2021-2022 Oregon Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2021-2022 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
This is our first state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators' overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.
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Senate Votes
1. Fees on Farmers
Creates new or increases fees adopted by the State Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Health Authority.
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Constitutional Vote: No
2. Private Forest Protection
Pushes to stop deforestation and climate change, regulating private land owners from logging and provides tax credits to land owners who grow their trees longer before logging.
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Constitutional Vote: No
3. Diversity Goals
Establishes state goal that percentage of diverse employees employed by Department of Education reflects percentage of diverse students in public schools.
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Constitutional Vote: No
4. Socialist Housing Program
Directs the DOR to provide assistance payments to low-income households due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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Constitutional Vote: No
5. Woke Terminology
Updates statutory references to individual who is not citizen or national of United States to replace "alien" with "noncitizen."
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Constitutional Vote: No
6. Free Speech
Prohibits knowingly communicating false statements regarding elections.
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Constitutional Vote: No
How did they vote?
Legend:
Constitutional
Unconstitutional
Did not vote
| Name | Party | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard S. Anderson | R | 50% | ||||||
| Rachel Armitage | D | 0% | ||||||
| Leslee Beyer | D | 0% | ||||||
| Brian J. Boquist | I | N/A | ||||||
| Ginny Burdick | D | N/A | ||||||
| Peter Courtney | D | 0% | ||||||
| Michael E. Dembrow | D | 0% | ||||||
| Lynn Findley | R | 50% | ||||||
| Lew Frederick | D | 0% | ||||||
| Sara Gelser Blouin | D | 0% | ||||||
| Fred Girod | R | 67% | ||||||
| Jeffrey S. Golden | D | 0% | ||||||
| Chris Gorsek | D | 0% | ||||||
| Bill Hansell | R | 33% | ||||||
| Dallas Heard | R | N/A | ||||||
| Kayse M. Jama | D | 0% | ||||||
| Elizabeth K. Johnson | D | N/A | ||||||
| Bill Kennemer | R | 40% | ||||||
| Tim Knopp | R | 33% | ||||||
| Akasha Lawrence Spence | D | 0% | ||||||
| Katherine B. Lieber | D | 0% | ||||||
| Dennis B. Linthicum | R | 83% | ||||||
| James I. Manning | D | 0% | ||||||
| Deb Patterson | D | 0% | ||||||
| Floyd F. Prozanski | D | 0% | ||||||
| Charles D. Riley | D | N/A | ||||||
| Art Robinson | R | N/A | ||||||
| Janeen A. Sollman | D | 0% | ||||||
| Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | D | 0% | ||||||
| Kathleen Taylor | D | 0% | ||||||
| Lona Kim Thatcher | R | 50% | ||||||
| Chuck Thomsen | R | 67% | ||||||
| Rob Wagner | D | 0% |
Average Freedom Score by Party
| Party | Score |
|---|---|
| Democrat | 0% |
| Republican | 52.6% |
