Chris Telfer

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American politician

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Field	Value
name	Chris Telfer
office	Member of the Oregon Lottery Commission
term_start	May 1, 2013
term_end	April 30, 2021
appointer	John Kitzhaber
preceded	Amy Bollman Lowery
succeeded	Marty Ramirez
office1	Member of the Oregon State Senate from the 27th District
term_start1	January 12, 2009
term_end1	January 14, 2013
succeeded1	Oran Teater
office2	Member of the Bend City Council
term_start2	2003
term_end2	2008
preceded2	Ben Westlund
succeeded2	Tim Knopp
party	Republican (before 2015)
Independent Party of Oregon (2015–)
profession	Certified Public Accountant
alma_mater	University of Denver
Franklin University
University of Oregon
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Telfer serves on the Bend City Council, and was elected to the Oregon State Senate in the November 2008 elections, to succeed outgoing senator Ben Westlund.{{cite news |title=Chris Telfer to run for Westlund's Senate seat |first=Peter |last=Sachs |date=September 5, 2007 |work=The Bulletin |url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070905/NEWS0107/709050418&SearchID=73312638354722 |access-date=November 14, 2008 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605090715/http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070905/NEWS0107/709050418&SearchID=73312638354722 |url-status=live |title=Monnes Anderson beats Kim in state Senate; Telfer wins in Bend |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/elections/2008/11/orstatesenate.html |date=November 4, 2008 |work=The Oregonian |access-date=November 14, 2008 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522140046/http://blog.oregonlive.com/elections/2008/11/orstatesenate.html |url-status=live |title=Democrats see big gains in Ore. House |first=Ryan |last=Kost |publisher=Associated Press |work=kgw.com |date=November 5, 2008 |url=http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D948N1MO1.html

Telfer has lived in Bend since 1977. She has two daughters.

She earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Denver, and did post-graduate work at Franklin University and the University of Oregon.

In 2010, Telfer filed for the special election for Oregon State Treasurer, to complete the term of Ben Westlund, who died in office,{{cite web |url=https://secure.sos.state.or.us/eim/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=&cfName=&cfyearActive=2010&cfElection=196&cfOffice=TR&cfOfficeGrp=&cfPartyAffiliation=&cfFilingFromDate=&cfFilingToDate=&cfWithDrawFromDate=&cfWithDrawToDate= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224201211/https://secure.sos.state.or.us/eim/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=&cfName=&cfyearActive=2010&cfElection=196&cfOffice=TR&cfOfficeGrp=&cfPartyAffiliation=&cfFilingFromDate=&cfFilingToDate=&cfWithDrawFromDate=&cfWithDrawToDate= |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 24, 2012 |title=Candidate Filings, State Treasurer |publisher=Oregon Secretary of State |accessdate=March 10, 2010 |url=http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/GOP-gains-ground-Democrats-still-rule-in-Oregon-106625033.html |title=GOP gains ground, Democrats still rule in Oregon |date=November 3, 2010 |last=Mungeam |first=Frank |publisher=KTVB.COM |accessdate=July 10, 2012 |work=The Oregonian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106004749/http://www.ktvb.com/news/regional/GOP-gains-ground-Democrats-still-rule-in-Oregon-106625033.html |archivedate=November 6, 2010

In the Republican primary of the 2012 legislative elections, Telfer was defeated by Tim Knopp, a former state Representative and vice president of the Central Oregon Builders Association.

In 2013, she became the Oregon Lottery Commissioner. In 2016, she won the Independent Party of Oregon's nomination for Treasurer of Oregon. She lost in the general election to Tobias Read.

Electoral history

| title = 2008 Oregon State Senator, 27th district{{cite web | title = Official Results | November 4, 2008 | url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873598 | website = Oregon Secretary of State | access-date = October 30, 2023 | archive-date = September 10, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230910004214/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873598 | url-status = live }}}} | candidate = Chris Telfer | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 42,061 | percentage = 59.6}} | candidate = Maren Lundgren | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 28,379 | percentage = 40.2}} | votes = 129 | percentage = 0.2}} | votes = 70,569 | percentage = 100%}}

| title = 2010 Oregon State Treasurer election{{cite web | title = Official Results November 2, 2010 | url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873642 | website = Oregon Secretary of State | access-date = October 30, 2023 | archive-date = August 31, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230831080329/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873642 | url-status = live }}}} | candidate = Ted Wheeler | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 721,795 | percentage = 52.9}} | candidate = Chris Telfer | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 571,105 | percentage = 41.9}} | candidate = Walter F. (Walt) Brown | party = Oregon Progressive Party | votes = 38,316 | percentage = 2.8}} | candidate = Michael Marsh | party = Constitution Party (United States) | votes = 30,489 | percentage = 2.2}} | votes = 1,738 | percentage = 0.1}} | votes = 1,363,443 | percentage = 100%}}

| title = 2016 Oregon State Treasurer election{{cite web | title = November 8, 2016, General Election Abstract of Votes | url = http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873777 | website = Oregon Secretary of State | access-date = October 30, 2023 | archive-date = January 19, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230119071743/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873777 | url-status = live }}}} | candidate = Tobias Read | party = Democratic Party (United States) | votes = 808,998 | percentage = 43.9}} | candidate = Jeff Gudman | party = Republican Party (United States) | votes = 766,680 | percentage = 41.6}} | candidate = Chris Telfer | party = Independent (United States) | votes = 173,878 | percentage = 9.4}} | candidate = Chris Henry | party = Oregon Progressive Party | votes = 90,507 | percentage = 4.9}} | votes = 2,624 | percentage = 0.1}} | votes = 1,842,687 | percentage = 100%}}

References

[http://www.ci.bend.or.us/city_hall/city_council_members/chris_telfer.html Bend City Councilor Chris Telfer] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-10-24 , from official Bend City web site.)
Bulletin, Scott Hammers / The. (2009-02-07). "Former Bend mayor will fill council seat".
Cole, Michelle. (May 15, 2012). "Oregon state Rep. Mike Schaufler and state Sen. Chris Telfer lose seats (2012 primary election)". [[The Oregonian]].
(28 August 2015). "Independent Party candidate announces bid for Oregon treasurer".

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