31 September 2024 AOL’s Lobby Team Works to Effectively Represent You! The AOL lobby team is monitoring races and engaging with candidates, both separately and as part of business coalitions. Your AOL lobby team includes: Amanda Sullivan-Astor, Kevin Campbell, Chloe Haller, and Rex Storm. We are examining and supporting those candidates who provide the best opportunity to bring more balance back to Salem. This intelligence shapes AOL’s strategic investments from its State Political Action Committee (PAC), which supports campaigns that optimize legislative advantage both at election-time and during future lawmaking in the Oregon Capitol. AG PAC—AOL Participates With This Committee to Make Its Endorsements AOL’s lobby team is also a member of AG PAC, an additional state Political Action Committee of 13 natural resource groups rural community—including AOL—have amassed significant campaign efforts to prevent a harmful Democrat supermajority. ‘Spotlight List’ of Priority Republican Wins Needed to Stop a Democratic Supermajority: • Senate District 5: Sen. Dick Anderson (R-Lincoln City) vs. Jo Beaudreau (D) • Senate District 25: Raymond Love (R-Gresham) vs. Sen. Chris Gorsek (D) • Senate District 27: Michael Summers (R-Bend) vs. Anthony Broadman (D) • House District 21: Rep. Kevin Mannix (R-Salem) vs. Virginia Stapleton (D) • House District 22: Rep. Tracy Cramer (R-Gervais) vs. Lesly Munoz (D) • House District 32: Rep. Cyrus Javadi (R-Tillamook) vs. Andy Davis (D) • House District 40: Michael Newgard (R-Gladstone) vs. Rep. Annessa Hartman (D) • House District 48: John Masterman (R-Damascus) vs. Rep. Hoa Nguyen (D) • House District 53: Keri Lopez (R-Bend) vs. Rep. Emerson Levy (D) occurring just before the general election, saw legislators adjusting their stances to align with district interests, aiming to secure voter support for their candidacies. Voters may not have been impressed by the Democratic Party’s feeble posturing earlier this year. 5. Turnover and Ballot Measure 113 Disqualification: High legislator turnover continues to create open seats, due to many legislators retiring from service, leaving to run for other races, and ten others disqualified by Ballot Measure 113 from running again. During the 2023 Legislative Session, 39 out of the 60 members in the Oregon House of Representatives had less than two years of experience in office. Of these members, 25 were newly elected, five had served for only one year due to a mid-term appointment, and 11 had served a single two-year term. This trend continues to produce many contested open seats and inexperienced lawmakers. BM 113 spawned extra havoc following a 2023 Legislative Session walkout, where 10 Senators (eight Republicans and two Independents) accumulated 10 unexcused absences in violation of BM 113. Six of these Senators, who were hoping to seek re-election in 2024, were disqualified by the courts from running, and new replacement candidates had to be identified. Competitive 2024 Legislative Races—Fight to Prevent a Democratic Supermajority! The 2024 State legislative campaign pits many business-friendly Republicans battling to prevent Democrats from achieving a legislative supermajority. To gain that edge, Democrats would need 18 Senators (one more than they now have) and 36 Representatives (one more than they have). Our AOL lobby combines with our business allies to stop a bad Democrat supermajority. That supermajority would open the door to passing higher taxes and harmful laws without a single Republican vote. Republicans across the business and Continued → Political Action & Elections
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