Mark Meek is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the

Oregon State Senate The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the State legislature (United States), statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. Ther ...

for the 20th district. He previously represented the 40th district in the

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from 2017 to 2023.

Early life and education

Meek graduated from

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and served in the

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Career

Meek is the owner of Mt. Tabor Pub and Mark's Hawthorne Pub. Meek served on the Clackamas County Planning Commission, the North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce, the committee of the Oregon Association of Realtors, and the committee of the Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors. He won in the Democratic primary for the state House in 2016 to replace the retiring

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, and defeated Republican candidate Evon Tekorius in the general election with 51% of the vote. In October 2017, Meek announced he would seek re-election in 2018. In October 2021, Meek announced he would run for the redrawn Oregon Senate District 20 against incumbent

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, who was appointed to the seat in February of that year. The district was drawn to have a stronger Democratic voter advantage. Meek was unopposed in the May 2022 primary. In the November 2022 general election, Meek narrowly defeated Kennemer by just over 500 votes in the most expensive state legislative race in the history of Oregon.

Personal life

Meek and his wife, Cindy, have two children.

Electoral history

2016

2018

2020

2022

References

External links

Campaign website

Legislative website
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