# Bob Tiernan

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{{Short description|American politician}}
{{for|the Rhode Island politician|Robert Tiernan}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2011}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Bob Tiernan
|office       = Chair of the [Oregon Republican Party](/source/Oregon_Republican_Party)
|term_start   = January 10, 2009
|term_end     = January 22, 2011
|predecessor  = Vance Day
|successor    = [Allen Alley](/source/Allen_Alley)
|state_house1 = Oregon
|district1    = [24th](/source/Oregon's_24th_House_district)
|term_start1  = January 1993
|term_end1    = January 1997
|predecessor1 = [Randy Miller](/source/Randy_Miller_(politician))
|successor1   = [Richard Devlin](/source/Richard_Devlin_(American_politician)) 
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1955|5|24}}
|birth_place  = [Coronado, California](/source/Coronado%2C_California), U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|spouse       = Susan
|education    = [Oregon State University](/source/Oregon_State_University) ([BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))<br />[University of Puget Sound](/source/University_of_Puget_Sound) ([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor))<br />[Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University) ([LLM](/source/Master_of_Laws))
}}
'''Bob Tiernan''' (born May 24, 1955)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0002marq/page/1746/mode/2up|title=Who's Who in American Politics|year=1997–1998|page=1746}}</ref> is an American politician and attorney. A member of the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he served in the [Oregon House of Representatives](/source/Oregon_House_of_Representatives) from January 1993 to January 1997, representing [Oregon's 24th House district](/source/Oregon's_24th_House_district), in the early 1990s. The district, at the time included most of [Lake Oswego](/source/Lake_Oswego%2C_Oregon) and portions of southwestern [Portland](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon). He was chair of the [Oregon Republican Party](/source/Oregon_Republican_Party) from 2009 to 2011.

==Education and business career==
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from [Oregon State University](/source/Oregon_State_University), a [Juris Doctor](/source/Juris_Doctor) degree from the [University of Puget Sound](/source/University_of_Puget_Sound), and a [Master of Laws](/source/Master_of_Laws) degree from [Georgetown University](/source/Georgetown_University).<ref name=sos>{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6880367|title=2002 General Election Voters Pamphlet page 36, 19th District, Bob Tiernan|accessdate=2008-04-17|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State}}</ref>

Tiernan worked as a [corporate turn-around consultant](/source/Turnaround_management).

==Political career==
===State House of Representatives===
In 1992, he was elected to the Oregon House and served 2 two-year terms. In 1996, he lost to his 1994 opponent, [Richard Devlin](/source/Richard_Devlin_(American_politician)).<ref name=duin>{{cite news|title=Voters say "boo" to Bob|last=Duin|first=Steve|date=1996-11-07|work=[The Oregonian](/source/The_Oregonian)}}</ref> In 2002, he ran for the [Oregon State Senate](/source/Oregon_State_Senate) to represent the 19th senate district, again facing Devlin, narrowly losing by a margin of 47% to 50%.<ref name=02vote>{{cite news|title=How Oregon voted|date=2002-11-10|work=[The Oregonian](/source/The_Oregonian)}}</ref>

He served as chief petitioners on several successful [statewide ballot measures](/source/List_of_Oregon_ballot_measures), including [Measure 11](/source/Oregon_Ballot_Measure_11_(1994)) (mandatory minimum sentences), [Measure 8](/source/Oregon_Ballot_Measure_8_(1994)) (pension reform), and [Measure 17](/source/Oregon_Ballot_Measure_17_(1994)) (prison labor), all in 1994.

