{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ryan Deckert | image = Ryan Deckert in 2013.jpg | image_size = 150px | state_senate = Oregon | district = 14th | term = 2001–2007 | preceded = Eileen Qutub | succeeded = Mark Hass | state_house2 = Oregon | district2 = 8th | term2 = 1997–2001 | preceded2 = Eileen Qutub | succeeded2 = Mark Hass | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | spouse = Inga | profession = | footnotes = }}
'''Ryan Deckert''' (born c. 1971)<ref name=hamilton1/> is the president of the Oregon Business Association. Prior to this position, Deckert, a Democratic politician from the US state of Oregon, served in the Oregon Senate, representing District 14, which includes parts of Beaverton and the Portland neighborhoods of Garden Home and Raleigh Hills.
==Early life and career== Deckert grew up in Beaverton and graduated from Beaverton High School before receiving a bachelor of arts degree from the University of Oregon. He later worked as a development director at Hewlett-Packard and for an architecture firm.<ref name=ovp2004>{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Record?q=recTitle:2004+general&sortBy=recCreatedOn-|work=Oregon Voter's Pamphlet|title=Ryan Deckert|accessdate=October 10, 2008|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State}}</ref>
==Political career== In November 1996, Deckert was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 8 in Beaverton, becoming, at the age of 25, the youngest member of that year's legislative session;<ref name=hamilton1>{{cite news|title=Deckert's win surprises him and his opponent|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=November 7, 1996|last=Hamilton|first=Don}}</ref> he took office in January 1997. He was re-elected to the position in 1998, defeating Republican Henri Schauffler, with support from a coalition of moderate Republicans led by Mary Alice Ford.<ref>"Elect Deckert in House District 8." ''The Oregonian'', October 20, 1999: B8.</ref> In 2000, he ran for the Oregon Senate, defeating Republican incumbent Eileen Qutub.<ref name=hamilton2>{{cite news|title=Deckert leads for Qutub's Senate seat|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=November 8, 2000|last=Hamilton|first=Don}}</ref>
Deckert resigned from the Senate in October 2007 to become the president of the Oregon Business Association.<ref name=resign>{{cite news|title=Deckert to resign from Oregon Senate this month|url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/politics/2007/10/deckert_to_resign_from_oregon.html|work=OregonLive.com|accessdate=June 2, 2012|date=October 4, 2007}}</ref>
Deckert ran for Chair of the Washington County Commission in 2018, but lost.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/371551-255282-washington-county-voters-will-pick-commissioners-officials-judges|title=Washington County voters will pick commissioners, officials, judges|author=Wong, Peter|newspaper=Portland Tribune|date=September 7, 2017|accessdate=November 22, 2017}}</ref>
==Personal== Deckert and his wife Inga live in Beaverton, Oregon and have three daughters.<ref name=rotary>{{cite news|url=https://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/369418-252318-deckert-will-seek-washington-county-board-leadership|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817011235/http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/369418-252318-deckert-will-seek-washington-county-board-leadership|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 17, 2017|title=Deckert will seek Washington County board leadership |date= August 16, 2017|author= Peter Wong |publisher= Pamplin Media Group |website=portlandtribune.com |accessdate=May 1, 2018}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[http://www.oba-online.org/ Oregon Business Association website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deckert, Ryan}} Category:Living people Category:Democratic Party Oregon state senators Category:Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives Category:21st-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly Category:Politicians from Beaverton, Oregon Category:University of Oregon alumni Category:Beaverton High School alumni Category:1971 births