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Lew Barnes
From Ballotpedia
Lew Barnes was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 31 of the Oregon House of Representatives.
Elections
2012
Barnes ran for election in the 2012 election for Oregon House of Representatives District 31. Barnes was unopposed in the May 15 Republican primary and was defeated by incumbent Brad Witt (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Brad Witt Incumbent |
53.3% | 15,650 | |
| Republican | Lew Barnes | 41.8% | 12,262 | |
| Constitution | Ray Biggs | 2.7% | 782 | |
| Libertarian | Robert Miller | 2.3% | 665 | |
| Total Votes | 29,359 | |||
2010
Barnes was defeated in the November 2 general election for District 32 by incumbent Deborah Boone (D).[4]
Issues
2010 Campaign themes
Barnes' campaign website listed five main issues:
- Fiscal issues: " Institute fiscal responsibility by prioritizing budget items to the core services government is responsible for. These items to include fire, safety, education and infrastructure. All other items, in the budget, should be scrutinized as to their validity with respect to the authorization or the lack of it contained within the constitution."
- Education: " In that the public school system in the state of Oregon boasts a 30% drop out rate is obvious that this institution is broken. I strongly support injecting competition into the equation. I support such alternatives as charter schools, vouchers and virtual schools in an effort to allow families to choose the appropriate alternative as they see fit."
- Accountability: "A cursory review of the core services government is responsible for would indicate we have a disconnect between their stated objective and the results. The state all funds budget has doubled over the last 10 years from $27 billion to $54 billion. I defy anyone to point to one of these core services and produce findings that indicate a doubling in their output. Are there twice as many fire and rescue professionals, police officers, roads? Has our dropout rate of high school students been cut in half? I would suggest that the answer to these questions is a resounding NO!"
- Illegal immigration: " Illegal immigration is just that, it’s illegal. By not enforcing our immigration laws we have created problems for ourselves in a number of areas... It is estimated our state spends in excess of $1 billion per year on welfare benefits, medical expenses, education for children of illegals and incarceration for those who commit violent crimes..."
- Unemployment: "At the present time state unemployment is at a record high. Obviously this situation exists due in part to the worldwide recession we find ourselves in. Having said that state government has in fact exacerbated the problem by its onerous regulations, fees and taxes..."
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for "Lew + Barnes + Oregon + House"
- All stories may not be relevant to this legislator due to the nature of the search engine.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings for the House," accessed April 11, 2012
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official Results for May 15 Primary election," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official General Results for 2012," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "2010 General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015
Current members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Julie Fahey
Majority Leader:Ben Bowman
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
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
District 48
Hoa Nguyen (D)
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
District 60
Mark Owens (R)
Democratic Party (37)
Republican Party (23)