===Oregon Republican Party chair===
In January 2009, he was elected as chair of the [Oregon Republican Party](/source/Oregon_Republican_Party) and served until 2011, when he was succeeded by [Allen Alley](/source/Allen_Alley).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/01/allen_alley_glides_into_oregon.html |title=Allen Alley glides into Oregon Republican chairmanship |website=www.oregonlive.com |date= January 22, 2011|access-date=January 22, 2011}}</ref>

===2022 gubernatorial campaign===
Tiernan ran for [governor of Oregon](/source/governor_of_Oregon) in the [2022 election](/source/2022_Oregon_gubernatorial_election); 19 candidates ran in the Republican primary, with Tiernan and [Christine Drazan](/source/Christine_Drazan) being considered the top contenders.<ref name=Shumway>Julia Shumway, [https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/tiernan-concedes-but-drazan-not-ready-to-declare-victory-in-oregon-gop-primary/ Tiernan concedes, but Drazan not ready to declare victory in Oregon GOP primary], ''Oregon Capital Chronicle'' (May 18, 2022).</ref> He loaned his campaign a half-million dollars. Shortly before his loss, ''[Willamette Week](/source/Willamette_Week)'' highlighted that Tiernan had failed to pay $8,700 in property taxes owed on his investment property in [Lake Oswego](/source/Lake_Oswego%2C_Oregon).<ref name=Monahan>{{Cite web|author=Rachel Monahan|work=Willamette Week|title=Gubernatorial Candidate Bob Tiernan, Who Has Loaned His Own Campaign $500,000, Failed to Pay $8,700 in Property Taxes Last Year|date=April 24, 2022|url=https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2022/04/24/gubernatorial-candidate-bob-tiernan-who-has-loaned-campaign-500000-failed-to-pay-8700-on-property-taxes-last-year/}}</ref> Tiernan said that [Clackamas County](/source/Clackamas_County%2C_Oregon) had not notified him of the tax debt, and he paid the past-due amount after the publication brought it to his attention.<ref name=Monahan/>

During the primary campaign, Tiernan's ties to Oregon also came under scrutiny.<ref name=GoldbergBorrudMay2>{{Cite web|author=Jamie Goldberg & Hillary Borrud|title=Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Tiernan told a court in 2020 that he lived in California|work=The Oregonian|date=May 2, 2022|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/05/republican-gubernatorial-candidate-bob-tiernan-told-a-court-in-2020-that-he-lived-in-california.html?outputType=amp}}</ref> In court papers filed in July 2020, as part of Tiernan's long-running feud with [San Francisco Bay Area](/source/San_Francisco_Bay_Area) cyclists, he asserted through his lawyers that he had lived in [Diablo, California](/source/Diablo%2C_California), "from 1963 to 1980, and again from 2006 to present"; ''[The Oregonian](/source/The_Oregonian)'' noted that this raised questions about whether Tiernan had lived in Oregon for the preceding three years, a requirement for candidates for governor under the [state Constitution](/source/Oregon_Constitution).<ref name=GoldbergBorrudMay2/><ref name=GoldbergBorrudMay6>Jamie Goldberg & Hillary Borrud, [https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/05/republican-gubernatorial-candidate-bob-tiernan-testified-in-2021-that-he-spent-60-of-his-time-in-california.html Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Tiernan testified in 2021 that he spent 60% of his time in California], ''The Oregonian'' (May 6, 2022).</ref> In a sworn deposition in the case, taken in July 2021, Tiernan estimated that he spent 60% of his time in California and 40% of his time in Oregon.<ref name=GoldbergBorrudMay6/> Tiernan also ran for office in California in 2014.<ref name=GoldbergBorrudMay2/><ref name=GoldbergBorrudMay6/> Asked about the issue in May 2022, Tiernan said his primary residence is Lake Oswego (where he brought the home in September 2019), but that he spent 30% of his time in California caring for his elderly parents; he also said that his wife Carissa Sauer is a resident of [Washington state](/source/Washington_state), where she owns a home in [Battle Ground](/source/Battle_Ground%2C_Washington).<ref name=GoldbergBorrudMay2/>

In the May 2022 Republican primary, Drazan defeated Tiernan.<ref name=Shumway/> Drazan received 85,255 votes, Tiernan 66,089 votes, [Stan Pulliam](/source/Stan_Pulliam) 41,123 votes, and Bridget Barton 40,886 votes, with the other candidates gaining the remainder.<ref>[https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/may-primary-2022.pdf May 17, 2022, Primary Election Abstract of Votes], Secretary of State of Oregon.</ref>

==Personal life==
Tiernan and his wife Susan have three children.<ref name=sos/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{C-SPAN|30532}}

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