Dacia Grayber

{{Infobox officeholder | name = Dacia Grayber | state_house = Oregon | district = [[Oregon's 28th House district|28th]] | predecessor = [[Margaret Doherty]] | successor = | term_start = January 11, 2021 | term_end = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | education = [[Concordia University (Oregon)|Concordia University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]]) | image =Dacia Grayber Speaking at Enlisted Professional Developement Event (cropped).jpg | constituency = [[Oregon's 35th House district|35th district]] (2021–2023)<br />[[Oregon's 28th House district|28th district]] (2023–present)|signature=Dacia Grayber Signature.png }}

'''Dacia Grayber''' is an American firefighter and politician serving as a member of the [[Oregon House of Representatives]] from the [[Oregon's 28th House district|28th district]] representing [[Tigard, Oregon|Tigard]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Skanner|first=The|title=ELECTION RESULTS: State and Local - November 2020|url=https://www.theskanner.com/news/northwest/30664-election-results-state-and-local-november-2020|access-date=2020-11-05|website=The Skanner News|language=en-gb|archive-date=2020-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106235538/https://www.theskanner.com/news/northwest/30664-election-results-state-and-local-november-2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Oregon State House - District 35 Election Results {{!}} The Fayetteville Observer|url=https://www.fayobserver.com/elections/results/race/2020-11-03-state_house-OR-38159/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=www.fayobserver.com|language=en|archive-date=2021-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227071334/https://www.fayobserver.com/elections/results/race/2020-11-03-state_house-OR-38159/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="or leg">{{cite web |title=Representative Dacia Grayber Home Page |url=https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/grayber |website=www.oregonlegislature.gov |publisher=Oregon State Legislature |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731223624/https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/grayber |url-status=live }}</ref> She previously represented the [[Oregon's 35th House district|35th district]] from 2021 until 2023.

== Education == Grayber earned a Bachelor of Science degree in homeland security and emergency management from [[Concordia University (Oregon)|Concordia University]].

