She won the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election, defeating Republican nominee Christine Drazan and independent candidate Betsy Johnson. [2][3] Kotek became the first openly lesbian woman elected speaker of a U.S. state house in 2013. She was the longest-serving Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives. [4]

6 days ago · An ongoing renovation project at the Oregon State Capitol is being carried out under a "project labor agreement." Gov. Tina Kotek has garnered criticism for a recent order requiring such deals on ...

3 days ago · Saying they needed more information, members of the Oregon Government Ethics Commission voted Friday to investigate Gov. Tina Kotek’s reported spending on parking, concert tickets and an ...

Tina Kotek is Oregon’s 39th Governor and is committed to visiting every county in Oregon in her first year in office and building strong, working partnerships across our state.

3 days ago · The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is compiling further information on claims that some transactions from Gov. Tina Kotek’s office could have violated state law. During a meeting on Friday ...

Jan 14, 2025 · New members of the Oregon Legislature were sworn in Monday — a week before the 2025 legislative session gets underway — and Gov. Tina Kotek delivered her State of the State address driving home...

Governor Tina Kotek sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting a federal major disaster declaration to provide relief to the rural Oregon communities who weathered an unprecedented, destructive wildfire season.

As Governor, Tina will be a leader who puts people first, who prioritizes justice and equity, who brings people together, and who inspires all of us to reach for a better future. Governor Kotek and her wife Aimee Kotek Wilson, a social worker, have been together for 19 years and have one dog.

Governor Tina Kotek began her public service career as a policy advocate for Oregon Food Bank, working to eliminate hunger for every Oregonian. She went on to serve as the policy director for Children First for Oregon, and stepped up to run for the Oregon House of Representatives to do more to help working families.

Jan 9, 2024 · As Speaker of the Oregon House, she championed laws that made Republicans shudder (and occasionally prompted them to flee the Capitol entirely): expanding reproductive rights, curbing carbon...