Charles Randall ‘Randy’ Leonard (born 1952) is a politician in the U.S. state of

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. He was a member of the

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from 1993 to 2002 and served as a city commissioner in

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(a member of the Portland City Council) from 2002 through 2012.

Career

Prior to serving in Portland city government, Leonard served in the

and was a lieutenant with the Portland Fire Bureau. In 1985, Leonard was elected President of the Portland Firefighters Association. He was elected as the Portland Firefighters President four times, serving in that position until 1998. Randy Leonard at Jamison Square loo

In 1993, he was appointed to the Oregon State Senate to serve

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in District 9 by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In 1994 he was elected to the Senate for a four-year term. In 1998, because of term limits, Leonard became the first person in Oregon history to run for the Oregon House of Representatives while serving as a sitting State Senator. A Democrat, he served in the Senate and Oregon House of Representatives from 1993 through the 2002 special sessions of the legislature. Leonard was elected to the Portland City Council in 2002, in a special election held to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of then-commissioner

Charlie Hales Charles Andrew Hales (born January 22, 1956) is a former American politician who served as the 52nd mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 2013 to 2017. He previously served on the Portland City Council from 1993 to 2002. Early life and education Charl ...

. He was

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as a Portland city commissioner in front of the Smith Memorial Center in the

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on November 26, 2002, by city auditor Gary Blackmer. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2008. While serving on the Portland City Council, Leonard was the appointed by the Mayor to be the administrative head of a number of different city bureaus, including the Portland Fire Bureau. Leonard was the Commissioner-in-charge of the Fire Bureau during his final four years on the city council. Randy Leonard without a mustache

In 2011, Leonard announced that he would not run for re-election in 2012, and his final term on the city council ended on December 31, 2012.

Personal life

Leonard married his wife, Katie, in 2010. On May 8, 2011, Leonard's daughter, 31-year-old Kara Marie Leonard, died. She had struggled for several years with addiction, achieving brief episodes of

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with her father's help; he spoke publicly of her addiction in the 2007 documentary ''Finding Normal''.

References

External links

Leonard's webpage at the Portland city website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Leonard, Randy 1952 births Living people Democratic Party Oregon state senators Portland City Council members (Oregon)

Career

Personal life

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