Cylvia Hayes

Cylvia Johnson was born in August 1967 in Seattle.{{cite news| author =Olivia Nuzzi| title =The Con Artist Who Took Down Oregon's Guv| quote = Hayes was born on Aug. 10, 1967, in Seattle.| newspaper =The Daily Beast| date = February 13, 2015| url =http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/13/the-con-artist-who-took-down-oregon-s-guv.html| access-date =February 13, 2015}} Her father, Orville Johnson, was the brother of her mother's first husband. The family lived near Carnation in King County, Washington and Hayes has described the home as a dilapidated shack with no running water or electricity.{{cite news| author =Hal Bernton| title =Unease about Oregon first lady stalks governor's re-election| quote = When she was 7, her family moved near Carnation, in King County, where she said they lived in a dilapidated shack with no heat or running water and Visqueen for a roof.| newspaper =Seattle Times| date = October 24, 2014| url =http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2024856531_kitzhaberhayesxml.html| access-date =February 13, 2015}} At sixteen, Hayes moved out, stating, "alcoholism and mental illness took a real toll on my parents." As a teenager and young adult, Hayes worked a variety of jobs including apple picking, catching fryer chickens, training horses, heavy equipment operation, dental assistant, plastic surgery assistant, and working for the King County public works department.{{cite news|url=http://www.evergreen.edu/magazine/2013fall/oregons-groundbreaking-first-lady.htm|title=Oregon's Groundbreaking First Lady|date=Fall 2013|work=The Evergreen Magazine|publisher=The Evergreen State College|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103193632/http://www.evergreen.edu/magazine/2013fall/oregons-groundbreaking-first-lady.htm|url-status=dead}}

She graduated from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, with a bachelor's degree in 1994,{{cite news| author =Nigel Jaquiss| title = First Lady Inc.: Cylvia Hayes has two careers. She pursues both out of the governor's office.| quote =She graduated in 1994 at age 26 and went on to earn a master's degree in sustainability from Evergreen three years later.| newspaper =Willamette Week| date = October 8, 2014| url =http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23203-first_lady_inc.html| access-date =February 16, 2015}}{{cite news| author = Noelle Crombie| title =Gov. Kitzhaber's fiancee Cylvia Hayes confirms third marriage to Ethiopian immigrant, WW reports| quote =She says she spent a few years couch-surfing and struggling to finish high school and was married twice before earning her bachelor's degree in 1995.| newspaper =The Oregonian| date = October 9, 2014| url =http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/gov_kitzhabers_fiancee_cylvia.html| access-date =February 13, 2015}} and with a master's degree in 1997.{{cite news| author =Nigel Jaquiss| title = First Lady Inc.: Cylvia Hayes has two careers. She pursues both out of the governor's office.| quote =She graduated in 1994 at age 26 and went on to earn a master's degree in sustainability from Evergreen three years later.| newspaper =Willamette Week| date = October 8, 2014| url =http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23203-first_lady_inc.html| access-date =February 13, 2015}}{{cite news| author = Kirk Johnson and Michael Paulson| title =Gov. John Kitzhaber of Oregon and His Fiancée Walked Tangled Path to Exit| quote = Ms. Hayes, who had earned a master of environmental studies degree from The Evergreen State College in 1997...| newspaper =The New York Times| date =February 15, 2015| url =https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/us/politics/oregon-governor-john-kitzhaber-and-fiancee-cylvia-hayes-walked-tangled-path-to-exit.html| access-date =February 16, 2015}}

Hayes' late teens and early twenties have been described as a difficult period in her life.{{cite news|last1=Staver|first1=Anna|title=Cylvia Hayes admits breaking law in 'green card marriage'|url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/09/cylvia-hayes-apologizes-green-card-marriage/16999385/|access-date=January 30, 2015|newspaper=Statesman Journal|location=Salem, Oregon|date=October 10, 2014}} In 1997, Hayes entered into a green card marriage with an Ethiopian immigrant that ended in 2002. In a statement in October 2014, Hayes admitted the "serious mistake" of this previously undisclosed arrangement. Hayes married for $5,000.

