Lew Frederick
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lew Frederick
| image name = March For Science PDX (33440103073) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Frederick in 2017
| state_senate = Oregon
| district = 22nd
| term_start = January 9, 2017
| term_end =
| predecessor = Chip Shields
| successor =
| state_house2 = Oregon
| district2 = 43rd
| termstart2 = October 2009
| termend2 = January 9, 2017
| preceded2 =
| succeeded2 = Tawna Sanchez
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951|12}}
| birth_place = Pullman, Washington, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic
| profession =
| alma_mater =
| religion =
| footnotes =
| birth_name = Lewis Reed Frederick
| honorific_prefix = The Honorable
| signature = Lew Fredrick Signature.jpg
}}
Lew Frederick (born December 1951) is an American Democratic politician, currently representing District 22 in the Oregon Senate.{{cite web|url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/frederick/|title=Senator Lew Frederick|accessdate=October 23, 2017|publisher=Oregon State Legislature|archive-date=July 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705232328/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/frederick|url-status=live}}
Early life and education
Born in Pullman, Washington, Frederick grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Atlanta, Georgia. Frederick is the son of botanist Dr. Lafayette Frederick, Professor Emeritus Howard University, and his wife Antoinette Reed Frederick. Frederick has lived in northeast Portland since 1974.{{cite news|last=Anderson|first=Jennifer|date=July 1, 2010|title=Racism in Portland: What are we doing?|pages=1–2|work=Portland Tribune|url=http://thetribonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=127793326578537300|accessdate=April 25, 2013|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215092056/http://thetribonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=127793326578537300|url-status=live}}
Career
Throughout his career, he was a teacher at the Metropolitan Learning Center for two years, a radio and television reporter with KGW for seventeen years, Director of Public Information at Portland Public Schools for thirteen years, Assistant to the President at Portland Community College, and held a position on the State Board of Education.{{cite web|url=http://lewfrederick.org/about-lew|title=About Lew|publisher=lewfrederick.org|accessdate=January 10, 2011|archive-date=August 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820002119/http://lewfrederick.org/about-lew|url-status=live}}{{Self-published source|date=February 2017}} In October 2013, Frederick was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award at Earlham College.
Frederick was sworn into the Oregon House of Representatives in October 2009 and began serving on the House Interim Human Services Committee and House Interim Sustainability & Economic Development Committee.{{cite web|url=https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:9493.2531535119/rid:a69575b6599f63d943bb54ec80cb912e|title=Lew Frederick Sworn In as Newest House Member|date=October 30, 2009|accessdate=January 10, 2011|publisher=Oregon State Legislature}}
File:Lew Frederick, Sam Adams, Tina Kotek.jpg Sam Adams and State Representative (and future Governor) Tina Kotek in 2011]]
According to the Portland Tribune, he was Oregon's "highest-ranking black leader and the only black man serving in the Oregon Legislature" as of 2010. Commissioner Amanda Fritz and The Skanner endorsed Frederick during his campaign for District 43.{{cite web|title=Why I support Lew Frederick for House District 43|url=http://www.amandafritz.com/node/1668|last=Fritz|first=Amanda|authorlink=Amanda Fritz|date=October 19, 2009|publisher=amandafritz.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014151124/http://amandafritz.com/node/1668|archive-date=October 14, 2016|accessdate=January 10, 2011}}{{cite web|title=The Skanner News Endorses Lew Frederick for Oregon House of Representatives|url=http://www.theskanner.com/article/The-Skanner-News-Endorses-Lew-Frederick-for-Oregon-House-of-Representatives|work=The Skanner|accessdate=January 10, 2011|archive-date=July 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034349/http://www.theskanner.com/article/The-Skanner-News-Endorses-Lew-Frederick-for-Oregon-House-of-Representatives|url-status=live}}
Frederick, formerly a member of the House Joint Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology, has moved into the leadership ranks through his new Committee assignments.{{cite web|title=Joint Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology|url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/committees/exhib2web/2011interim/JLAIMT/jlaimt.htm|publisher=Oregon State Legislature|accessdate=February 3, 2013}} Frederick's 2013 Regular Session assignments are as Vice-Chair, Land Use Committee; and both the Ways and Means Committee, per se, as well as the Ways and Means Subcommittee On Education.{{cite web|title=Representative Lew Frederick|url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/frederick/|publisher=Oregon State Legislature|accessdate=February 3, 2013|archive-date=January 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113123540/http://www.leg.state.or.us/frederick/|url-status=live}}
Lew Frederick maintains a research and strategy affiliation with the California and Washington, D.C.–based company, The Rand Reed Group, an applied anthropological consultancy run by Kathleen Rand Reed.[http://www.cusag.umd.edu/people.html Link text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125043644/http://www.cusag.umd.edu/people.html |date=January 25, 2012 }}, Cultural Systems Analysis Group (CUSAG), University of Maryland, College Park.
