard. August 18, 2005.
  3. ^ Cain, Brad (November 4, 2005). "Lawmaker denies meth charge". Eugene Register-Guard.
  4. ^ Andrew Sirocchi, Staff Writer (30 October 2003). "Verger will make run for Senate". Coos Bay World. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012.
  5. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TysWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EBoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3327,762278&dq=joan-dukes+oregon&hl=en [dead link]
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