PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Two-term Oregon State Representative Cyrus Javadi announced his decision to change his political party affiliation on Friday — joining the House Democratic supermajority. In ...

All 60 of Oregon's House members and half of the Oregon Senate seats are up for reelection in 2026. Here is a guide to Mid-Valley legislative races.

Republican state Rep. Jami Cate, a farmer from Linn County, announced Wednesday that she plans to run for the Oregon Senate. Cate, R-Lebanon, seeks to fill the 6th Senate District seat now held by Sen ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – After casting a vote against party lines, a one-term Oregon state representative announced her decision on Tuesday to not seek re-election and is instead running for a ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB Oregon’s longest-serving state representative broke state ethics laws when he tried to secure a $66,000 raise for his work as an executive director at the Columbia ...

Forget the specialty license plates. Oregon’s state legislature passed a bill that offers permanent, dedicated funding for conservation efforts for imperiled wildlife in the state. The bill, which ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon State Representative Hòa Nguyễn died Thursday morning after a battle with cancer, according to state leaders. Nguyễn was a Democrat and represented House District 48, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In opposition to a bill that would limit book bans in Oregon schools, a state representative read an explicit excerpt of a novel found in a library for students. The passage of ...

An elections complaint alleges Rep. Jami Cate is financially benefitting by using her consulting business to funnel money ...