Oregon Guide
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Upcoming Election
Oregon General Election: Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Race for Governor
Race for U.S. House District 1
A+
Suzanne Bonamici
(D)
Suzanne Bonamici understands that the war on marijuana has done infinitely more harm than good and advocates for reform on a federal level.
Race for U.S. House District 3
A+
Earl Blumenauer
(D)
Representative Blumenauer has been a lead advocate for marijuana legalization in Congress and a founding Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus.
Arguably there is no stronger proponent of cannabis reform than Congressman Blumenauer.
Race for U.S. House District 4
A
Mike Beilstein
(I)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? YES - Need to see the legislation first. However, I support safe affordable access to all medicine.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? YES - I think it is appropriate to be able to consume cannabis products in regulated public spaces, like the coffee shops in Amsterdam.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? YES - I believe there should be no employment discrimination against people who use cannabis for medicine or recreation as long as they are not impaired on the job.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) YES
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? YES - Abuse of any drug is a health issue, not criminal. Criminalizing drug use is part of the strategy to create a police state criminal-industrial complex. Also criminalizing non-drug hemp production is a stupid unnecessary restriction of a possibly valuable agricultural economy.
Race for U.S. House District 5
Race for State Senate District 3
A
Jeff Golden
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients?
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges?
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
"I’m comfortable giving YES answers to all of these questions, undertanding that in almoat every issue area, critical decisions get made in the details of legislation that can affect the final vote. At this point I can’t imagine what details could make me oppose any of these general positions. And #5 is critical! We have to get federal criminalization repealed to bring sanity to this whole picture." Jeffery Golden
Race for State Senate District 4
A
Floyd Prozanski
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
Race for State Senate District 6
Race for State Senate District 8
A
Race for State Senate District 11
D
Kim Thatcher
(R)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable access to patients?
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis consumption lounges?
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
As far as all of the questions below are concerned, the devil is in the details as far as supporting the concepts... or not. However, before many of these issues can even begin to be addressed, there are a couple things that would make sense to focus on:
1) Getting the federal government to reschedule cannabis. Having it listed as a Schedule 1 drug makes little sense.
2) There needs to be a meaningful and legally recognized standard for determining actual impairment from THC not just measuring the mere presence of it in one’s system.
When both of these items are addressed, it will make it much more practical and palatable to address the other issues. For what it’s worth...
Race for State Senate District 13
Race for State Senate District 15
Race for State Senate District 16
Race for State Senate District 17
Race for State Senate District 26
Race for State House District 1
Race for State House District 2
Race for State House District 3
Race for State House District 4
Race for State House District 5
Race for State House District 6
Race for State House District 7
Race for State House District 8
Race for State House District 9
Race for State House District 10
B+
David Gomberg
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable access to patients? Yes
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis consumption lounges? Yes
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Unsure.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
Race for State House District 11
Race for State House District 12
Race for State House District 13
Race for State House District 14
Race for State House District 15
Race for State House District 16
Race for State House District 17
Race for State House District 18
Race for State House District 19
Race for State House District 20
Race for State House District 21
Race for State House District 22
Race for State House District 23
Race for State House District 24
Race for State House District 25
Race for State House District 26
Race for State House District 27
A
Ken Helm
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
Race for State House District 28
Race for State House District 29
Race for State House District 30
Race for State House District 31
Race for State House District 32
Race for State House District 33
Race for State House District 34
Race for State House District 35
Race for State House District 36
Race for State House District 37
Race for State House District 38
Race for State House District 39
Race for State House District 40
Race for State House District 41
Race for State House District 42
Race for State House District 43
Race for State House District 44
Race for State House District 45
Race for State House District 46
Race for State House District 47
Race for State House District 48
Race for State House District 49
Race for State House District 50
Race for State House District 51
Race for State House District 52
Race for State House District 53
Race for State House District 54
Race for State House District 55
F
Race for State House District 56
Race for State House District 57
Race for State House District 58
Race for State House District 59
Race for State House District 60
Race for U.S. House District 6
Race for U.S. Senate
A+
Ron Wyden
(D)
Senator Wyden is a longtime proponent for the legalization of marijuana and is outspoken in his opinion. He frequently cites his admiration of Canada's policy regarding marijuana and believes the United States should follow their lead.
Your Elected Officials
Governor
A
Kate Brown
(D)
Attorney General
U.S. Senate
A+
Jeff Merkley
(D)
Senator Merkley works tirelessly for sensible marijuana laws. He introduced the SAFE Banking Act of 2019, and has consistently been a loud voice in favor of progressive reform legislation. Senator Merkley has been a longtime friend and champion for the marijuana legalization movement.
U.S. Senate
A+
Ron Wyden
(D)
Senator Wyden is a longtime proponent for the legalization of marijuana and is outspoken in his opinion. He frequently cites his admiration of Canada's policy regarding marijuana and believes the United States should follow their lead.
U.S. House District 1
A+
Suzanne Bonamici
(D)
Suzanne Bonamici understands that the war on marijuana has done infinitely more harm than good and advocates for reform on a federal level.
U.S. House District 2
D-
Cliff Bentz
(R)
U.S. House District 3
A+
Earl Blumenauer
(D)
Representative Blumenauer has been a lead advocate for marijuana legalization in Congress and a founding Co-Chair of the Congressional Cannabis Caucus.
