Patrick Sheehan

Patrick Sheehan
Oregon House of Representatives District 51
Retired
In office
2011-2013
Party	Republican
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 2, 2010
Term limits	N/A
Education
Bachelor's	Washington State University, 1996
Personal
Profession	Owner/Manager, Fingers Design Group Inc

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Patrick Sheehan is a former Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 51 from 2010 until his general election defeat in 2012.

Sheehan started Crazy Fingers Design Group Inc. in 1997. The company is an advertising agency. He has also served as a part-time faculty at Clackamas Community College.

Sheehan received a BA from Edward R. Murrow School of Communication at Washington State University in 1996.

Committee assignments

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Sheehan served on these committees:

• Joint Legislative Audits and Information Management and Technology Committee, Oregon State Legislature
• General Government and Consumer Protection, Vice Chair
• Transportation, Vice Chair

Elections

2012

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2012

Sheehan ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Oregon House of Representatives District 51. Sheehan was unopposed in the May 15 Republican primary and was defeated by Shemia Fagan (D) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Oregon House of Representatives, District 51, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Shemia Fagan	52.9%	12,584
	Republican	Patrick Sheehan Incumbent	47.1%	11,199
Total Votes				23,783

2010

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2010

Sheehan defeated Cheryl Myers (D) in the November 2 general election.

Oregon State House, District 51
Candidates		Votes
Patrick Sheehan (R)		12,409
Cheryl Myers (D)		10,330

Campaign themes

Sheehan's campaign website listed six main issues:

• Creating New Jobs for Oregonians: "The role of state government is to provide an environment in which businesses can thrive and grow...We need to make it easier for small businesses to work with state agencies by simplifying the bureaucracy for contracting and permitting. Suffocating taxes, fees and regulations prevent businesses from creating jobs and need to be reviewed regularly to determine if they are doing what they were intended to do or if they are simply standing in the way of success for Oregon's small businesses."

• Education First: "Public schools are being held hostage in Oregon. The largest budget item and supposedly the most important, education most often is the last item to be funded by our State Legislature. If we are serious about education being important to Oregon's future and the future of its children, we need to fund education before anything else in the state budget."

• Keeping Oregonians safe: "We need to protect Measure 11 as it falls under attack from the Governor and the Legislature to keep violent offenders behind bars and away from your family...Prisoners need to do their time with reasonable incentives for good behavior and rehabilitation - not automatic sentence reductions."

• Rural Issues & Property Rights: "I support protecting family farms by reforming the death tax. I oppose unnecessary intrusion like the “tree cutting permit” being discussed by Clackamas County. I believe we need to give property owners more control over zoning and land use regulations."

• Re-thinking health care.: "A government solution for health care is the wrong direction. Instead, a culture shift is needed in those who provide and receive care. Some of the factors contributing to the current crisis are: Over consumption of diagnostic medicine-Doctors are sued or disciplined for missing obscure and unlikely diagnoses, and often prescribe unnecessary tests to avoid the trouble or to appease a patient's requests...Out-of-control lawsuits - Our current system actually encourages lawsuits against medical professionals when juries award outrageous sums to patients and their families..."All-access" Insurance - Instead of being used as it was originally intended, as a protection against an unlikely eventuality, health insurance is now thought of as taking care of everything. We don't use car insurance to pay for new tires or windshield wipers but we want health insurance to pay for every doctor visit and bottle of aspirin."

• A Voice for Citizens: "As a representative of the people of my district, I will encourage constituents to contact my office when they feel stuck or become intimidated in dealing with a state agency."

Contact

Address

Friends of Patrick Sheehan

14348 SE 132nd Avenue

Clackamas, OR 97015

Phone/Email
Patrick Sheehan, Candidate:

(503) 380-9480 Mobile

(503) 296-2506 Fax

Patrick@PatrickSheehan.org

Leif Iverson, Campaign Manager: (contact for scheduling & events)

(541) 933-5343 Mobile

Leif@PatrickSheehan.org

Greg Astley, Media Relations:

(503) 851-1330 Mobile

Greg@AstleyGroup.com

Campaign donors

2010

In 2010, Sheehan raised a total of $371,742 in campaign funds. His top contributors were:

Donor	Amount
Promote Oregon Leadership PAC	$53,369
Oregon Victory PAC	$25,000
Oregon Lodging Association	$20,000
Associated Oregon Industries	$17,500

Personal

Sheehan is single.

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• House website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign contributions: 2010
• Official campaign twitter page
• Official campaign youtube channel

References

Political offices
Preceded by Brent Barton (D)	Oregon House of Representatives District 51 2011–2013	Succeeded by Shemia Fagan (D)