The 77th Oregon Legislative Assembly convened beginning on , for the first of its two regular sessions, and on for its second session. All of the 60 seats in the

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and 16 of the 30 seats in the

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were up for election in 2012; the general election for those seats took place on . The

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retained its 16–14 majority in the Senate, and took a 34–26 majority in the House, which in the previous session had been split evenly with the

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Senate

Based on the results of the

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, the Oregon State Senate is composed of 16 Democrats and 14 Republicans, the same composition as in the previous session.

Senate members

The Oregon State Senate is composed of 16 Democrats and 14 Republicans, the same composition as the previous session. Senate President:

Peter Courtney Peter Michael Coleman Courtney (born June 18, 1943) is an American politician, lawyer, and professor who is currently a Democratic member of the Oregon State Senate, representing the 11th District (in Marion County and including parts of Salem, ...

(D–11 Salem)
President Pro Tem:

Ginny Burdick Virginia Burdick (born December 3, 1947) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, who served seven terms in the Oregon State Senate. She represented Tigard and Southwest Portland in Senate District 18.Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

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Majority Leader: Diane Rosenbaum (D–21

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Minority Leader:

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(R–30 John Day)

House members

77th Assembly Oregon House of Representatives

Based on the results of the 2012 elections, the

Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 65,000. The House meets in the west wing of t ...

is composed of 34 Democrats and 26 Republicans. Prior to the elections, the House was evenly split between 30 Democrats and 30 Republicans. Speaker:

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(D–44

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Majority Leader:

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Minority Leader:

Mike McLane Michael R. McLane is a judge on the 22nd Circuit Court of Oregon and a former Republican politician in the state's Legislature. McLane resigned his seat representing House District 55 in the Oregon House of Representatives on July 1, 2019. He w ...

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Wayne Krieger Wayne Krieger (born September 1940) is an American Republican politician, retired game warden, and tree farmer from Gold Beach on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Oregon. He served on the Oregon State Police Force from 1964 to 1991. He ...

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Tim Freeman Tim J. Freeman (born January 1965) is a small business owner and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. In 2008, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 2, which encompasses portions of Douglas, ...

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Wally Hicks Matthew Walter Hicks (born September 11, 1976) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015, representing District 3, which encompasses most of Josephine County, inc ...

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Sherrie Sprenger Sherrie Sprenger is a business owner and Republican politician from the US state of Oregon. A native of Linn County, she served in the Oregon House of Representatives for the 17th District from 2008 to 2021. Early life Sprenger was born in t ...

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Vic Gilliam Victor Stephen Gilliam (July 21, 1953June 17, 2020) was an American politician and actor who served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Gilliam resigned in 2017 due to health pr ...

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Chronology of regular legislative sessions
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