While in a relationship from 1997 to 1998, Hayes and her then boyfriend placed a down payment on a property in Okanogan, Washington. In a statement in 2014 covered by Portland television station KOIN 6 News, Hayes said that the couple planned to use the property for a marijuana grow operation that never materialized. Hayes left the relationship in April 1998 and moved to central Oregon in July of that year.

Hayes moved to Bend, Oregon, from Washington in summer 1998 and began a career in clean energy and sustainable economic development.{{cite news|first=Tyler|last=Leeds |url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/2926050-151/cylvia-hayes-time-in-bend |title=Cylvia Hayes' time in Bend |date=February 28, 2015|publisher=The Bulletin|access-date=May 24, 2015}} That year Hayes founded 3EStrategies, a Bend-based clean-economy consulting firm that grew out of the nonprofit organization she launched two years before, called Earth Connections.{{cite news|url=http://www.evergreen.edu/magazine/2013fall/oregons-groundbreaking-first-lady.htm|title=Oregon's Groundbreaking First Lady|date=Fall 2013|work=The Evergreen Magazine|publisher=The Evergreen State College|quote="3EStrategies grew out of the nonprofit organization Hayes launched two years before, called Earth Connections."|access-date=January 15, 2015|archive-date=January 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103193632/http://www.evergreen.edu/magazine/2013fall/oregons-groundbreaking-first-lady.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url= http://osucascades.edu/news/oregons-first-lady-cylvia-hayes-deliver-commencement-address-osu-cascades|agency=Oregon State University|title= Oregon's First Lady Cylvia Hayes to deliver commencement address at OSU-Cascades |date=April 25, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2015}} As CEO of 3EStrategies, Hayes helped launched the Building Green Council, which is now a component of the Central Oregon Builders Association. The council was started to make it easier for people to build energy- and resource-efficient homes and commercial buildings, and bring together developers interested in promoting and learning more about green construction.{{cite news|last1=Stranzi|first1=Justin|title= Central Oregon green building directory gets update|url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2005/03/16/central-oregon-green-building-directory-gets-update/#ixzz3bSo6Rz5B |access-date=May 28, 2015|publisher=Daily Journal of Commerce|date=March 16, 2005}} Hayes published and edited the Green + Solar Building Oregon magazine from 2004 to 2009, created with contributions from writers and photographers throughout the state.{{Citation | title = Green + Solar Building Oregon | publisher = 3EStrategies | last = Hayes | first = Cylvia | date = 2007{{ndash}}2008 | pages = 112 |access-date=May 28, 2015 | url = http://issuu.com/rafkind/docs/green_solar}} She served as a member and co-chair of the Oregon Renewable Energy Working Group (REWG), which developed the state Renewable Energy Standard, Renewable Fuels Standard, and other clean energy policies.{{cite news|url= http://www.oregon.gov/energy/RENEW/REWG/Pages/REWG-Members.aspx |agency=Oregon Government |title= Renewable Energy Working Group Members |access-date=May 24, 2015}} Since 2012, Hayes has also worked as a professional writer, contributing to online news sources including The Huffington Post {{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cylvia-hayes/|agency=The Huffington Post |title= Entries by Cylvia Hayes |date=January 9, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2015}} and Grist.{{cite news|url=http://grist.org/author/cylvia-hayes/|agency=Grist |title= Cylvia Hayes |date=December 12, 2012|access-date=May 24, 2015}} In 2015 Hayes launched an independent blog which included a public statement about her appearances in the media that year, and in 2016 she joined Bend-based Issue Magazine as a staff journalist.{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Lehman |url=http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/former-oregon-first-lady-cylvia-hayes-takes-aim-media |title=Former Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes Takes Aim At Media |date=October 30, 2015 |publisher=NW News Network |access-date=March 20, 2016}}

