Alissa Keny-Guyer

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Alissa Keny-Guyer

| image =

| state_house = Oregon

| district = 46th{{cite web |url= http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/keny-guyer |title= Representative Alissa Keny-Guyer |publisher= Oregon Legislative Assembly |location= Salem, Oregon |accessdate= December 19, 2013 |archive-date= December 20, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131220003924/http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/keny-guyer |url-status= live }}

| term_start = September 27, 2011

| term_end = January 11, 2021

| predecessor = Ben Cannon

| successor = Khanh Pham

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|5|20}}

| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Neal Keny-Guyer

| children = Evan (born 1990), Jordan (born 1993), Maraya (born 1996)

| residence = Santa Fe, NM

| alma_mater = Stanford University
University of Hawaii at Manoa

| profession = State Representative

| website = {{URL|alissakenyguyer.com}}
{{URL|https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/keny-guyer/Pages/default.aspx}}

}}

Alissa Carolyn Keny-Guyer (born May 20, 1959) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 46 (parts of SE and NE Portland), beginning with her September 27, 2011 appointment by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Ben Cannon.{{cite web |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/keny-guyer_tapped_to_replace_b.html |title= Alissa Keny-Guyer tapped to replace Ben Cannon in Oregon House |author= Kost, Ryan |date= September 27, 2011 |work= The Oregonian |accessdate= December 19, 2013 |archive-date= December 20, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131220012944/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/09/keny-guyer_tapped_to_replace_b.html |url-status= live }}

Over nearly a decade in the Oregon House, Keny-Guyer chaired the House Committee on Human Services & Housing and served on the House Committees on Health Care (vice chair), Revenue, Early Childhood & Family Supports, Consumer Protection & Government Efficiency (interim chair), Energy/Environment/Water, and the Joint Ways & Means Subcommittee on Human Services.

She also served on the Governor's Children's Cabinet, on the Oregon Children’s Integrated Data (OCID) program oversight, and as Assistant Majority Leader for the Oregon House Democrats.

In July, 2021 she moved with her family to Santa Fe, New Mexico. She serves on the boards of the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund and the Penney Family Fund and on the City of Santa Fe Community Development Commission.{{cite web |title=The Honorable Alissa Keny-Guyer |url=https://www.ncelenviro.org/personnel/the-honorable-alissa-keny-guyer/ |website=NCEL |publisher=National Caucus of Environmental Legislators |access-date=2 December 2024}}

Education

Keny-Guyer earned her BA in human biology from Stanford University and her MPH from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Elections

Keny-Guyer won her 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018 Democratic primary and general elections unopposed. In Oregon's fusion voting system that allows nominations from up to three parties, she was nominated by the Democratic, Working Families, and Independent parties in 2014, 2016 and 2018, and the Democratic, Working Families, and Republican parties in 2012.

Electoral history

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| title = 2012 Oregon State Representative, 46th district{{cite web

| title = Official Results | November 6, 2012

| url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873690

| website = Oregon Secretary of State

| access-date = October 30, 2023

| archive-date = April 6, 2023

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230406223358/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873690

| url-status = live }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Alissa Keny-Guyer

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 19,945

| percentage = 97.2}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 566

| percentage = 2.8}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 20,511

| percentage = 100%}}

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| title = 2014 Oregon State Representative, 46th district{{cite web

| title = November 4, 2014, General Election, Official Abstract of Votes

| url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873735

| website = Oregon Secretary of State

| access-date = October 30, 2023

| archive-date = April 6, 2023

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230406223359/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873735

| url-status = live }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Alissa Keny-Guyer

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 17,930

| percentage = 96.8}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 598

| percentage = 3.2}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 18,528

| percentage = 100%}}

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| title = 2016 Oregon State Representative, 46th district{{cite web

| title = November 8, 2016, General Election Abstract of Votes

| url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873777

| website = Oregon Secretary of State

| access-date = October 30, 2023

| archive-date = January 19, 2023

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230119071743/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873777

| url-status = live }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Alissa Keny-Guyer

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 23,366

| percentage = 98.0}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 488

| percentage = 2.0}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 23,854

| percentage = 100%}}

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| title = 2018 Oregon State Representative, 46th district{{cite web

| title = November 6, 2018, General Election Abstract of Votes

| url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873825

| website = Oregon Secretary of State

| access-date = October 30, 2023

| archive-date = April 6, 2023

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230406153942/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873825

| url-status = live }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Alissa Keny-Guyer

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 24,573

| percentage = 97.7}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 581

| percentage = 2.3}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 25,154

| percentage = 100%}}

References

External links

[http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/keny-guyer Official page] at the Oregon Legislative Assembly
[http://www.alissakenyguyer.com/ Campaign site]{{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=134836 | fec= | congress= }}

Category:Politicians from New York City

Category:1959 births

Category:Living people

Category:Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives

Category:21st-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly

Category:Politicians from Portland, Oregon

Category:Hotchkiss School alumni

Category:Stanford University alumni

Category:University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni

Category:Women state legislators in Oregon

Category:21st-century American women politicians