Arguably there is no stronger proponent of cannabis reform than Congressman Blumenauer.
U.S. House District 4
A+
Peter DeFazio
(D)
Congressman Peter DeFazio is a supporter of marijuana reform at the federal level.
U.S. House District 5
B-
Kurt Schrader
(D)
State Senate District 1
State Senate District 2
State Senate District 3
A
Jeff Golden
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients?
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges?
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
"I’m comfortable giving YES answers to all of these questions, undertanding that in almoat every issue area, critical decisions get made in the details of legislation that can affect the final vote. At this point I can’t imagine what details could make me oppose any of these general positions. And #5 is critical! We have to get federal criminalization repealed to bring sanity to this whole picture." Jeffery Golden
State Senate District 4
A
Floyd Prozanski
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
State Senate District 5
State Senate District 6
State Senate District 7
A
James Manning
(D)
State Senate District 8
A
State Senate District 9
State Senate District 10
A
Deb Patterson
(D)
State Senate District 11
State Senate District 12
C+
Brian Boquist
(I)
Sen. Boquist initially voted and even co-sponsored marijuana bill for PTSD, but now has come out to say that there is too much marijuana in the market
State Senate District 13
D
Kim Thatcher
(R)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable access to patients?
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis consumption lounges?
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
As far as all of the questions below are concerned, the devil is in the details as far as supporting the concepts... or not. However, before many of these issues can even begin to be addressed, there are a couple things that would make sense to focus on:
1) Getting the federal government to reschedule cannabis. Having it listed as a Schedule 1 drug makes little sense.
2) There needs to be a meaningful and legally recognized standard for determining actual impairment from THC not just measuring the mere presence of it in one’s system.
When both of these items are addressed, it will make it much more practical and palatable to address the other issues. For what it’s worth...
State Senate District 14
State Senate District 15
State Senate District 16
State Senate District 17
State Senate District 18
State Senate District 19
A
Rob Wagner
(D)
State Senate District 20
B
Bill Kennemer
(R)
State Senate District 21
State Senate District 22
State Senate District 23
A
Michael Dembrow
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
State Senate District 24
A
Kayse Jama
(D)
State Senate District 25
A
Chris Gorsek
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients?
I have family members that need cannabis for pain management and the medical program is a very important way for them to afford their pain management regimen. I would enthusiastically support efforts to protect this important program.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges?
I think we need to ensure that cannabis is treated in the law at least the same as alcohol. While I have some reservations around smoking indoors I think we have to be fair considering that we know that cannabis isn't nearly as harmful as the hookah lounges that still proliferate.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market?
I'm actually working on legislation related to the treatment of cannabis testing in the workplace. I worry about people unable to use cannabis therapeutically in housing as well and look forward to protect tenants further in the upcoming session.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera)
The legislation that provided for distilleries to sell and provide samples was transformational for those businesses and as I responded to in an earlier question, parity between the treatment of alcohol and cannabis is important to me.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant?
Absolutely.
State Senate District 26
State Senate District 27
State Senate District 28
State Senate District 29
State Senate District 30
State House District 1
State House District 2
State House District 3
State House District 4
State House District 5
State House District 6
State House District 7
State House District 8
State House District 9
State House District 10
B+
David Gomberg
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable access to patients? Yes
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis consumption lounges? Yes
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Unsure.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
State House District 11
A
Marty Wilde
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes, with the caveat that they must protect employee health.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
I would also like to push the federal government to allow exports to countries where cannabis is legal. We have overproduced in the Oregon market. With Canada legalizing cannabis, there's a legitimate export opportunity that would significantly help cannabis businesses in Oregon. I expect that it's a long shot with this administration, but laying the groundwork now will help when there's a change of administration.
State House District 12
State House District 13
State House District 14
State House District 15
State House District 16
State House District 17
State House District 18
State House District 19
State House District 20
State House District 21
State House District 22
State House District 23
State House District 24
D
Rob Noble
(R)
State House District 25
State House District 26
State House District 27
State House District 28
State House District 29
State House District 30
State House District 31
B
Brad Witt
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? I am a state legislator. You need to pose this question to members of Oregon's Congressional delegation.
State House District 32
State House District 33
State House District 34
A
Ken Helm
(D)
1. Will you support legislation that would increase safe, affordable
access to patients? Yes.
2. Will you support legislation to license and regulate cannabis
consumption lounges? Yes.
3. Will you support legislation to end discriminatory practices
against cannabis consumers in the workplace and housing market? Yes.
4. Will you support legislation to regulate cannabis producers and
processors like breweries and wineries so they may give tours of their
facility, provide samples and sell directly to consumers so long as
they charge and collect taxes? (keep in mind the law requires all
areas of the premises to be on camera) Yes.
5. Will you support Oregon NORML's efforts to push for federal
decriminalization and descheduling of the cannabis plant? Yes.
State House District 35
State House District 36
State House District 37
State House District 38
State House District 39
State House District 40
State House District 41
State House District 42
State House District 43
State House District 44
State House District 45
State House District 46
State House District 47
State House District 48
State House District 49
State House District 50
State House District 51
State House District 52
State House District 53
State House District 54
State House District 55
State House District 56
F
State House District 57
State House District 58
State House District 59
State House District 60