73rd Oregon Legislative Assembly

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{{Infobox Legislative Session

| name = 73rd Oregon Legislative Assembly

| image = Oregon State Capitol 1.jpg

| caption = The legislature took place in the Oregon State Capitol, seen here in 2007

| body = Oregon Legislative Assembly

| country = United States

| state = Oregon

| meeting_place = Oregon State Capitol

| term = {{Start date|2005}}–{{End date|2006}}

| before = 72nd Legislative Assembly

| after = 74th Legislative Assembly

| website =

| chamber1 = Oregon State Senate

| membership1 = 30 Senators

| control1 = Democratic Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = Senate President

| chamber1_leader1 = Peter Courtney

| chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader

| chamber1_leader2 = Kate Brown

| chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader

| chamber1_leader3 = Ted Ferrioli

| chamber2 = Oregon House of Representatives

| membership2 = 60 Representatives

| control2 = Republican Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker of the House

| chamber2_leader1 = Karen Minnis

| chamber2_leader2_type = Majority Leader

| chamber2_leader2 = Wayne Scott

| chamber2_leader3_type = Minority Leader

| chamber2_leader3 = Jeff Merkley

}}

The Seventy-Third Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly (OLA)'s period from 2005 to 2006. (The Legislative Assembly is the legislative body of the U.S. state of Oregon, composed of the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives.) The regular session was from January 10, 2005 to August 5, and a one-day special session on April 20, 2006.

The Senate was controlled by the Democratic Party of Oregon during the 73rd legislature, and the House was controlled by the Oregon Republican Party.

The 2005 regular session was the second longest in Oregon history, lasting 208 days, from January until August.{{cite news

|title=Tough legislative session sees a few successes

|date=August 21, 2005

|first=Bill

|last=Morrisette

|author-link=Bill Morrisette

|work=The Register-Guard

|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:ERGB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10C34A5557A74C40&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73

}}{{cite news

|title= How long a session?

|date=August 18, 2005

|work=The Register-Guard

|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:ERGB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=10C2A1D75795EEF0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=8CE642B8CA5C4083BE84A2539D6E1A73

}}

Two members of the House (Dan Doyle, R-Salem and Kelley Wirth, D-Corvallis) resigned due to unrelated scandals in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K4IVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jvADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6726,610495&dq=dan-doyle+oregon&hl=en | first=Brad | last=Cain | title=Lawmaker denies meth charge | work=Eugene Register-Guard | date=November 4, 2005 }}

Partisan control

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | Affiliation

! style="vertical-align:top;" | Senators

! style="vertical-align:top;" | Representatives

style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | 

| Democratic Party

| style="background-color:#DDEEFF;" | 17

| 27

style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

| Republican Party

| 11

| style="background-color:#FFE8E8;" | 33

{{party color cell|Independent Party (United States)}}

| Independent

| 2

| 0

colspan="2" rowspan="1" | Total

| 30

| 60

Senators of the 2005 Legislative Session

Senate President: Peter Courtney (D-11 Salem)

President Pro Tem: Margaret Carter (D-22 Portland)

Majority Leader: Kate Brown (D-21 Portland)

Minority Leader: Ted Ferrioli (R-30 John Day)

Image:Oregon State Senate Districts.png

Image:Portland or senate districts.png

Image:Willamette valley senate districts.png

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! District !! Name !! Party

style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 1-Roseburg

Jeff KruseRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 2-Central Point

Jason AtkinsonRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 3-Ashland

Alan C. BatesDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 4-S. Lane/N. Douglas

Floyd ProzanskiDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 5-Coos Bay

Joanne Verger{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2003/10/30/news/news03.txt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913145630/http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2003/10/30/news/news03.txt |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=Verger will make run for Senate |author=Andrew Sirocchi, Staff Writer |date=30 October 2003 |work=Coos Bay World |url-status=dead }}Democrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 6-Springfield

Bill MorrisetteDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 7-Eugene

Vicki WalkerDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 8-Albany

Frank MorseRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 9-Molalla

Roger BeyerRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 10-Salem

Jackie WintersRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 11-Salem

Peter CourtneyDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 12-McMinnville