== Career == Prior to entering politics, Grayber has worked as a firefighter and paramedic for [[Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue]].<ref name="Ballotpedia profile">{{cite web |title=Dacia Grayber |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Dacia_Grayber |website=ballotpedia.com |access-date=2020-11-05 |archive-date=2021-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104085300/https://ballotpedia.org/Dacia_Grayber |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dacia Grayber for Oregon House District 35 : Meet Dacia|url=https://www.daciafororegon.com/meet-dacia-grayber/|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Dacia for Oregon|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105215655/https://www.daciafororegon.com/meet-dacia-grayber/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, OR|url=https://www.tvfr.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=492|access-date=2020-11-05|website=Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, OR|language=en|archive-date=2020-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024094558/https://www.tvfr.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=492|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Nash|first=Leah|date=2020-07-04|title=Opinion {{!}} Women Ask Themselves, 'How Can I Do This for One More Day?'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/opinion/sunday/women-work-coronavirus.html|access-date=2020-11-05|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2020-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112164907/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/04/opinion/sunday/women-work-coronavirus.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Grayber was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in [[2020 Oregon House of Representatives election|2020]] with 67.1% of the vote, defeating Republican businessman and engineer Bob Niemeyer. A Democrat, she also won the cross-nomination of the [[Working Families Party]].<ref name="Ballotpedia profile"/> Grayber was cited as part of a wave of frontline medical workers that were elected to office during the 2020 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Leaders Who Emerged |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/12/23/the-leaders-who-emerged/ |website=wweek.com |date=23 December 2020 |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727203033/https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/12/23/the-leaders-who-emerged/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2021, Grayber assisted Rep. [[Pam Marsh]] in passing a $190 million wildfire mitigation bill that established wildfire risk maps, programs to bolster recovery and adapt communities to smoke, and called for changes to buildings within the [[wildland–urban interface]].<ref name="OPB SB 762">{{cite web |last1=Stites |first1=Sam |title=Oregon takes an ambitious swing at addressing wildfire with proposed $190 million investment |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/25/oregon-house-advances-190-million-wildfire-bill/ |website=opb.org |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-date=16 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716170843/https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/25/oregon-house-advances-190-million-wildfire-bill/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="First-Term Lawmakers">{{cite web |last1=Stites |first1=Sam |title=Could this year's class of first-term lawmakers be Oregon's most effective? |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/07/14/evaluating-effectiveness-of-oregon-first-term-legislators/ |website=opb.org |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727200933/https://www.opb.org/article/2021/07/14/evaluating-effectiveness-of-oregon-first-term-legislators/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Grayber also co-sponsored a bill with Rep. [[Rob Nosse]] allowing pharmacists to dispense and administer [[Pre-exposure prophylaxis|PrEP]] and PEP, an HIV medication, and giving further authority for them to conduct HIV tests.<ref name="HIV Bill">{{cite web |last1=Hasenstab |first1=Alex |title=Bill allowing over-the-counter HIV prevention drugs goes to Governor's desk |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/15/bill-allowing-over-the-counter-hiv-prevention-drugs-goes-to-governors-desk/ |website=opb.org |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727200935/https://www.opb.org/article/2021/06/15/bill-allowing-over-the-counter-hiv-prevention-drugs-goes-to-governors-desk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2022, Grayber was a sponsor of House Bill 4113, which expanded compensation protection for firefighters from cancer, adding coverage for bladder and female reproductive cancers.<ref name="Firefighter cancer protections">{{cite web |title=Bill expanding Oregon firefighter cancer protections heads to governor's desk |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/bill-firefighter-cancer-protections-works-compensation-oregon/283-b70b7197-d9d3-4be8-98c1-d8bc4df42182 |website=kgw.com |date=24 February 2022 |access-date=27 July 2022 |archive-date=27 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727200934/https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/bill-firefighter-cancer-protections-works-compensation-oregon/283-b70b7197-d9d3-4be8-98c1-d8bc4df42182 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life == Grayber identifies as a [[queer]] woman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://victoryfund.org/candidate/dacia-grayber/|title=Dacia Grayber|publisher=Victory Fund|accessdate=May 18, 2022|archive-date=May 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517131257/https://victoryfund.org/candidate/dacia-grayber/|url-status=dead}}</ref> They are Jewish <ref>https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/8e195b66-7e92-4e95-85b1-e8deb9ad78a9?cache=1800</ref>

==Electoral history==

{{Election box begin no change | title = [[2020 Oregon House of Representatives election|2020 Oregon State Representative]], [[Oregon's 35th House district|35th district]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Dacia Grayber | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 26,473 | percentage = 67.1}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Bob Niemeyer | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 12,893 | percentage = 32.7}} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 71 | percentage = 0.2}} {{Election box total no change | votes = 39,437 | percentage = 100%}} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title = [[2022 Oregon House of Representatives election|2022 Oregon State Representative]], [[Oregon's 28th House district|28th district]]<ref>{{cite web | title = November 8, 2022, General Election Abstract of Votes | url = https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2022.pdf | website = Oregon Secretary of State | access-date = October 30, 2023 | archive-date = June 12, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230612205817/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2022.pdf | url-status = live }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Dacia Grayber | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 30,483 | percentage = 82.0}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Patrick Castles | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 6,662 | percentage = 17.9}} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 39 | percentage = 0.1}} {{Election box total no change | votes = 37,184 | percentage = 100%}} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change | title = [[2024 Oregon House of Representatives election|2024 Oregon State Representative]], [[Oregon's 28th House district|28th district]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change | candidate = Dacia Grayber | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 34,188 | percentage = 85.8}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change | candidate = Charles (Chick) Mengis | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 5,575 | percentage = 14.0}} {{Election box write-in with party link no change | votes = 60 | percentage = 0.2}} {{Election box total no change | votes = 39,823 | percentage = 100%}} {{Election box end}}

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