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David Brown (Oregon)
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David Brown (Republican Party) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 19. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
David Brown was born in La Grande, Oregon. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1988 to 1992. He attended Linn-Benton Community College and Central Texas College. His career experience includes working as an insurance agency owner.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Tom Andersen defeated David Brown in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 19 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tom Andersen (D / Independent Party) | 54.3 | 17,296 |
 | David Brown (R)  | 45.7 | 14,534 | |
| Total votes: 31,830 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Tom Andersen advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 19 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tom Andersen | 99.0 | 5,152 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 53 | ||
| Total votes: 5,205 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 19
David Brown advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 19 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Brown | 98.9 | 3,582 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.1 | 40 | ||
| Total votes: 3,622 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Brown in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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David Brown completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Brown's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have been a resident of South Salem for 45 years. After attending Salem-Keizer schools and a couple of years of college, I enlisted in the US Navy. Upon completion of my enlistment, my wife and I chose to return to Salem and raise a family here. We now have two grown children, are grandparents, and now have now owned & operated an insurance agency with our son. I volunteered and served as the Sprague Booster Club President for 4 years where the board and I came up with inventive ways to raise capital to benefit all Sprague students and their high school experience. With dollars raised we were able to assist with scholarships, new choir robes, fitness equipment, baseball/softball hitting facility, field turf project, and more. I also take great delight in assisting people that have an entrepreneurial spirit and want need assistance to get their ideas off the ground and to market. I'm not a politician. I am ready to roll up my sleeves to get to work and represent my district in the Capitol and to achieve the results that South Salem desperately needs.
- The quality and safety of our schools have cratered since my kids graduated high school 5 years ago. Oregon in now ranked 45 out of 50 in key educational benchmarks in the U.S. because of a lack of school choice options for parents and poor academic quality. My opponent has failed to step up for our kids. Some basic steps the Legislature must take to change course: 1. Reinstate graduation standards. 2. Fund and deploy School Resource Officers and single point entry in every school to keep our kids safe. (My opponent voted against both of these policies.) 3. Pay public school teachers well. My opponent voted against a historic K-12 budget which would have prevented the Salem-Keizer School District from making painful job cuts.
- South Salem is not a safe place to live anymore. Our homelessness, drug addiction and mental health crisis is out of control. My opponent made the homelessness issue worse by voting to take away that ability for law enforcement from clearing out illegal tent camps when he was a Salem City Councilor. When elected and instead of getting in the way of law enforcement officers, I will look for opportunities to give law enforcement officers back the tools needed that the Legislature stripped from them in the past couple of sessions so that they can get back to making our streets and neighborhoods feel safe once again.
- The Legislature and my opponent continue to make it hard for working families to thrive. Since he has been elected to public office (2015), homes in South Salem are 80%+ more expensive then they were before he was elected pricing working families out of the prospect of buying a home. My opponent hasn't met a tax he doesn't like. When he was on the Salem City Council he voted to raise new taxes on working families wages. Working families are stretched thin and burdened by taxes and inflation. This is why I will introduce a bill that prevents cities from passing regressive payroll or income taxes.
The 3 items listed above. Making our communities safe again, improving the education system for our kids, and helping working class families thrive.
My son. My son because of his unshakeable character and resiliency. He's my modern day hero.
The Bible. "With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand." Psalm 78:72. "Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety."
Character, morality, integrity, ethics, servant leader attitude.
I listen, absorb information, ask relevant questions and can provide a solution in a short amount of time. Also the ability to collaborate with a team. To always be a purveyor of true truth.
To represent the wishes, cares, concerns, of the district constituents and always communicate the results and outcomes from my position as their representative.
As the father of District 19, I get to start the healing process for our city and state for the benefit of now and for generations to come. That what I do may inspire someone who is young today that will see the good work and example that I have put forth that benefits us all.
I vaguely remember the Watergate investigation on TV. Also, I recall the 10 year anniversary of the JFK assassination in '73.
I had my own lawnmowing business at age 10 for 4 years. First W2 job was as a bus boy at Mr. Steak steakhouse in south Salem. ($3.50/hr)
"The Purpose Driven Life". As a person, we're all a One Of A Kind and have a unique purpose and calling.
"Thunder" by AC/DC
Judgmental or legalistic people.
Ideally the State Legislature should be the body that creates laws, policy, and budget that address the problems our state is facing. The governor's job is to enforce the laws on the books within the bounds of what is prescribed by the Legislature. The governor should rarely if ever use any executive power including rulemaking to overrule or overtake the Legislature as the primary lawmaking body.
One of the state's greatest challenge to solve is and will be the homelessness, mental health, and drug crisis that has made our communities less safe and the afflicted person vulnerable. We must give law enforcement the tools and manpower to be able to get those in the throws of addiction, a mental health crisis, or homelessness off the streets and into treatment so that they can become restored to health, gainfully employed, and successful functioning members of society.
