Sherrie Sprenger is a business owner and Republican politician from the US state of

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. A native of Linn County, she served in the

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for the 17th District from 2008 to 2021.

Early life

Sprenger was born in the unincorporated community of Lacomb near

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in Linn County. In 2005, she graduated from Leadership Oregon, and in 2007 earned a bachelor's degree from Corban College (now

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) in Salem, Oregon. Sprenger previously worked as a sheriff's deputy in

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and in Benton County, which neighbors Linn County to the west. She is married to Kyle, and they have one son.

Political career

By 2008 Sprenger had become chairperson of the Lebanon Community Schools' school board. On February 1, 2008, she was appointed to the

to replace Fred Girod who had been appointed to the

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. After winning election to a full two-year term in November 2008, she beat Bruce Cuff in the May 2010 primary and then won re-election to the House in November 2010 by defeating Democrat Richard Harisay in the general election, she was re-elected in 2012, 2014, and 2016. During the 2011 legislative session, Sprenger helped support a bill to once again allow people to use dogs when hunting cougars. The bill, which would have reversed part of Oregon Ballot Measure 18, passed in the House of Representatives but failed in a senate committee, therefore not reaching the floor of the senate.

References

External links

Campaign website

Legislative website

2010 General Election Voters Pamphlet, page 21

2012 Primary Election Voters Pamphlet, page 22
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