Legislative voting records for Oregon House and Senate


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Abortion     ACLU: Apply health equity: barriers affect low-income minorities.     Kate Brown: Enacted requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Cliff Bentz: Opposed requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Knute Buehler: Opposed requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Tina Kotek: Supported requiring coverage for all for reproductive health.     Jeff Merkley: Public funding for stem cell research.     Tina Kotek: Public funding for stem cell research.     Tobias Read: Public funding for stem cell research.

Civil Rights     Kate Brown: Ban the LGBTQ Panic Defense for second degree murder.     Christine Drazen: Ban the LGBTQ Panic Defense for second degree murder.     Tina Kotek: Ban the LGBTQ Panic Defense for second degree murder.     Kate Brown: Let transgendered privately change name/sex on vital records.     Cliff Bentz: Disallow transgender change name/sex to be private.     Knute Buehler: Let transgendered privately change name/sex on vital records.     Tina Kotek: Let transgendered privately change name/sex on vital records.     Jeff Merkley: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.     Ted Kulongoski: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.     Tina Kotek: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.     Tobias Read: Oregon Equality Act: sexual orientation is a civil right.

Crime     Kate Brown: Ban use of chokeholds by police with few exceptions.     Christine Drazen: Ban use of chokeholds by police with few exceptions.     Tina Kotek: Ban use of chokeholds by police with few exceptions.     John Kitzhaber: Reduce sentences for non-violent offenses.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on reducing sentences for non-violent offenses.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on reducing sentences for non-violent offenses.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on reducing sentences for non-violent offenses.     Jeff Merkley: Mandatory minimum sentence for some 1st-degree sex offenders.

Drugs     Christine Drazen: Oppose marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Cliff Bentz: Oppose marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Kate Brown: Support marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Tina Kotek: Support marijuana trade between states when federal laws end.     Kate Brown: Liberalize recreational marijuana use but regulate it.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on retail medical marijuana establishments.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on retail medical marijuana establishments.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on retail medical marijuana establishments.

Energy & Oil     Kate Brown: Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources.     Tina Kotek: Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources.     Tobias Read: Wean Oregon off coal and boost renewable sources.     Kate Brown: Clean fuel bill critical; we are seeing a warming planet.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.     Tobias Read: Voted YES to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.     John Kitzhaber: Voted YES on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on electronic energy efficiency standards.     Ted Kulongoski: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.     Kate Brown: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.     Tina Kotek: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.     Tobias Read: Require 1.5% solar energy technology in public construction.

Environment     John Kitzhaber: Prohibit motorized mining in riverbeds.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on prohibiting motorized mining in riverbeds.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on prohibiting motorized mining in riverbeds.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on prohibiting motorized mining in riverbeds.

Gun Control     Kate Brown: Supports IP43 assault weapon ban and IP44 safe storage rules.     Knute Buehler: Opposes gun control proposals as intruding on basic freedoms.     Kate Brown: Require more background checks on gun sales.     Tina Kotek: Require criminal background checks for gun purchases.     Tobias Read: Require background checks for most gun transactions.     Cliff Bentz: No background checks for private gun transactions.     Knute Buehler: No background checks for private gun transactions.

Immigration     Kate Brown: Expand state college aid to undocumented students.     Tina Kotek: Expand state college aid to undocumented students.     Tobias Read: Expand state college aid to undocumented students.     John Kitzhaber: Voted YES on driver's licenses for non-resident aliens.     Jason Conger: Voted NO on drivers licenses for non-resident aliens.     Tina Kotek: Voted YES on driver's licenses for non-resident aliens.     Tobias Read: Voted YES on driver's licenses for non-resident aliens.     Jeff Merkley: Rated 90% by Oregonians for Immigration Reform.

Click for quotations from other sources by: ACLU Christine Drazen Cliff Bentz Republican U.S. Rep Oregon-2 Jason Conger Republican Challenger Oregon Jeff Merkley Democratic Jr Senator Oregon John Kitzhaber Oregon Democratic Governor (resigned 2015) Kate Brown Oregon Democratic Governor Knute Buehler Oregon Republican candidate for governor Ted Kulongoski Oregon Former Democratic Governor (2002-2010) Tina Kotek Oregon Democratic Gubernatorial Challenger Tobias Read Oregon Democratic Challenger