{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | district = [[Oregon's 51st House district|51st]] | predecessor = [[Christine Drazan]] | state_house = Oregon | term_start = November 17, 2025 | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | name = Matt Bunch | alma_mater = [[Oregon State University]] | birth_place = [[Baker City, Oregon]] | birth_date = 1959 }} '''Matt Bunch''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician currently serving in the [[Oregon House of Representatives]]. He represents the [[Oregon's 51st House district|51st district]], located in central [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]].
== Career == In retirement, Bunch worked as a school bus driver in Oregon City<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clackamas County appoints Matt Bunch to fill Oregon House seat Drazan left |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/17/clackamas-county-house-matt-bunch-drazan/ |access-date=2025-11-18 |website=opb |language=en}}</ref> and owns a small insurance business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former House Republican leader Christine Drazan plans primary with GOP Rep. James Hieb • Oregon Capital Chronicle |url=https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/briefs/former-house-republican-leader-christine-drazan-plans-primary-with-gop-rep-james-hieb/ |access-date=2025-11-18 |website=Oregon Capital Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> He spent most of his career working in insurance as well as a short stint as development director for the Oregon [[National FFA Organization|FFA]] Foundation.
He serves as president of the [[Clackamas County Fair and Rodeo|Clackamas County Fair]] Board and the associate director of the [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]] Soil and Water Conservation District and formerly served as president of the Clackamas County Farm Bureau.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maldonado |first=Mia |date=2025-11-18 |title=Oregon's political shuffle continues as small business owner steps into legislative role |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2025/11/oregons-political-shuffle-continues-as-small-business-owner-steps-into-legislative-role.html |access-date=2025-11-18 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref>
Bunch ran for the Oregon House of Representatives in 2024, but ultimately dropped out of the primary after [[Christine Drazan]] announced her candidacy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matt Bunch appointed to House District 51 vacant seat {{!}} Clackamas County |url=https://www.clackamas.us/news/2025-11-17/matt-bunch-appointed-to-house-district-51-vacant-seat |access-date=2025-11-18 |website=www.clackamas.us}}</ref> He was later unanimously appointed by the [[Clackamas County, Oregon|Clackamas County]] Commission to finish Drazan's term in the House on November 17, 2025, beating out realtor and former county commission candidate Dana Hindman-Allen and former [[Sandy, Oregon|Sandy]] Mayor Carl Exner.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clackamas County appoints Matt Bunch to fill Oregon House seat Drazan left |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/17/clackamas-county-house-matt-bunch-drazan/?utm_campaign=First%20Look%20Nov%2018%202025&utm_content=First%20Look%20Nov%2018%202025%20CID_14400c7f8aa278545fdcee10979b9818&utm_source=firstlook&utm_term=will%20fill%20the%20Oregon%20House%20of%20Representatives&utm_medium=email |access-date=2025-11-18 |website=opb |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Bunch is from [[Baker City, Oregon|Baker]], Oregon and attended [[Burnt River High School]] in [[Unity, Oregon|Unity]] and [[Oregon State University]] in [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.mattbunch51.com/about |access-date=2025-11-18 |website=Matt Bunch for House District 51 |language=en-US}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Phi Kappa Psi]] fraternity. He is a [[Knights of Columbus|Knight of Columbus]].
Bunch is married. He has 3 children and 5 grandchildren.
== External links ==
* [https://www.mattbunch51.com/ Campaign website] * [https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bunch/Pages/default.aspx Legislative website]
== References == <references responsive="1"></references> {{Oregon House of Representatives}}
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