Alissa Carolyn Keny-Guyer (born May 20, 1959) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the

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from District 46 (parts of SE and NE Portland), beginning with her September 27, 2011 appointment by the

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Board of Commissioners to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ben Cannon. 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. In July, 2021 she moved with her family to Santa Fe, New Mexico. She serves on the boards of the

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Housing Trust Fund and the Penney Family Fund and on the City of Santa Fe Community Development Commission.

Education

Keny-Guyer earned her BA in

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from

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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.

Electoral history

References

External links

Official page
at the

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