Four years after she moved to Bend, Oregon, Hayes ran for the Oregon House of Representatives in District 53 against Ben Westlund, the Republican incumbent, as a Democrat. She launched her campaign to win the Democratic nomination as a write-in candidate after what she described as a "filing deadline error" kept her from being listed on the ballot.{{cite web |url= http://www.bendbugle.com/2002/04/democrat-cylvia-hayes-launches-write-in-house-dist-53-campaign/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150205081139/http://www.bendbugle.com/2002/04/democrat-cylvia-hayes-launches-write-in-house-dist-53-campaign/ |url-status= usurped |archive-date= February 5, 2015 |publisher= Bend Bugle |title= Democrat Cylvia Hayes Launches Write-In House Dist. 53 Campaign |date=April 4, 2002 |access-date= February 4, 2015}} She changed her party registration from independent to Democratic in February 2002, shortly before announcing her candidacy, and she originally considered seeking a nomination from a minor party, such as the Pacific Green Party.{{cite web |url= http://www.bendbugle.com/2002/04/hayes-makes-write-in-bid-for-house-district-53-democratic-nod/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150205080211/http://www.bendbugle.com/2002/04/hayes-makes-write-in-bid-for-house-district-53-democratic-nod/ |url-status= usurped |archive-date= February 5, 2015 |title= Hayes Makes Write-In Bid For House District 53 Democratic Nod |first= Barney |last= Lerten |publisher= Bend Bugle |date= April 3, 2002 |access-date= February 4, 2015}} Hayes lost to Westlund in the November election, with 30.5% of the vote. Hayes met then-outgoing Governor John Kitzhaber during the campaign.

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Hayes campaigned alongside Kitzhaber when he ran again for governor in 2010. After Kitzhaber was elected and sworn in, Hayes assumed many of the roles and responsibilities of First Lady.{{cite news|url=http://www.kval.com/news/local/114947729.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202235747/http://www.kval.com/news/local/114947729.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2011|publisher=KVAL|title=Governor on live-in life partner: 'She's certainly my first lady'|first=Jeff|last=Mapes|date=February 1, 2011|access-date=February 4, 2015}} Willamette Week described her in 2014 as playing a "central role" in the Kitzhaber administration, and she was described as a policy adviser to the governor on clean energy and economic development issues, fields where she had nonprofit and consulting experience prior to becoming first lady.{{cite news|last=Jaquiss|first=Nigel|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23203-first_lady_inc.html|newspaper=Willamette Week|title=First Lady Inc.|date=October 8, 2014|access-date=February 4, 2015}}

During her time as first lady, Hayes worked on the Prosperity Initiative that aimed to reduce income inequality in Oregon.{{cite news|title= Cylvia Hayes Unveils Oregon 'Prosperity Initiative'|url= http://oregonon.org/blog/2012/cylvia-hayes-unveils-oregon-prosperity-initiative/#sthash.Rb0Ha05Q.dpuf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150402181303/http://oregonon.org/blog/2012/cylvia-hayes-unveils-oregon-prosperity-initiative/#sthash.Rb0Ha05Q.dpuf|url-status= dead|archive-date= April 2, 2015|access-date= March 3, 2015|publisher= Oregon Opportunity Network|date= January 26, 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Theriault |first1=Denis|title=Kitzhaber aide's harsh email: Cylvia Hayes had 'no role' in $100 million housing plan|quote = "Hayes' work as first lady included a role leading the so-called Oregon Prosperity Initiative, an economic development and anti-poverty effort"|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/04/kitzhaber_aide_cylvia_hayes_ha.html |access-date=April 16, 2015|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=April 9, 2015}} In the 2011 legislative session, she supported the centerpiece of Kitzhaber's economic agenda, Cool Schools energy retrofit program, and also lobbied the Legislature on poverty issues. In the same year, Hayes was named to a seven-member team charged with writing Kitzhaber's ten-year energy plan, touted by the administration as a path toward Oregon's energy independence. Hayes frequently delivered speeches on clean economy during her time as First Lady, such as the 2013 commencement address to Oregon State University.{{cite news|url=http://osucascades.edu/oregons-first-lady-cylvia-hayes-commencement-address-2013|agency=Oregon State University|title=Oregon's First Lady Cylvia Hayes: Commencement Address 2013|date=June 15, 2013|access-date=May 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515160517/http://osucascades.edu/oregons-first-lady-cylvia-hayes-commencement-address-2013|archive-date=May 15, 2015|url-status=dead}} According to Willamette Week she did not draw a state salary and like the partners of other elected officials continued her private consulting work during her time in the governor's office.{{cite news| author =Nigel Jaquiss| title = First Lady Inc.: Cylvia Hayes has two careers. She pursues both out of the governor's office. | newspaper =Willamette Week| quote = "Like the spouses and partners of other elected officials, she is pursuing her own career… Hayes does not draw a state paycheck." | date = October 8, 2014| url =http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23203-first_lady_inc.html| access-date = February 13, 2015}}

