Jack Roberts (Oregon politician)
| Jack Roberts | |
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| Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries | |
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In office January 2, 1995 – January 6, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Mary Wendy Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Dan Gardner |
| Lane County Commissioner | |
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In office 1989–1995 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1952 (age 64) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Eugene, Oregon |
| Alma mater | University of Oregon |
| Occupation | Attorney at law, politician |
Jack Roberts (born October 1952) is an attorney and politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as the Oregon Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries from 1995 to 2003 and Director of the Oregon state Lottery from 2013 to 2016.
A Republican, his highest elected office has been Oregon Commissioner of Labor and Industries, which he held from 1995 to 2003. Roberts was the first Republican elected Oregon labor commissioner in 40 years. In 1995, his first year in office, he supported legislation which was enacted making the office of Commissioner of Labor and Industries nonpartisan.
Roberts previously served as a Lane County commissioner from 1989 to 1995. A nonpartisan office, Roberts was appointed in October, 1989, then elected in May, 1990 and reelected in 1992 before being elected labor commissioner in 1994, defeating four-term incumbent Mary Wendy Roberts (no relation). He was re-elected in 1998, defeating State Representative Mike Fahey. In that nonpartisan election, Roberts carried every county in Oregon.
Roberts, the most recent Republican to hold statewide office (other than U.S. Senate) in Oregon, ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1996 (finishing well behind Senate President Gordon Smith and Superintendent of Public Instruction Normal Paulus in the special election primary in December, 1995) and for Governor of Oregon in 2002. He was an early favorite in the three-way Republican primary, but ultimately finished second behind nominee Kevin Mannix. He was considered a contender to take on incumbent U.S. Senator Ron Wyden in 2004, but did not enter the race. He also ran for the Oregon Supreme Court in 2006, coming in first in a three-way primary but then losing to Virginia Linder in the general election.
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