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Natasha Bjornsen
From Ballotpedia
Natasha Bjornsen was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 2 of the Oregon House of Representatives.
Biography
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Bjornsen's professional experience includes working as a legal assistant for Richard Beeson, Atty., as a teaching assistant for Lincoln County Oregon, in early Childhood Development for Samaritan Hospitals and in Juvenile Development After School Program at Taft High School.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
Bjornsen's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[2]
Agriculture
- Excerpt: "Natasha believes that farmed goods, including fisheries, are imperative to the workings of Oregon. Our foods should be safe when produced, harvested and consumed. Farmers and workers should be fairly compensated for keeping Oregon fed and cared for. Natasha feels the safety or harm of GMO's is not well established and she feels more controlled research needs to be conducted to better understand if there are benefits to the use of genetically altered codons in foods or not."
Civil and Human Rights
- Excerpt: "Inalienable rights are founded in the belief that each person has a freedom to choose in all aspects of his/her life. Natasha has and will always advocate for social and legal rights of all people regardless of age, class, gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. She will oppose any law that degrades a person's dignity, devalues a person based on any of the above reasons, or dares to limit access of a specific group to freedoms granted to all others."
Corporate Power
- Excerpt: "Corporations are not people and should not be treated as such. Loopholes for corporate tax breaks need to be closed. Regulations against lobbying for special corporate interests should be firm."
Education
- Excerpt: "The backbone of a nation rests on education. Free, quality education is a fundamental right of every American. Natasha believes to encourage economic growth, one must educate each generation and encourage life long learning. Over the past decade, educational funding has been sliced to pay for other underfunded programs. As education standards drop, the United States becomes less desirable for competing companies to anchor businesses. Education is the corner stone that builds the economy, creates a safer community and assures job security for the future."
Energy and Natural Resources
- Excerpt: "Clean air, beautiful forests, and organism friendly habitats are important for the conservation and tourism of Oregon, but the timber industries are a vital part of the economic stability of Oregon. Natasha believes a bipartisan approach in the timber and conservation efforts is imperative to keep Oregon beautiful while sustaining the citizens of rural Oregon. The timber/ natural resource debate is complicated with many variables. Each and every idea for a solution needs to be explored."
Elections
2014
Elections for the Oregon House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2014. Kerry Atherton defeated Natasha Bjornsen in the Democratic primary. Dallas Heard defeated Mark Garcia in the Republican primary. Jeff Adams ran as a Libertarian candidate. Heard defeated Atherton and Adams in the general election.[3][4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Dallas Heard |
62.7% | 13,337 | |
| Democratic | Kerry Atherton | 31.4% | 6,676 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Adams | 5.7% | 1,203 | |
| None | Miscellaneous | 0.3% | 68 | |
| Total Votes | 21,284 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Kerry Atherton |
58.1% | 1,893 |
| Natasha Bjornsen | 41.9% | 1,364 |
| Total Votes | 3,257 | |
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Dallas Heard |
81.9% | 4,708 |
| Mark Garcia | 18.1% | 1,040 |
| Total Votes | 5,748 | |
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Natasha + Bjornsen + Oregon + House"
See also
- Oregon State Senate elections, 2014
- Oregon State Legislature
- Oregon House of Representatives
- Oregon House of Representatives District 2
External links
- Official campaign website (dead link)
- Natasha Bjornsen on Facebook
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Oregon Secretary of State - Candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ Official campaign website, "Background," accessed April 23, 2014 (dead link) (dead link)
- ↑ Official campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 23, 2014 (dead link) (dead link)
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official Results - May 20, 2014 Primary Election," accessed July 8, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official Results - May 20, 2014 Primary Election," accessed July 8, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing," accessed March 17, 2014
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Official general election results for 2014," 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)