Kitzhaber announced on January 30, 2015, that Hayes would not play a role in his administration during his fourth term. Hayes' "First Lady" website was taken down four days later.{{cite news|last=Mapes|first=Jeff|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/02/cylvia_hayes_first_lady_page_d_1.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|title=Cylvia Hayes' first lady page disappears from John Kitzhaber's state website|date=February 4, 2015|access-date=February 4, 2015}} On February 13, 2015, Kitzhaber announced his intention to resign as governor effective February 18, 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/02/governor_john_kitzhaber_will_s.html|agency=The Oregonian|title=Governor John Kitzhaber announces his resignation|first=Beth|last=Nakamura|date=February 13, 2015|access-date=February 13, 2015}}

In 2014, Hayes was the subject of a series of articles and media coverage that weakened Kitzhaber's reelection campaign and the governor's office. On October 8, a month before the gubernatorial election in 2014, Willamette Week reported on Hayes's previously undisclosed "green card marriage" from 1997 to 2002.{{cite news|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-32290-oregon_first_lady_cylvia_hayes_undisclosed_third_marriage_was_to_18_year_old_immigrant.html |newspaper=Willamette Week|title=Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes' Undisclosed Third Marriage Was to 18-Year-Old Immigrant|date=October 8, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2015|first=Nigel|last=Jaquiss |author-link= Nigel Jaquiss}} A few days later, Portland television station KOIN reported on Hayes' role over a decade prior in purchasing property for a planned grow operation in Washington, also in 1997. In a statement to the news station on October 13, Hayes admitted to and apologized for her role in the planned operation. According to Hayes, she went along with the property purchase while in a relationship with an abusive boyfriend, whom she left soon after.

Hayes and Kitzhaber also faced questions over her alleged use of her position as first lady and relationship to the governor to boost the profile of her consulting business. In October 2014, Willamette Week raised questions about the potential conflict of interest regarding Hayes' role as First Lady and her consulting work for 3EStrategies. In November the Oregon Government Ethics Commission rejected a request made by Kitzhaber to look into her records.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/11/state_ethics_commission_denies.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|title=State ethics commission denies John Kitzhaber request to review Cylvia Hayes contracts, first lady role|date=November 7, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2015|first=Laura|last=Gunderson}} On January 27, 2015, the Portland Tribune reported Hayes was paid $118,000 for communications work with the Clean Economy Development Center at the same time she was listed as an adviser to Kitzhaber on renewable energy. The newspaper suggested the dual roles could be considered a conflict of interest.{{cite news|last=Borrud|first=Hillary|url=http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/248476-117056-first-ladys-consulting-work-leaves-some-scratching-their-heads|newspaper=Portland Tribune|title=First lady's consulting work leaves some scratching their heads|date=January 27, 2015|access-date=January 30, 2015}} The Oregonian raised similar questions in a report a few days later.{{cite news|last=Budnick|first=Nick|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/01/cylvia_hayes_latest_records_re.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|title=Cylvia Hayes: latest records released by Kitzhaber show gaps, discrepancies|date=January 30, 2015|access-date=January 30, 2015}}