Gary GeorgeRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 13-Hillsboro

Charles StarrRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 14-Beaverton

Ryan DeckertDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 15-Hillsboro

Bruce StarrRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 16-Scappose

Joan Dukes,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TysWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EBoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3327,762278&dq=joan-dukes+oregon&hl=en {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
then Betsy Johnson
Democrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 17-Beaverton

Charlie RingoDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 18-Portland

Ginny BurdickDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 19-Tualatin

Richard DevlinDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 20-Canby

Kurt SchraderDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 21-Portland

Kate BrownDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 22-Portland

Margaret CarterDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"

| 23-Portland

Avel GordlyDemocrat,
then independent
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 24-Portland

Frank ShieldsDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 25-Gresham

Laurie Monnes AndersonDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 26-Mt. hood

Rick MetsgerDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"

| 27-Tumalo

Ben WestlundRepublican,
then independent
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 28-Klamath Falls

Doug WhitsettRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 29-Pendleton

David NelsonRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 30-John Day

Ted FerrioliRepublican

Representatives

Speaker: Karen Minnis (R-49 Wood Village)

Speaker Pro Tempore: Dennis Richardson (R-4 Central Point)

Majority Leader: Wayne Scott (R-39 Oregon City)

Assistant Majority Leader: Debi Farr (R-14 Eugene)

Assistant Majority Leader: Billy Dalto (R-21 Salem)

Majority Whip: Derrick Kitts (R-30 Hillsboro)

Democratic Minority Leader: Jeff Merkley (D-47 Portland)

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! District !! Name !! Party

style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 1-Gold Beach

Wayne KriegerRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 2-Myrtle Creek

Susan MorganRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 3-Grants Pass

Gordon AndersonRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 4-Central Point

Dennis RichardsonRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 5-Ashland

Peter BuckleyDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 6-Medford

Sal EsquivelRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 7-Roseburg

Bruce HannaRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 8-Eugene

Paul HolveyDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 9-Coos Bay

Arnie RoblanDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 10-Newport

Alan BrownRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 11-Central Linn/Lane

Phil BarnhartDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 12-Springfield

Terry BeyerDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 13-Eugene

Robert AckermanDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 14-Eugene

Debi FarrRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 15-Albany

Andy OlsonRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 16-Corvallis

Kelley Wirth,
then Sara Gelser
Democrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 17-Sublimity

Jeff KropfRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 18-Molalla

Mac SumnerRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 19-Salem

Dan Doyle,
then Kevin Cameron
Republican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 20-Salem

Vicki BergerRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 21-Salem

Billy DaltoRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 22-Woodburn

Betty KompDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 23-Dallas

Brian BoquistRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 24-McMinnville

Donna G. NelsonRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 25-Keizer

Kim ThatcherRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 26-Wilsonville

Jerry KrummelRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 27-Washington County

Mark HassDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 28-Aloha

Jeff BarkerDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 29-Hillsboro

Chuck RileyDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 30-Hillsboro

Derrick KittsRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 31-Clatskanie

Betsy Johnson,
then Brad Witt
Democrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 32-Cannon Beach

Deborah BooneDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 33-Portland

Mitch GreenlickDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 34-Washington County

Brad AvakianDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 35-Tigard

Larry GalizioDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 36-Portland

Mary NolanDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 37-West Linn

Scott BruunRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 38-Lake Oswego

Greg MacphersonDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 39-Oregon City

Wayne ScottRepublican
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 40-Clackamas County

Dave HuntDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 41-Milwaukie

Carolyn TomeiDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 42-Portland

Diane RosenbaumDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 43-Portland

Chip ShieldsDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 44-Portland

Gary HansenDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 45-Portland

Jackie DingfelderDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 46-Portland

Steve MarchDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 47-Portland

Jeff MerkleyDemocrat
style="background-color:#DDEEFF;"

| 48-Happy Valley

Mike SchauflerDemocrat
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 49-Wood Village

Karen MinnisRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 50-Gresham

John LimRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 51-Clackamas

Linda FloresRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 52-Corbett

Patti SmithRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 53-Sunriver

Gene WhisnantRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 54-Bend

Chuck BurleyRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 55-Bend

George GilmanRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 56-Klamath Falls

Bill GarrardRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 57-Heppner

Greg SmithRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 58-Pendleton

Bob JensonRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 59-The Dalles

John DallumRepublican
style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"

| 60-Ontario

R. Tom ButlerRepublican

See also

References

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