Mary Kremer

Mary Kremer

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Mary Kremer was a Republican candidate for District 19 of the Oregon State Senate. The primary election was on May 18, 2010 and the general election was on November 2.

Elections

2010

See also: Oregon State Senate elections, 2010

Kremer defeated Steve Griffith in the May 18 Republican primary by a margin of 5,693-4,857. Kremer's was defeated in the November 2 general election by incumbent Richard Devlin (D).

Oregon State Senate Republican Primary, District 19 (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Mary Kremer		5,693
Steve Griffith		4,857

Campaign themes

Oregon Capital News sat down with Kremer to get her thoughts on the environment, the budget, and education.

Kremer's campaign website lists three main issues:

• Healthy private sector: Based on her professional background in financial markets, Kremer says she will be an "advocate for job growth and a strong business environment"
• Stable education funding: Kremer says her number one priority is schools. She wants to pass the K-12 budget before any other services so that schools won't be up against other services.
• Bring back balance: "Funding core functions first" and prioritizing is a key proponent of the campaign.

Scorecards

Kremer responded to the Independent Party of Oregon questionnaire. Below are a selection of paraphrased answers, as well as some direct responses.

• Q: What is your #1 priority?

• A: Education. "But the only way we can pay for schools is to create an environment where the economy can grow. We have to get business in Oregon off the pause button. There is a disconnect between our tax and regulatory systems and what businesses need to be competitive."

• Q: What programs would you cut to make up the budget shortfall?

• A: "State employees get 100% of their medical expenses covered –this is unrealistic in today’s economy. Compare this to your own medical coverage. We need to ask public employees to pay part of their medical insurance and health care costs."

• Q: What is your best idea to promote economic development in Oregon?

• A: Four solutions:

1. Capital gains tax of 5%
2. Reengage the depreciation deduction
3. Tax profits as opposed to gross revenues
4. Cut the health plan that funds at 100%

• Q: Should the Attorney General and Secretary of State enforce political campaign contributions?

• A: No.

• Q: Do you favor amending the Oregon Constitution, if ultimately necessary, to allow reasonable limits on campaign contributions in state and local candidate races?

• A: "Once again I feel this is a free speech issue. But even if I did not, as, there is a significant expense in monitoring new laws. In this recession, we need to find ways to cut government spending and not expand 'jobs' in Salem. This last legislative session we added 1700 new public employee jobs."

• Q: Do you support "fusion-lite" with multiple parties nominating a candidate?

• A: "Yes, if done fairly this is an expression of free speech."

• Q: Do you support regulation to control health care costs and give the Insurance Division greater power to limit unreasonable rate increases and allow citizen participation in cases involving insurance rate hikes?

• A: No.

• Q: Should non-affiliated voters be allowed to vote in the primaries of the major parties?

• A: Party nominations should be reflective of the party beliefs.

Contact

Campaign Address

01630 Southwest Carey Lane Portland, OR 97219

Campaign Phone

503-699-8480

Campaign email

marykremer@me.com info@vote4mary.com

External links

• Oregon May 18 primary election results
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Official campaign facebook page
• Official campaign website
• Official campaign twitter page

Footnotes

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Current members of the Oregon State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Rob Wagner

Majority Leader:Kayse Jama

Minority Leader:Daniel Bonham

Senators

District 1

David Smith (R)

District 2

Noah Robinson (R)

District 3

Jeff Golden (D)

District 4

Floyd Prozanski (D)

District 5

Dick Anderson (R)

District 6

Cedric Hayden (R)

District 7

James Manning (D)

District 8

Sara Gelser Blouin (D)

District 9

Fred Girod (R)

District 10

Deb Patterson (D)

District 11

Kim Thatcher (R)

District 12

Bruce Starr (R)

District 13

Courtney Neron (D)

District 14

Kate Lieber (D)

District 15

Janeen Sollman (D)

District 16

Suzanne Weber (R)

District 17

Lisa Reynolds (D)

District 18

WInsvey Campos (D)

District 19

Rob Wagner (D)

District 20

Mark Meek (D)

District 21

Kathleen Taylor (D)

District 22

Lew Frederick (D)

District 23

Khanh Pham (D)

District 24

Kayse Jama (D)

District 25

Chris Gorsek (D)

District 26

Daniel Bonham (R)

District 27

Anthony Broadman (D)

District 28

Diane Linthicum (R)

District 29

Todd Nash (R)

District 30

Mike McLane (R)

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Republican Party (12)

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