Kriss Wright
Kriss Wright (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 23. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Kriss Wright earned an associate degree from Portland Community College in 1991 and a bachelor's degree from Portland State University in 2006.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent Anna Scharf defeated Kriss Wright in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anna Scharf (R) | 62.1 | 24,492 |
 | Kriss Wright (D) | 37.8 | 14,929 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 49 | ||
| Total votes: 39,470 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Kriss Wright advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kriss Wright | 98.1 | 4,004 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 76 | ||
| Total votes: 4,080 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent Anna Scharf advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Scharf | 99.2 | 6,837 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 53 | ||
| Total votes: 6,890 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent Anna Scharf defeated Kriss Wright in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Scharf (R) | 63.2 | 22,294 |
| Kriss Wright (D) | 36.6 | 12,900 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 91 | ||
| Total votes: 35,285 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Kriss Wright defeated Elise Hollamon in the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kriss Wright | 53.3 | 3,423 |
| Elise Hollamon | 45.0 | 2,886 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 110 | ||
| Total votes: 6,419 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23
Incumbent Anna Scharf advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 23 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anna Scharf | 98.5 | 7,446 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 114 | ||
| Total votes: 7,560 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Kriss Wright completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wright's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Kriss Wright's career experience includes 2022 Chair, Planning Commission, City of Newberg, Oregon. Alternate, (NUAMC) Newberg Urban Area Management Commission, City of Newberg & Yamhill County, Oregon.
Kriss Wright worked as a Health Technician, Dietary Communications Department for the US Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland Oregon. Kriss Wright, a Research Scientist, used her background in Geology & GIS Spatial Data Analysis, to work on Oregon Tsunami Routes and other related infrastructure issues facing the West Coast in a subduction event. Kriss Wright is a Grant Writer & Advocates for Men, Women, and Children. Kriss Wright is a Land Use & Zoning Consultant.
Kriss Wright grew up in the Pacific Northwest, but also attended schools in Alaska, Northern California, and Oklahoma. Kriss Wright attends a Christian Church and is considered by her close friends to be a Conservative Democrat.
Kriss Wright has one child, graduated in 2021 & served as President, School of Pharmacy, OSU. Kriss Wright has had the honor of helping to raise many children though out her life and looks forward to having more grandchildren in the future.
Kriss Wright is dedicated to protecting and growing her community, giving Polk and Yamhill counties the representation, they deserve.- I believe in and will uphold, "The First & Second Amendments of the United States Constitution."
- Funding of Mental & Medical Wellness are Key in addressing Unemployability & Homelessness.
- Economic Justice, Business Relief & Support, Childcare Incentives, Affordable & Quality Housing are needed for long term stability of our Society.
Kriss Wright agrees with Monsieur Le Foll, French Minister of Agriculture. Climate Stability can be achieved through Carbon Sequestration using Soil as the Carbon sink. By altering agricultural practices, draw down of CO2 back into soils can be achieved by 2050.
Wright is passionate for access to quality Medical & Mental Health Wellness with low or no copay medication costs. Support services for families or persons caring for disabled and/or mentally ill persons. Additional education to Police and other service providers in addressing and deescalating persons having mental health events to ensure safety of all.
Then Wright would wheel the mortar her father made, right under him, below the scaffolding on which he was working. It was her job to keep the mortar stirred until her dad needed more mortar on his pallet.
Wright filled a sizeable bucket with mortar then climbed up the scaffolding and poured it onto an oversized pallet for her father. Wright tried to move back and forth keeping the bricks and mortar stocked as quickly as her confident father could lay them.
Wright and her father, on the weekends, would dig the foundation for the new Newberg house. After digging a certain distance wood was placed making a form tying in the rebar for structural reinforcement. Each weekend my father and I would do a part of a job until it was finished. It took a just over a year on average to build each house. My father would live in them for about two years then sell the house.
My father and I built houses together on our weekends and summers for about five years. I learned a lot from my father about housing codes, zoning, timing of a project, and building skills among other things while working and learning from him.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 19, 2022
