Representative Chip Shields Elected Assistant Majority Leader
Portland, Ore.
July 15, 2007
Rep. Chip Shields
(D-N/NE Portland) has been chosen by his
colleagues to be Assistant Majority
Leader for Political Concerns for the Oregon
House
Democrats. The main tasks for the newly elected
leader include expanding the 31-29 Democratic
majority in the House, crafting a legislative
agenda,
and executing that agenda in the upcoming
campaign
season and next legislative sessions.
"Last session we delivered on the Roadmap for
Oregon's Future, an agenda we developed
in the
last interim session," Shields said. "I am
excited to play a role in
crafting the 2008-09 agenda that will build
upon that
roadmap. It's an agenda based on improving
living-wage jobs, healthcare and schools."
Rep. Shields is finishing his second term in the
Oregon House of Representatives. Prior to being
elected in 2004, Rep. Shields served as
Executive
Director of Better
People, a non-profit, job placement and
counseling program focused on helping people
who had been in trouble with the law. Since its
founding, Better People has helped hundreds
of people
find living wage jobs.
The Democrats also re-elected Rep. Dave Hunt, D-
Clackamas, as House Majority Leader.
Also elected were: Rep. Peter Buckley,
D-Ashland, as
Majority Whip; Rep. Arnie Roblan, D-Coos Bay, as
Assistant Majority Whip; Rep. Betty Komp, D-
Woodburn, as Assistant Majority Leader for
Policy;
Reps. Phil Barnhart of Eugene, Tobias Read of
Beaverton as the other two Assistant Majority
Leaders
for Political Concerns.
Rep. Jeff Merkley of East Portland remains
Speaker of
the House. Rep. Diane Rosenbaum of Southeast
Portland remains Speaker Pro Tempore. Their
leadership positions are elected by the
entire Oregon
House of Representatives.
For more information, go to Rep. Shields'
website: http://www.l
eg.state.or.us/shieldsc/ or call his
office at 503-
231-2564.
