Ivan Maluski
Ivan Maluski (unaffiliated) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 11. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Maluski completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ivan Maluski earned a bachelor's degree from the Lewis & Clark College. His career experience includes working as a farmer, rancher, and policy director.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 11
Incumbent Jami Cate defeated Ivan Maluski in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jami Cate (R) | 73.8 | 26,148 |
 | Ivan Maluski (Unaffiliated)  | 25.9 | 9,159 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 112 | ||
| Total votes: 35,419 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nina Brenner (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11
Nina Brenner advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nina Brenner | 96.6 | 2,553 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.4 | 89 | ||
| Total votes: 2,642 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11
Incumbent Jami Cate advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jami Cate | 99.1 | 7,689 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 72 | ||
| Total votes: 7,761 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Maluski in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ivan Maluski completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Maluski'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 previous government experience, serving four years as an elected directer of one of Oregon's many rural fire protection districts, which gave me a strong understanding of how government must be responsive and accountable to the public while providing effective services within tight budgets. It also gave me great respect for our firefighters and other first responders.
I also have a history of passing bipartisan legislation in Salem, working for nearly a decade as the policy director for the non-profit group Friends of Family Farmers. There, I helped craft and pass legislation to establish Oregon's Beginning and Expanding Farmer loan program, to protect the Willamette Valley's valuable seed industry, to invest in local meat processing to support independent ranchers, and protect farmland from development.- As state representative, I will protect our farmland, family scale farms and our rural quality of life. I am dedicated to supporting independent family farmers and ranchers, local businesses, consumer freedom and will reject attempts by big out-of-state corporations to buy up Oregon's farmland, water and forests at the expense of our rural communities.
- Health care costs are too high for working families. I will work to pass legislation that improves health care affordability and accessibility so that every individual and family in Oregon can receive the health care and medicine they need without worrying about the financial consequences. I believe health care is also a matter of personal freedom and privacy and that the government and politicians have no business standing in between people and their health care decisions.
- I believe a strong education system is the foundation for improving our communities and preparing children for the future. I support investments in early childhood literacy programs to set up our kids for success, investments in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs throughout K-12, and more robust Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs so students can exit high school with technical skills and a strong work ethic. CTE programs should include agriculture, forestry, and land & water management programs to prepare them for careers in fields that are the backbone of our rural economies.
2) Increasing the supply of housing and overall housing affordability while also preserving farmland from development. Affordable housing can help reduce income inequality as it creates a pathway for younger people and families to grown equity and wealth, as well as helping alleviate homelessness issues that have intensified in recent years.
3) Bringing down the costs of healthcare.
4) Expanding opportunities for young farmers and ranchers to access land even as land prices continue to rise and older farmers and ranchers age out.
My four years as an elected rural fire protection district director gave me important experience with Oregon's open meetings and public records laws, and how to provide effective public services within a limited budget.
We ultimately defeated a number of these proposals by passing legislation at the State Capitol in 2023 to prevent these operations from using a loophole to access groundwater they had no right to.
During this three year ordeal, many personal stories were told. One came from a family whose tap water turned brown soon after the poultry company began digging a deep well to tap groundwater before they'd received any state permits for construction. Others were from parents worried about the health of their kids at a small rural school located a few hundred feet from what would have been eleven 1/4 mile long poultry barns blowing dust laden with chicken manure. The stories and their very real fears were heartbreaking.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 26, 2024
