- Chris Harker
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Chris Harker Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 34th districtIncumbent Assumed office
November, 2008Preceded by Suzanne Bonamici Personal details Born March, 1954 Political party Democratic Chris Harker is a Democratic serving his second term as a Representative for Oregon's House District 34.
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Family
Harker has been married to a teacher for nearly thirty years. They have two children.
Occupation
Chris Harker founded Cayuse, Inc. in 1994 and is its CEO.
Political career
On November 4, 2008, Chris Harker defeated Republican opponent Piotr Kuklinski and was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives with more than twice his opponent's votes.[1] Since taking office Representative Harker has represented communities from Washington County, encompassing parts of Beaverton and unincorporated Washington County. He is currently serving his second term in the Oregon House.
In the 76th Legislative Assembly, Harker serves as Co-Chair of the Joint Legislative Audits and Information Management and Technology Committee, as a member of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, and as a member of the House Human Services Committee.[2] During the 75th Legislative Assembly, he served as the vice chair of the House Health Care Committee, and as a member of both the House Education Committee and the Joint Ways and Means General Government Subcommittee.
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Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Harker has been appointed to these committees:
- Joint Legislative Committee on Audits and Information Management and Technology, Co-Chair
- House Higher Education Subcommittee
- House Human Services Committee
2009-2010
- Joint Ways and Means General Government Subcommittee
- House Education Committee
- House Health Care Committee
Education
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (1985-1987).
- Ph.D., Human Physiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1985).
- B.S., Plant Ecology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1977).
References
- ^ http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/doc/history/nov42008/results/sr.pdf November 4, 2008 General Election Results - Oregon Secretary of State]
- ^ http://www.leg.state.or.us/servlet/XSLT?URL=members.xml&xslURL=committees.xsl&member-type=representative
External links
- Representative Harker's campaign
- Oregon House of Representative - Rep. Chris Harker
- Project Vote Smart biographical profile
- Project Vote Smart legislative profile
- Representative Harker's facebook
Members of the Oregon House of Representatives 76th Legislative Assembly (2011-2012)
Speaker of the House: Bruce Hanna (R) / Arnie Roblan (D) • Speaker pro Tempore: Andy Olson (R) / Tina Kotek (D) • Caucus Leaders: Kevin Cameron (R) / Dave Hunt (D)- Wayne Krieger (R)
- Tim Freeman (R)
- Wally Hicks (R)
- Dennis Richardson (R)
- Peter J. Buckley (D)
- Sal Esquivel (R)
- Bruce Hanna (R)
- Paul Holvey (D)
- Arnie Roblan (D)
- Jean Cowan (D)
- Phil Barnhart (D)
- Terry Beyer (D)
- Nancy Nathanson (D)
- Val Hoyle (D)
- Andy Olson (R)
- Sara Gelser (D)
- Sherrie Sprenger (R)
- Vic Gilliam (R)
- Kevin Cameron (R)
- Vicki Berger (R)
- Brian Clem (D)
- Betty Komp (D)
- Jim Thompson (R)
- Jim Weidner (R)
- Kim Thatcher (R)
- Matt Wingard (R)
- Tobias Read (D)
- Jeff Barker (D)
- Katie Brewer (R)
- Shawn Lindsay (R)
- Bradley Witt (D)
- Deborah Boone (D)
- Mitch Greenlick (D)
- Chris Harker (D)
- Margaret Doherty (D)
- Mary Nolan (D)
- Julie Parrish (R)
- Chris Garrett (D)
- Bill Kennemer (R)
- Dave Hunt (D)
- Carolyn Tomei (D)
- Jules Bailey (D)
- Lew Frederick (D)
- Tina Kotek (D)
- Michael Dembrow (D)
- vacant
- Jefferson Smith (D)
- Mike Schaufler (D)
- Matthew Wand (R)
- Greg Matthews (D)
- Patrick Sheehan (R)
- Mark Johnson (R)
- Gene Whisnant (R)
- Jason Conger (R)
- Mike McLane (R)
- Bill Garrard (R)
- Greg Smith (R)
- Bob Jenson (R)
- John Huffman (R)
- Cliff Bentz (R)
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- Members of the Oregon House of Representatives
- University of Michigan alumni
- Oregon Democrats
- 1954 births
- Educators from Oregon
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