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Dr. Barbara Roberts (born on December 21, 1936 in Corvallis, Oregon) is a Democrat. She served as Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995, the first woman to be elected to that office. Roberts is a fourth generation Oregonian and grew up in Sheridan, Oregon, where she graduated from Sheridan High School. She attended Portland State University from 1961-1964 and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, 1989 and Marylhurst University. Image File history File links Barbararoberts. ...
The Governor of Oregon is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. ...
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Neil Edward Goldschmidt (born June 16, 1940) is a former politician and businessman living in the State of Oregon and a member of the United States Democratic Party. ...
John Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947) is a physician and United States Democratic Party politician from Oregon. ...
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Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 9th 255,026 km² 420 km 580 km 2. ...
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Benton County Courthouse Corvallis (IPA: ) is a city located in central western Oregon, USA. Originally called Marysville, (probably for the nearby Marys River), the legislative assembly changed the citys name to Corvallis in 1853, from the Latin phrase cor vallis, meaning heart of the valley. ...
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Marylhurst University is a private Catholic university located in Portland Oregon on the Willamette River. ...
Roberts has two sons, Mark and Mike. She was married to Oregon State Senator Frank Roberts from 1974 until his death in 1993 as a result of Prostate Cancer. After the death of her husband, Roberts authored the book Death Without Denial Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
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Early career Roberts became involved in public service as an advocate for handicapped children. She was an unpaid lobbyist in 1969 spurred by concerns for her autistic son, Mike. Roberts served on the Parkrose School Board. She joined the Mt. Hood Community College Board. After she married Senator Frank Roberts,who became her political mentor, she was appointed to finish the term of a Multnomah County Commissioner. The Parkrose resides in Portland, and is not part of the Portland school district for it was at one time a city. ...
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Multnomah County is a county located in the state of Oregon, the smallest in area but the largest in population due to Portland, the county seat and largest city in Oregon. ...
State Representative Barbara Roberts was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1981. She became Oregon's first woman House Majority Leader from 1983-1984. The Oregon Legislative Assembly is the legislature for the U.S. state of Oregon. ...
Secetary of State In 1984, Roberts was elected as Oregon’s Secretary of State, and became the first Democrat elected to that post in over one hundred years. She was re-elected in 1988. Some of the significant achievements during her terms as Secretary of State included election reform legislation, the construction of a new state archives building, and broader audit powers for the Secretary of State.
Governor Roberts ran unopposed in the Democratic Gubernatorial primary in 1990. She was subsequently elected to succeed Governor Neil Goldschmidt. Roberts defeated Republican Attorney General David B. Frohnmayer and Independent Al Mobley in the November 1990 General Election. During that same election, voters passed Ballot Measure 5 which established constitutional limits on property tax rates. This article is about the year. ...
Neil Edward Goldschmidt (born June 16, 1940) is a former politician and businessman living in the State of Oregon and a member of the United States Democratic Party. ...
Dave Frohnmayer was appointed the 15th President of the University of Oregon effective July 1, 1994. ...
Ballot Measure 5 of 1990 established state constitutional limits (Article XI, Section 11) on Oregons property taxes on real estate. ...
During her term as governor, Roberts worked with the Clinton administration to secure federal waivers and funding for the Oregon Health Plan. She also helped to increase the number of children in the Head Start program, secured financing for additional units of affordable housing, and developed programs to help move Oregonians from welfare to the workplace. The Roberts administration was known for its strong support of gay rights and appointed women to positions in state government.
There were two factors that were responsible for Roberts decision not to seek reelection in 1994. The first factor was her low approval rating with the voters. A refusal by voters to pass a measure to enact a sales tax which would have funded the Oregon Health Plan was the second factor. As a result of the failed sales tax measure, Roberts was forced to break her campaign promise not to cut spending.
Educator Soon after she left office, Roberts accepted a position at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as director of the Harvard Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government and later as a senior fellow to the Women and Public Policy Program. In 1998, Roberts joined Portland State University's Hatfield School of Government's Executive Leadership Institute as Associate Director of Leadership Development.
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See also List of Governors of Oregon The Governor of Oregon is the top executive of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. ...
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