Jean Falbo

Jean Falbo

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Jean Falbo was a Democratic candidate for District 57 of the Oregon House of Representatives. The primary election was on May 18, 2010 and the general election was on November 2, 2010.

Elections

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2010

Falbo was defeated in the November 2 general election by incumbent Greg Smith (R).

Campaign themes

Falbo's campaign website lists three main issues:

• Healthcare: "We must keep our momentum on children’s health care. A year ago more than 12 percent of our kids were without health care. Now we are on track to affordable health care for every child in Oregon.I will work hard to keep the ball rolling for accessible health care. I will fight to increase elder care facilities. In our rural area, people afflicted with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease often live far away from family members, making it very difficult to receive the supporting presence of loved ones. Worse, they must wait on a long list to get into a care facility. Nurses are critically few. I will strongly support the effort of Eastern Oregon University to ramp up its nursing program by over 60 percent. Studies show that nurses who prepare in rural locations tend to stay in them after graduation."

• Education: "Education and economic development go hand in hand. We need to provide an education that fits traditional employment. We need, also, to ensure that our kids have access to a solid education to thrive in an advanced technological society. From the national level on down, the bar is being raised for educational achievement. I believe that our public schools should provide a healthy mix of solid academics, cultural learning, nutritious food and physical fitness activities, five days a week. I will keep faith with our nation and our kids by working to provide adequate school funding."

• Jobs: "We can begin to crack Oregon’s high unemployment by the power of the purseand by examining current practices. For example the current law bases the purchase of the State’s goods and services on “The least cost.” Cost is important, but we could add language to the law that would award venders bidding points for employing local people... One impediment to business health is the difficulty of obtaining small business loans. Many are denied despite having a long record of responsible borrowing and repayment of loans. Using the Power of the Purse that is our tax money, Oregon could help small businesses get loans. North Dakota has had a State Bank for 90 years. It pays the State a competitive fee for its franchise. It is a public-private partnership in which the Bank guarantees private banks' sound business loans, thus spreading the risk while not competing with them for clients."

Contact

Campaign Address

Friends of Jean Falbo

P.O. Box 606

Joseph, OR 97846

Campaign email

zuvafalbo@gmail.com

External links

• Official campaign website
• Oregon Votes, State Voter Guide Profile
• Official campaign facebook page
• Official campaign blog
• Oregon May 18 primary election results
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Oregon Live Voter's Guide Profile
• Imagine Election Profile

Footnotes

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Current members of the Oregon House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Julie Fahey

Majority Leader:Ben Bowman

Minority Leader:Lucetta Elmer

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

Shelly Boshart Davis (R)

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

Andrea Valderrama (D)

District 48

Vacant

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

Vikki Breese-Iverson (R)

District 60

Mark Owens (R)

Democratic Party (36)

Republican Party (23)

Vacancies (1)

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