Chris Harker
{{short description|American politician}}
{{for|the English football goalkeeper|Chris Harker (footballer)}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Chris Harker
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| state_house = Oregon
| district = 34th
| term_start = 2009
| term_end = 2015
| preceded = Suzanne Bonamici
| succeeded = Ken Helm
| birth_date = March 1954
| party = Democratic
| alma_mater = The University of Michigan
}}
Chris Harker is an American politician. A Democrat, he served for six years as a state representative for Oregon's House District 34.
Family
Harker and his spouse, a teacher, have two children.
Occupation
Chris Harker founded Cayuse, Inc. in 1994 and is its CEO. In 2012, he sold the company to Evisions, Inc. for an undisclosed amount.{{cite news|last=Gunderson|first=Laura|title=Evisions buys Beaverton-based Cayuse|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2012/01/evisions_buys_beaverton-based.html|accessdate=January 16, 2012|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=January 16, 2012}}
Political career
On November 4, 2008, Chris Harker defeated Republican opponent Piotr Kuklinski and was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives with more than twice his opponent's votes.[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873598 November 4, 2008 General Election Results - Oregon Secretary of State] Harker represented communities from Washington County, encompassing parts of Beaverton and unincorporated Washington County.
In the 76th Legislative Assembly, Harker served as Co-Chair of the Joint Legislative Audits and Information Management and Technology Committee, as a member of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, and as a member of the House Human Services Committee.{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/servlet/XSLT?URL%3Dmembers.xml%26xslURL%3Dcommittees.xsl%26member-type%3Drepresentative |title=House Member Committees |accessdate=2011-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709062421/http://www.leg.state.or.us/servlet/XSLT?URL=members.xml&xslURL=committees.xsl&member-type=representative |archivedate=2011-07-09 }} During the 75th Legislative Assembly, he served as the vice chair of the House Health Care Committee, and as a member of both the House Education Committee and the Joint Ways and Means General Government Subcommittee.
Committee assignments
=2011-2012=
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Harker has been appointed to these committees:
- Joint Legislative Committee on Audits and Information Management and Technology, Co-Chair
- House Higher Education Subcommittee
- House Human Services Committee
=2009-2010=
- Joint Ways and Means General Government Subcommittee
- House Education Committee
- House Health Care Committee
Education
- Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (1985–1987).
- Ph.D., Human Physiology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1985).
- B.S., Plant Ecology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1977).
References
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External links
- [http://www.chrisharker.com/ Representative Harker's campaign]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100707032455/http://www.leg.state.or.us/harker/ Oregon House of Representative - Rep. Chris Harker]
- [http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=109777 Project Vote Smart biographical profile]
- [http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=109777 Project Vote Smart legislative profile]
- [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Representative-Chris-Harker/133732509566?ref=search Representative Harker's facebook]
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly
Category:University of Michigan alumni
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Educators from Oregon