Jessica Vega Pederson
| Jessica Vega Pederson | |
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| Multnomah County Commissioner | |
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Assumed office January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Judy Shiprack |
| Constituency | East and Southeast Portland |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 47th district |
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In office January 14, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Jefferson Smith |
| Succeeded by | Diego Hernandez |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1975 (age 41–42) Crown Point, Indiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Profession | Program Manager |
Jessica Vega Pederson is a Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. She served in the Oregon House of Representatives, for two two-year terms, from January 2013 through 2016. Since January 2017, Vega Pederson has been serving a county commissioner for Multnomah County, the state's most populous county.
Vega Pederson was born in Crown Point, Indiana, a small town near Chicago, and raised in a Mexican-American family. Vega Pederson graduated from Loyola University Chicago, where she majored in informational systems management and technology.
Prior to running for political office, Vega Pederson was a project manager for a tech company. Her listing within the Voter's Pamphlet read: "I am not a politician. I'm a mom and a professional. My husband has his own small business. We work hard and we want a better future for our kids." She and her husband have two small children and live in East Portland.
In November 2013, she was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives, for District 47, for a two-year term starting in January 2013. She was re-elected two years later.
In September 2015, Vega Pederson announced that she would not seek re-election to the House, and would instead run for election to the Multnomah County Commission, for a seat that was due to become open as a result of term limits requiring its then-holder Judy Shiprack to leave the seat. She won election to the commission in the May 2016 primary, representating county District 3, for a four-year term to begin in January 2017. She was sworn in on January 3, 2017.
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