Wayne Krieger
State houseOregon
District1st
Term startJanuary 13, 2003
Term endJanuary 9, 2017
PrecededBetsy Johnson
SucceededDavid Brock Smith
State house 2Oregon
District 248th
Term start 2January 3, 2001
Term end 2January 3, 2003
Preceded 2Ken Messerle
Succeeded 2Michael Schaufler
Birth dateSeptember 1940 (age 86–87)
Birth placePortland, Oregon
PartyRepublican

Wayne Krieger (born September 1940) is an American Republican politician, retired game warden, and tree farmer from Gold Beach on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] He served on the Oregon State Police Force from 1964 to 1991.[2] He represented District 1 (formerly District 48) of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 until 2017.

Early life, education, and law enforcement career

He was born in 1940 in Portland and was raised in Seaside, Oregon. He graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) in 1961.

He was an Oregon State Police officer for over 27 years. He served in the Game Enforcement Division, enforcing fish and wildlife laws. He retired in July 1991.

He was a Forestry adviser for former State Representative Walt Schroeder.

He has won numerous awards including Coos-Curry Tree Farmer of the Year (1981), Oregon Tree Farmer of the Year (1992), National Tree Farmer of the Year (1993), and Curry County Conservation Farmer of the Year (1993).[3][4]

Oregon House of Representatives

Elections

In 2000, he ran for the 48th district of the Oregon House of Representatives. He defeated Democrat Barbara Dodrill 56%–44%.[5] After redistricting, he decided to run in Oregon's 1st house district. In 2002, he won re-election to a second term by defeating Democrat Dave Tilton 66%–33%.[6] He won re-election in 2004 (64%),[7] 2006 (73%),[8] 2008 (61%),[9] 2010 (72%),[10] and 2012 (68%).[11]

Tenure

Krieger is pro-life. When he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he was disappointed when they failed to pass a bill that make violence against pregnant women a two-person victim offense.[citation needed]

In 2005, he opposed legalizing civil unions or gay marriage for LGBT couples.[12]

In 2011, he supported medical marijuana.[13] In 2013, he voted in favor of marijuana legalization in Judiciary Committee.[14]

Committee assignments

  • Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • Judiciary (Vice-Chair)
  • Public Safety[15]
  • State and Federal Affairs (Chair)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Landowners fear loss of local control in coho conservation measures". The Columbian. Associated Press. August 28, 1998. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "Oregon State Representative". Archived from the original on 2011-06-11. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
  3. ^ "Votewaynekrieger.com". Archived from the original on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-04-05.
  4. ^ http://waynekrieger.com/?page_id=2 [dead link]
  5. ^ "Our Campaigns - OR State House 48 Race - Nov 07, 2000". www.ourcampaigns.com. Archived December 12, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "Our Campaigns - OR State House 01 Race - Nov 05, 2002". Archived March 4, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  7. ^ "Our Campaigns - OR State House 01 Race - Nov 02, 2004". Archived March 4, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  8. ^ "Our Campaigns - OR State House 01 Race - Nov 07, 2006". www.ourcampaigns.com. Archived December 12, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  9. ^ "Our Campaigns - OR State House 01 Race - Nov 04, 2008". www.ourcampaigns.com. Archived December 12, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  10. ^ "Our Campaigns - OR State House 01 Race - Nov 02, 2010". www.ourcampaigns.com. Archived December 12, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  11. ^ "Our Campaigns - OR State House 01 Race - Nov 06, 2012". www.ourcampaigns.com. Archived December 12, 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  12. ^ "Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived May 16, 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 18, 2015.
  13. ^ Local news katu.com [dead link]
  14. ^ "101GrowLights Acquires the Daily Chronic". Archived April 5, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  15. ^ "Representative Wayne Krieger". Archived from the original on 2008-09-28. Retrieved 2008-11-12.