69th Oregon Legislative Assembly

The 69th Oregon Legislative Assembly was the legislative session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly that convened on January 13, 1997, and adjourned July 5 the same year.

Senate Affiliation Members Democratic9 Republican21 Total30 Government Majority12 Peter Sorenson resigned January 5, 1997 and Susan Castillo was sworn in January 17 the same year to replace him. Both were Democrats. Bill Kennemer resigned January 15, 1997 and Verne Duncan was sworn on February 17, 1997, to replace him. Both were Republicans.

Senate Members +Composition of the SenateDistrictSenatorParty1Joan Dukes Democratic2Gary George Republican3Tom Hartung Republican4Eileen Qutub Republican5Jeannette Hamby Republican6Ginny Burdick Democratic7Kate Brown Democratic8Thomas Wilde Democratic9Randy Leonard Democratic10Avel Gordly Democratic11John Lim Republican12Verne Duncan, Bill Kennemer Republican13Randy Miller Republican14Ken Baker Republican15Marylin Shannon Republican16Gene Derfler (Majority Leader) Republican17Shirley Stull Republican18Clifford W. Trow (Minority Leader) Republican19Mae Yih Democratic20Susan Castillo, Pete Sorenson Democratic21Bill Dwyer Democratic22Bob Kintigh Republican23Bill Fisher Republican24Veral Tarno Republican25Brady L. Adams (President) Republican26Lenn Lamar Hannon Republican27Neil Bryant Republican28Ted Ferrioli Republican29David Nelson Republican30Gene Timms Republican

House Affiliation Members Democratic29 Republican31 Total60 Government Majority2 Bob Repine resigned January 7, 1998. Carl Wilson was appointed on February 9, 1998, to fill the vacancy. Both were Republican. Bob Jenson changed from Democrat to Independent on February 27, 1998.

Bob Jenson is the only Oregon legislator who has served with a different party affiliation for each of his three terms. First, serving as a Democrat in 1977, then as an independent in 1999 and, finally, as a Republican in 2001.

House Members +Composition of the HouseDistrictHouse MemberParty1Jackie Taylor Democratic2Timothy E Josi Democratic3Charles Starr Republican4Terry Thompson Democratic5Jim Hill Republican6Ken Strobeck Republican7Chuck Carpenter Republican8Ryan Deckert Democratic9Tom Brian Republican10Lynn Snodgrass (Majority Leader) Republican11Anitra Rasmussen Democratic12Chris Beck Democratic13Dan Gardner Democratic14George Eighmey Democratic15Randall Edwards Democratic16Frank Shields Democratic17Mike Fahey Democratic18Margaret L. Carter Democratic19Jo Ann Hardesty Democratic20John Minnis Republican21Lonnie J. Roberts Democratic22Ron Sunseri Republican23Kurt Schrader Democratic24Richard Devlin Democratic25Jane Lokan Republican26Larry Sowa Democratic27Ron Adams Republican28Roger Beyer Republican29Leslie Lewis Republican30Larry Wells Republican31Bryan Johnston Democratic32Tom Whelan Democratic33Peter Courtney (Minority Leader) Democratic34Lane Shetterly Republican35Barbara Ross Democratic36Carolyn Oakley Republican37Liz VanLeeuwen Republican38Patti Milne Republican39Kitty Piercy Democratic40Floyd Prozanski Democratic41Cynthia Wooten Republican42Lee Beyer Democratic43Jim Welsh Republican44Tony Corcoran Democratic45Jeff Kruse Republican46Bill Markham Republican47Mike Lehman Democratic48Ken Messerle Republican49Bob Repine Carl Wilson Republican50John Watt Republican51Eldon Johnson Republican52Judy Uherbelau Democratic53Steve Harper Republican54Dennis Luke Republican55Ben Westlund Democratic56Bob Montgomery Republican57Bob Jenson Democratic58Mark Simmons Republican59Lynn Lundquist (Speaker) Republican60Denny Jones Republican

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