Fredrick supports reparations for the descendants of slaves, and on January 11, 2021, proposed Oregon State Bill 619 to direct the Oregon Department of Revenue to pay individuals who could demonstrate heritage in slavery $123,000 as an annual annuity. Despite misreporting and misreading to the contrary, SB 619 would create an annuity of $123,000 which is paid annually, rather than a sum of $123,000 paid annually.{{Cite web|last=Allen|first=Blake|date=2021-01-19|title=Portland lawmaker proposes paying reparations to Black Oregonians|url=https://ktvz.com/top-stories/2021/01/18/portland-lawmaker-proposes-paying-reparations-to-black-oregonians/|access-date=2021-02-19|website=KTVZ|language=en-US|archive-date=December 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208184643/https://ktvz.com/top-stories/2021/01/18/portland-lawmaker-proposes-paying-reparations-to-black-oregonians/|url-status=live}}
Electoral history
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2010 Oregon State Representative, 43rd district{{cite web
| title = Official Results November 2, 2010
| url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873642
| website = Oregon Secretary of State
| access-date = October 30, 2023
| archive-date = August 31, 2023
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230831080329/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873642
| url-status = live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lew Frederick
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 19,821
| percentage = 98.3}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 345
| percentage = 1.7}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 20,166
| percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2012 Oregon State Representative, 43rd 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 = Lew Frederick
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 27,623
| percentage = 98.0}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 569
| percentage = 2.0}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 28,192
| percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2014 Oregon State Representative, 43rd 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 = Lew Frederick
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 21,553
| percentage = 97.5}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 561
| percentage = 2.5}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 22,114
| percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2016 Oregon State Senator, 22nd 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 = Lew Frederick
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 60,803
| percentage = 91.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Eugene A Newell Jr
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 5,321
| percentage = 8.0}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 290
| percentage = 0.4}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 66,414
| percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2020 Oregon State Senator, 22nd district{{cite web
| title = November 3, 2020, General Election Abstract of Votes
| url = https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2020.pdf
| website = Oregon Secretary of State
| access-date = October 30, 2023
| archive-date = November 12, 2022
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221112205917/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2020.pdf
| url-status = live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lew Frederick
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 70,489
| percentage = 98.1}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 1,401
| percentage = 1.9}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 71,890
| percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2024 Oregon State Senator, 22nd district{{cite web
| title = November 5, 2024, General Election Abstract of Votes
| url = https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2024-results.pdf
| website = Oregon Secretary of State
| access-date = December 12, 2024
| archive-date = December 12, 2024
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241212212240/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2024-results.pdf
| url-status = live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lew Frederick
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 66,859
| percentage = 90.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Michael Saperstein
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 6,838
| percentage = 9.3}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 149
| percentage = 0.2}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 73,846
| percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://lewfrederick.org Official site]
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Category:African-American state legislators in Oregon
Category:Journalists from Portland, Oregon
Category:Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives
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Category:21st-century African-American politicians