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Isabelle Fleuraud
Isabelle Fleuraud (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 60. She lost in the Democratic primary on May 19, 2020.
Fleuraud completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Isabelle Fleuraud was born in Soyaux, France. She earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Tours, France in December 1989 and also studied as an exchange student at the University of Saarbrueken, Germany and the University of Wyoming. Fleuraud earned a graduate degree in May 1995 after studying at the University of Wyoming and Kansas State University. She began working as a yoga and pilates teacher in 2008. She previously worked as a GIS specialist from 1995 to 1998 and as a stay-at-home mom for her four children from 1999 to 2008. Fleuraud is affiliated with Yoga Alliance. She has served as secretary of the Harney County Democratic Central Committee and as a State Central Committee delegate and Rules Committee member of the Democratic Party of Oregon.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 60
Incumbent Mark Owens defeated Beth Spell in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 60 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Owens (R / L) | 77.4 | 23,252 |
 | Beth Spell (D / Working Families Party)  | 22.4 | 6,724 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 51 | ||
| Total votes: 30,027 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 60
Beth Spell defeated Isabelle Fleuraud in the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 60 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Beth Spell | 51.0 | 1,255 |
 | Isabelle Fleuraud | 43.2 | 1,065 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.8 | 143 | ||
| Total votes: 2,463 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 60
Incumbent Mark Owens advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 60 on May 19, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Owens | 99.3 | 9,446 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 63 | ||
| Total votes: 9,509 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 60
Incumbent Mark Owens advanced from the Libertarian convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 60 on July 6, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Owens (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Isabelle Fleuraud completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fleuraud'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 am a mother of four, a yoga teacher, an immigrant, and a Democratic activist. My educational background is in modern languages, geography and natural resource management, and exercise and yoga instruction. I believe our nation is at a turning point, where our current system has led to widening socio-economic disparities, which have caused a resurgence of intolerance toward and systemic attacks against the civil rights of Native and minority populations, the LGBTQ community, immigrants, and women’s reproductive rights, as highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Oregon, it has also contributed to a deepening of the perceived urban/rural divide, which is exacerbated and exploited by those who politically benefit from it, and who have characterized these minorities and poor urban communities as "the other". As a legislator, I will seek to identify the commonalities on the specific issues that hinder progress for all disadvantaged communities, and systematically address those issues so we can preserve and progress a quality of life all Oregonians deserve, while preserving regional and ancestral cultures.
- The urban/rural divide in Oregon is not an unbreachable barrier. The problems and frustrations rural Oregon communities express - under-representation, poverty, tenuous health care, chronic substance abuse, lagging school funding and student achievement, difficulty in attracting and retaining young, energetic businesses to spur and sustain economic development - are shared with the most minority-dominated, under-represented urban districts in Oregon. Together, by identifying the commonality of the specific issues that hinder progress, and systematically addressing those issues, we can preserve and progress a quality of life all Oregonians deserve while preserving regional and ancestral cultures.
- Based on climate science data and on projected socio-economic impacts of climate change and global warming, our state’s government has an obligation to develop and implement policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts we are already feeling. Since most economic analyses show rural areas initially bearing the greatest costs in implementing a Cap and Invest-type bill, but then reaping far greater economic benefits in the long term compared to urban communities, the final bill must include initial mitigating measure for rural districts such as OR HD 60, and a long implementation period to allow for adjustments as needed.
- By supporting and investing in our educational institutions; investing in county health departments, community clinics and rural hospitals, and mental health care services; increasing Internet connectivity; and by improving transportation and access in rural Eastern Oregon, we can attract innovative business leaders to our communities, so that we can successfully transition from a mostly agricultural and natural resource extractive economy to a vibrant, diversified, 21st century economy. This might include outdoor recreation and related innovative technology and manufacturing, clean energy, continued support for sustainable ranching, farming and forestry enterprises and related industries, anchored by a strong public sector.
Social Justice – discrimination is systemic at all levels of our society, from unequal pay for women to disproportionate incarceration of Native and minority populations and laws targeting the LGBTQ+ community. As a legislator, I will fight for an inclusive and equitable society.
Women’s reproductive rights – we are still, in 2020, fighting to protect women’s reproductive rights, from universal access to birth control, to affordable pre-natal care, and to safe abortions, and it is more important than ever that this be done at the state level. As a legislator, I will fight for all women’s rights to have access to quality comprehensive health care.
1) to reduce CO2 emissions to slow down climate change, and put policies in place that allow all Oregonians to adapt to the impacts themselves of climate change, and to successfully and equitably transition to a new clean energy-based economy.
2) to reduce socio-economic inequalities by identifying the class, race and gender issues that created them and systematically addressing them, and to continuously work toward an equitable, people-centered social democracy. This includes implementing policies that guarantee a living wage and access to housing, clean water and nutritious food for all Oregonians.
3) to make quality education accessible to all in an equitable manner, from pre-K and K-12 to college, vocational and technical training, and continuing professional education.
4) to expand accessible health care to all, including physical and mental health care, dental and vision, and comprehensive women's reproductive health. It will be particularly important to ensure that county health departments are equitably funded and that services such as rural hospitals do not disappear, even as tele-medicine becomes more available.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 21, 2020
