Frank Mansfield
Frank Mansfield (Republican Party) is running for election to the Oregon State Senate to represent District 16. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Mansfield completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Frank Mansfield was born in Ohio. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 1976. He graduated from Paulding High School. He earned an M.D. from The Ohio State University in 1981 and a Ph.D. from Mississippi State University in 1991. Mansfield retired after more than 32 years from the Department of Defense Naval Warfare Labs, with career experience including working as an aerospace engineer and science advisor. He has been affiliated with the Oregon Farm Bureau, the Acquisition Professional Community, and the Sigma Gamma Tau Aeronautical Honor Society.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Oregon State Senate elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for Oregon State Senate District 16
Frank Mansfield is running in the general election for Oregon State Senate District 16 on November 3, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Frank Mansfield completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Mansfield'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 traded my high school diploma to be a microwave relay repairman and electronics instructor and after finishing up my commitment I used my GI benefits and enrolled in The Ohio State University. Where after a series of events, I walked away with a Master Degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering and a job with the DoD Navy working at Naval Warfare labs and managing multi-million-dollar projects. I had the opportunity to get my Doctorate while working at the DoD for an added commitment, so I jumped at the chance and enrolled at The Mississippi State University and received my PhD in Aerospace Engineering. I finished out my 32 plus year career with the DoD and retired. I went back to work as a contractor working as the Senior Structural Engineer on the F-35 jet fighter for Israel. I was instrumental in bringing that stalled project to fruition and worked through the cost overruns and time crunches to bring the $700 million dollar plus project to a successful conclusion.
During my career I have also taken the time to sit on elected and appointed boards. They ranged from the Kern County Soil and Water Conservation Board to the Chair of the Board of Zoning Appeals in the town of Colonial Beach where we lived to the Board of Tax Appeals in Clatsop County advocating for the landowner.- Financial Waste, Budget Overrun and Transparency
We have a State with tremendous cost overruns and endless schedule delays like the Transportation Department that is millions of dollars over budget with pothole filled roads and insufficient bridge maintenance to show for it and the only thing they want to do is throw more money at it with no change in operations and no oversight. The State of Oregon and agencies will have real budgets rather than wishful thinking and/or wild guesses. Agencies will have actual legislative oversight and be held accountable for their actions and budgets. Will stop personal agendas.
Remove all hidden taxes such as provider tax, luxury tax, tire tax, gross tax to name a few that would improve the Oregon economy - Homeless and Affordable Housing Encourage co-operation between public agencies and nonprofit organizations such as Helping Hands to help the homeless lift themselves out of their current unhoused state. Encourage the use of land that is not currently economical to use because of the high cost of bringing in utilities by conventional means but would make it usable by using off the grid methods such as personal solar panels and water catchment systems. upport the use of reasonable sized expandable houses that unfold quickly and are now economical and functional as an alternative to stick-built housing. Promote a diversified job market by bringing in tech jobs to replenish dwindling industries like forestry and fishing.
- School Diversity Options Schools should be as diverse in capability and learning as needed so each student can receive what they need in the way they need it, this leads to the need for the option of school choice. Not every child learns in the same way so there needs to be diversity in the availability of schools to meet the needs of the individual student. No student should hear a teacher’s or other school employee political opinion and personal lifestyle choices in the classroom or on school property. Promote the advantages of having a trade to make a good and respectable living alongside the advantages of a college education. Have inter cooperation partnerships between high school and trade schools. No unfunded mandates.
Currently there is a lack of mental and behavioral health facilities available in the areas of greatest need. That means that those with substance abuse or mental health issues are left to fend for themselves without the tools to be able to resolve their issues.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 2, 2025