No. The last thing we need right now is more career politicians with "bad habits" and agendas getting in the way of progress and common sense.
Yes, of course. In order to get things done in the Legislature, you need to have as many allies and friends as possible. Building rapport and relationships helps to accomplish this goal. I consider myself a "bridge" or "bringer" of people.
No. My desire is to be my own model and not the persona of another.
Yes. While door knocking in the district in August, a young man (25-27 years old) answered the door. "T" stood about 6'-4", was wearing all black, gauges in his ears, bolt in his tongue, black painted fingernails, black hair. I introduced myself and told him my purpose for door knocking his neighborhood. I asked him what was important to him. He replied, "The homelessness issue, fentanyl, the economy, and our schools are not what they use to be...". I then presented my handout card and it listed the 3 items he mentioned and we continued the conversation about the issues listed. But the one issue that was more important to him that he did not reveal at first was this..."How do you feel about the LGBTQ+ community, because I'm gay?" I replied to him, "Your preference doesn't determine how I treat or represent you. I have people in my life personally and in business that are a part of the LGBTQ community. I appreciate who they are as people, not a group. We're all people" I concluded. "T" appreciated my real and honest answer. He said that he is a Democrat but will vote for me in November. I appreciate "T's" true concern above the others he mentioned. I look forward to opportunity in representing all people in House District 19.
"What is a dad's favorite type of peas?" "Peas and quiet."
Yes. The Legislature should have oversight anytime the governor uses emergency powers. We saw during COVID how the governor abused her emergency powers y shutting down small business which hurt working families the most. The Legislature failed to curtail these abuses and in the future must dot their job to check the governor whenever they abuse the emergency powers. Plain and simple.
A bill that would protect working class families by banning cities from implementing regressive payroll or income taxes.
Salem Police Empl. Union, Crime Victims United, ORCOPS, Commissioner Danielle Bethell, Commissioner Colm Willis, Rep Ed Diehl, OR Hispanic Business Assn, Salem Chamber of Commerce, Taxpayer Assn of Oregon, Gladys Blum, Brian White, Defend Small Business PAC, NFIB, Union Hispana de Fey Y Libertad, Marion County Farm Bureau, Dick Withnell, Jeff Isham
Education, Joint Addiction and Community Safety, Veterans, and Business and Labor.
This is a non-negotiable for me. There must be transparency and accountability from all agencies without delay or obstruction.
I believe that Oregon needs to return to in-person voting with valid identification. For county clerks to always be conducting maintenance audits on the voter rolls to make sure that only living, registered voters vote. I would also like to see same day or next day election results.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 14, 2024
Current members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Julie Fahey
Majority Leader:Ben Bowman
Representatives
District 1
Court Boice (R)
District 2
Virgle Osborne (R)
District 3
Dwayne Yunker (R)
District 4
Alek Skarlatos (R)
District 5
Pam Marsh (D)
District 6
Kim Wallan (R)
District 7
John Lively (D)
District 8
Lisa Fragala (D)
District 9
Boomer Wright (R)
District 10
David Gomberg (D)
District 11
Jami Cate (R)
District 12
Darin Harbick (R)
District 13
Nancy Nathanson (D)
District 14
Julie Fahey (D)
District 15
District 16
Sarah McDonald (D)
District 17
Ed Diehl (R)
District 18
Rick Lewis (R)
District 19
Tom Andersen (D)
District 20
Paul Evans (D)
District 21
Kevin Mannix (R)
District 22
Lesly Muñoz (D)
District 23
Anna Scharf (R)
District 24
Lucetta Elmer (R)
District 25
Ben Bowman (D)
District 26
Sue Rieke Smith (D)
District 27
Ken Helm (D)
District 28
Dacia Grayber (D)
District 29
Susan McLain (D)
District 30
Nathan Sosa (D)
District 31
Darcey Edwards (R)
District 32
Cyrus Javadi (D)
District 33
Shannon Isadore (D)
District 34
Mari Watanabe (D)
District 35
Farrah Chaichi (D)
District 36
Hai Pham (D)
District 37
Jules Walters (D)
District 38
Daniel Nguyen (D)
District 39
April Dobson (D)
District 40
Annessa Hartman (D)
District 41
Mark Gamba (D)
District 42
Rob Nosse (D)
District 43
Tawna Sanchez (D)
District 44
Travis Nelson (D)
District 45
Thuy Tran (D)
District 46
Willy Chotzen (D)
District 47
District 48
Hoa Nguyen (D)
District 49
Zach Hudson (D)
District 50
Ricki Ruiz (D)
District 51
Christine Drazan (R)
District 52
Jeffrey Helfrich (R)
District 53
Emerson Levy (D)
District 54
Jason Kropf (D)
District 55
E. Reschke (R)
District 56
Emily McIntire (R)
District 57
Greg Smith (R)
District 58
Bobby Levy (R)
District 59
District 60
Mark Owens (R)
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