Oregon State House District 55
The State Senate and House of Representatives are responsible for making or changing laws and passing a state budget. Sixty representatives serve in the House. The sizes of districts are based on the number of people living there. The Oregon Legislature meets for a long session in odd-numbered years and a short session in even-numbered years. To qualify as a candidate for the Oregon State House of Representatives, a person must be a U.S. citizen, a registered voter, a resident of the district for at least 1 year prior to the General Election, and age 21 or older. The salary is $35,052 plus a per-diem stipend.Term: 2 years. This is a partisan position.
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E Werner Reschke
(Rep)
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James Williamson
(Dem)
Describe your one or two most pressing issues for the 2025 legislative session. What legislation would you propose or support to address these issues?
What should the Legislature do to improve the quality of Oregon's K-12 public schools?
What role, if any, would you support for the state legislature to play in addressing income inequality in Oregon?
Lowering Taxes for all Oregonians
Ensuring Constitutional Rights for Parents
Protecting our Natural Rights of Life and Liberty
Getting drugs off our streets
Reimplementing Education Standards
Prevent Tolling on Oregonian Freeways
Allow Parents to Choose where they can send their children to school. We spend far too much on our current system and get far too little in return. It's time for a change. it's time for real choice.
Reinstating Educational Standards
Lowering taxes for all gives all Oregonians provides more opportunity for all — especially those lower income earners to have more opportunity to save, invest, get a better education and succeed. Today a full time minimum wage earner has nearly 2/3 of their income taxed at Oregon's second highest income tax bracket! That makes it incredibly difficult to ever get ahead.
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