In December 2014, The Oregonian requested emails from Hayes' personal email accounts related to state business. When Hayes responded that she held no formal government position and had no government authority, The Oregonian petitioned Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum on January 29, 2015, for the release of the emails. In an article on February 4, 2015, Willamette Week (whose publisher and co-owner Richard Meeker is married to Rosenblum, which the paper acknowledged){{cite news| author =Nigel Jaquiss| title = Hands Off| newspaper =Willamette Week| date = February 4, 2014| url = http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-23927-hands-off.html| access-date =April 16, 2015}}{{cite news|last=Mapes|first=Jeff|url= http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2015/02/attorney_general_ellen_rosenbl_1.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|title= Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum calls allegations against John Kitzhaber, Cylvia Hayes 'very serious -- and troubling'|date=February 6, 2015|access-date=April 6, 2015}} commented on the lack of investigation and Rosenblum's self-proclaimed reluctance to comment on the case. A week later, on February 12, 2015, Rosenblum concluded that Hayes had earned public-official status{{cite news |last= Gunderson |first= Laura |title= Facing Criminal Investigations, Cylvia Hayes Asserts Fifth Amendment Rights in Hopes of Keeping emails Private |url= http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/02/facing_criminal_investigations.html |access-date= April 16, 2015 |newspaper= The Oregonian |date= February 26, 2015 |quote= "The order noted that Hayes had said she asked for a state email but was ineligible without employee status."}} and ordered the release of emails to The Oregonian.

On February 25, 2015, Hayes filed a lawsuit against The Oregonian,{{cite news|last1=Gunderson|first1=Laura|title= Cylvia Hayes should release emails and no, her legal fees aren't covered, court filings argue|url= http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/03/cylvia_hayes_lawsuit_emails.html |access-date=April 16, 2015|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=March 16, 2015}} claiming Fifth Amendment rights against the release of the emails and citing Rosenblum's order that Hayes had asked for a state email but was ineligible without employee status. On April 3, 2015, under federal subpoena, Governor Kate Brown's office publicly released 94,000 emails between Hayes and official email accounts of staff members in Kitzhaber's office.{{cite news|last1=Gunderson|first1=Laura|title= Governor's office releases 94,000 Cylvia Hayes emails|url= http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/04/read_cylvia_hayes_94000_emails.html#incart_river |access-date=April 16, 2015|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=April 4, 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Hoffman|first1=Hannah|title= Gov. Kate Brown releases 94,000 Cylvia Hayes emails|url= http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/03/gov-kate-brown-releases-reams-cylvia-hayes-emails/25270681/|access-date=April 16, 2015|newspaper=Statesman Journal|date=April 6, 2015}}

In 2017, after 28 months of investigation, the federal government announced that it had dropped its investigation into allegations that Cylvia Hayes and her fiancé, Governor John Kitzhaber, had used their positions for personal gain. No criminal charges were filed.{{Cite news|url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/16/federal-prosecutors-wont-charge-former-oregon-gov-john-kitzhaber-first-lady-cylvia-hayes/404586001/|title=Federal prosecutors won't charge former Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, First Lady Cylvia Hayes|work=Statesman Journal|access-date=2017-07-31|language=en}}

On January 18, 2019, Hayes agreed to pay Oregon Government Ethics Commission fines of "$44,000 for ethics violations arising from her use of public office for personal profit."{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/40164be0b7fb48d8a172f4f52d3023dc|title=Ex-first lady agrees to settle ethics charges for $44K|date=March 6, 2019|website=APnews.com|publisher=Associated Press|access-date=November 4, 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/03/cylvia-hayes-ex-oregon-first-lady-agrees-to-settle-ethics-charges-for-44000.html|title=Cylvia Hayes, ex-Oregon first lady, agrees to settle ethics charges for $44,000|last=Friedman|first=Gordon R.|date=March 5, 2019|website=oregonLive.com|publisher=The Oregonian|access-date=November 4, 2019}} Kitzhaber had also agreed, in January, to pay $20,000 in civil penalties to the commission for conflicts of interest regarding Hayes while he was governor.{{cite news|url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-john-kitzhaber-government-ethics-commission/|title=Kitzhaber Agrees To $20,000 Fine In Ethics Case That Goes To Commission Friday|last=Mapes|first=Jeff|date=March 29, 2019|website=OPB.org|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|access-date=November 4, 2019}}

