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Oregon State Senate

Oregon State Senate
Oregon Legislative Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 12, 2015
Leadership
Peter Courtney (D)
Since January 13, 2003
President pro Tempore
Ginny Burdick (D)
Since January 10, 2011
Majority Leader
Diane Rosenbaum (D)
Since January 10, 2011
Minority Leader
Ted Ferrioli (R)
Since January 8, 2007
Structure
Seats 30
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Political groups

Governing Party

Opposition Party

Length of term
4 years
Authority Article IV, Oregon Constitution
Salary $21,612/year + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2016
(16 seats)
Next election
November 6, 2018
(14 seats)
Redistricting Legislative Control
Meeting place
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State Senate Chamber
Oregon State Capitol
Salem, Oregon
Website
Oregon State Senate

Governing Party

Opposition Party

The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 30 members of the State Senate, representing 30 districts across the state, each with a population of 114,000. The State Senate meets at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.

Oregon State Senators serve four-year terms without term limits. In 2002, the Oregon Supreme Court struck down the decade-old Oregon Ballot Measure 3, that had restricted State Senators to two terms (eight years) on procedural grounds.

Like certain other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the State Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to state departments, commissions, boards, and other state governmental agencies.

The current Senate President is Peter Courtney of Salem.

Oregon, along with Arizona, Maine, and Wyoming, is one of the four U.S. states to not have the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, a position which for most upper houses of state legislatures and indeed for the U.S. Congress (with the Vice President) is the head of the legislative body and holder of the casting vote in the event of a tie. Instead, a separate position of Senate President is in place, removed from the state executive branch. If the chamber is tied, legislators must devise their own methods of resolving the impasse. In 2002, for example, Oregon's state senators entered into a power sharing contract whereby Democratic senators nominated the Senate President while Republican senators chaired key committees.


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