Hayes' current surname is from her two-year marriage to her first husband Todd Hayes. Hayes has been married three times. Her first was to Todd Hayes from 1984 to 1986; her second was to Doug McCarthy, which ended in 1996; and her third was to Abraham B. Abraham using the name Cynthia Lynne Hayes on the marriage certificate.{{cite news| author = Noelle Crombie| title =Gov. Kitzhaber's fiancee Cylvia Hayes confirms third marriage to Ethiopian immigrant, WW reports| quote = Records show that Hayes was listed on the license for her marriage to Abraham as Cynthia Lynne Hayes, with no birth date listed. It's not clear why she used a different name.| newspaper =The Oregonian| date = October 9, 2014| url =http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/gov_kitzhabers_fiancee_cylvia.html| access-date =February 13, 2015}} Hayes filed a divorce from Abram in October 2001.{{cite news| author = Noelle Crombie| title =Gov. Kitzhaber's fiancee Cylvia Hayes confirms third marriage to Ethiopian immigrant, WW reports| newspaper =The Oregonian| date = October 9, 2014| url =http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/10/gov_kitzhabers_fiancee_cylvia.html| access-date =February 13, 2015}}

Hayes participates in running, weight training, and racquetball, and was a 2006 state champion racquetball player.{{cite news| author = Jeff Oliver| title = 2006 Oregon State Singles Champions| quote = Women's A – Cylvia Hayes| website = Oregon Racquetball| date = March 12, 2006| url = http://oregonracquetball.org/News/tabid/4393/ID/216/ORA-State-Singles-Champions-Crowned.aspx| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150405235436/http://oregonracquetball.org/News/tabid/4393/ID/216/ORA-State-Singles-Champions-Crowned.aspx| url-status = dead| archive-date = April 5, 2015| access-date = March 30, 2015}}

Hayes is currently engaged to Oregon former governor John Kitzhaber, who is 20 years her senior and with whom she became romantically involved after her 2002 House campaign. When Kitzhaber was elected governor of Oregon in 2010, Hayes, as his live-in girlfriend, assumed the role of the state's first lady.{{cite news| last=Mapes|first=Jeff|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/01/kitzhabers_companion_cylvia_ha.html | work=The Oregonian | title=Kitzhaber's companion, Cylvia Hayes, takes on first lady duties under unusual spotlight | date=January 29, 2011|access-date=February 14, 2015}} The couple announced their engagement in August 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.opb.org/news/blog/newsblog/isnt-it-romantic-gov-kitzhaber-confirms-engagement/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014154402/http://www.opb.org/news/blog/newsblog/isnt-it-romantic-gov-kitzhaber-confirms-engagement/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2014|publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting|title=Isn't It Romantic? Gov. Kitzhaber Confirms Engagement|date=August 4, 2014|access-date=January 15, 2015|first=Lizzy|last=Duffy}} Hayes owns a home in Bend, Oregon, while also sharing Kitzhaber's home in Portland.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/12/gov-elect_john_kitzhaber_plans.html|newspaper=The Oregonian|title=Gov.-elect John Kitzhaber plans to keep Portland home, use Salem mansion sparingly|first=Harry|last=Esteve|date=December 3, 2010|access-date=January 15, 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/cycling/index.ssf/2014/08/oregon_gov_john_kitzhaber_gets.html |title=Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber gets engaged to first lady Cylvia Hayes |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=August 4, 2014 |last=Mapes |first=Jeff |access-date=February 5, 2015}}

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