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72nd Oregon Legislative Assembly

Field	Value
name	72nd Oregon Legislative Assembly
image	Oregon State Capitol 1.jpg
caption	The legislature took place in the Oregon State Capitol, seen here in 2007
body	Oregon Legislative Assembly
country	United States
state	Oregon
meeting_place	Oregon State Capitol
term	2003–2005
before	71st Legislative Assembly
after	73rd Legislative Assembly
website	www.oregonlegislature.gov
chamber1	Oregon State Senate
membership1	30 Senators
control1	Democratic
chamber1_leader1_type	Senate President
chamber1_leader1	Peter Courtney (D)
chamber1_leader2_type	Majority Leader
chamber1_leader2	Kate Brown (D)
chamber1_leader3_type	Minority Leader
chamber1_leader3	Roger Beyer (R)
chamber2	Oregon House of Representatives
membership2	60 Representatives
control2	35-R, 25-D
chamber2_leader1_type	Speaker of the House
chamber2_leader1	Karen Minnis (R)
chamber2_leader2_type	Majority Leader
chamber2_leader2	Tim Knopp (R)
chamber2_leader3_type	Minority Leader
chamber2_leader3	Deborah Kafoury (D)

The 72nd Oregon Legislative Assembly convened in January 2003 for its regular session, which on August 8 of that year surpassed the 1993 session as the longest in the U.S. state of Oregon's history. In the senate, which was evenly divided between 15 Democrats and 15 Republicans, Democratic President Peter Courtney and Republican President Pro Tempore Lenn Hannon were praised by The Oregonian for managing to avoid partisan gridlock. The House was composed of 35 Republicans and 25 Democrats.

Then-state senator Betsy Johnson cited reasons for the extended session in a legislative update: a need to revamp the state budget in the face of declining revenues, and the political dynamics of a new Democratic governor (Ted Kulongoski), a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, and the evenly divided Senate.

The legislature passed a major reform of the state public pension program, PERS, and approved the biggest state transportation investment plan in Oregon history.

In contrast with the 71st Oregon Legislative Assembly, which held five special sessions in 2002, the 72nd convened only for its regular 2003 session, and did not convene in 2004.

Senate

The Senate was composed of 15 Democrats and 15 Republicans.

Senate members

District	Home	Senator	Party
1	Roseburg	Bill Fisher		Republican
2	Jacksonville	Jason Atkinson		Republican
3	Ashland	Lenn Hannon		Republican
4	Cottage Grove	Tony Corcoran	Democratic
Eugene	Floyd Prozanski
5	Coos Bay	Ken Messerle		Republican
6	Springfield	Bill Morrisette		Democratic
7	Eugene	Vicki Walker		Democratic
8	Corvallis	Frank Morse		Republican
9	Molalla	Roger Beyer		Republican
10	Salem	Jackie Winters		Republican
11	Peter Courtney		Democratic
12	Newberg	Gary George		Republican
13	Hillsboro	Charles Starr		Republican
14	Beaverton	Ryan Deckert		Democratic
15	Aloha	Bruce Starr		Republican
16	Salem	Joan Dukes		Democratic
17	Beaverton	Charlie Ringo		Democratic
18	Portland	Ginny Burdick		Democratic
19	Tualatin	Richard Devlin		Democratic
20	Canby	Kurt Schrader		Democratic
21	Portland	Kate Brown		Democratic
22	Margaret Carter		Democratic
23	Avel Gordly		Democratic
24	Frank Shields		Democratic
25	Fairview	John Minnis		Republican
26	Hood River	Rick Metsger		Democratic
27	Bend	Bev Clarno		Republican
28	Klamath Falls	Steve Harper		Republican
29	Pendleton	David Nelson		Republican
30	John Day	Ted Ferrioli		Republican

House members

The House was composed of 25 Democrats and 35 Republicans.

District	Home	Representative	Party
1	Gold Beach	Wayne Krieger		Republican
2	Myrtle Creek	Susan Morgan		Republican
3	Grants Pass	Gordon Anderson		Republican
4	Central Point	Dennis Richardson		Republican
5	Ashland	Alan Bates		Democratic
6	Medford	Rob Patridge		Republican
7	Roseburg	Jeff Kruse		Republican
8	Eugene	Floyd Prozanski	Democratic
Paul Holvey
9	Coos Bay	Joanne Verger		Democratic
10	Newport	Alan Brown		Republican
11	Eugene	Phil Barnhart		Democratic
12	Springfield	Terry Beyer		Democratic
13	Eugene	Robert Ackerman		Democratic
14	Pat Farr		Republican
15	Albany	Betsy Close		Republican
16	Corvallis	Kelley Wirth		Democratic
17	Sublimity	Jeff Kropf		Republican
18	Mulino	Tootie Smith		Republican
19	Salem	Dan Doyle		Republican
20	Vicki Berger		Republican
21	Billy Dalto		Republican
22	Woodburn	Cliff Zauner		Republican
23	Dallas	Lane Shetterly	Republican
Jim Thompson
24	McMinnville	Donna G. Nelson		Republican
25	Keizer	Vic Backlund		Republican
26	Wilsonville	Jerry Krummel		Republican
27	Beaverton	Mark Hass		Democratic
28	Aloha	Jeff Barker		Democratic
29	Cornelius	Mary Gallegos		Republican
30	Derrick Kitts		Republican
31	Scappoose	Betsy Johnson		Democratic
32	Tillamook	Elaine Hopson	Democratic
Cannon Beach	Deborah Boone
33	Portland	Mitch Greenlick		Democratic
34	Beaverton	Brad Avakian		Democratic
35	Tigard	Max Williams		Republican
36	Portland	Mary Nolan		Democratic
37	Lake Oswego	Randy Miller		Republican
38	Greg Macpherson		Democratic
39	Canby	Wayne Scott		Republican
40	Milwaukie	Dave Hunt		Democratic
41	Carolyn Tomei		Democratic
42	Portland	Diane Rosenbaum		Democratic
43	Deborah Kafoury		Democratic
44	Gary Hansen		Democratic
45	Jackie Dingfelder		Democratic
46	Steve March		Democratic
47	Jeff Merkley		Democratic
48	Happy Valley	Mike Schaufler		Democratic
49	Fairview	Karen Minnis		Republican
50	Gresham	Laurie Monnes Anderson		Democratic
51	Clackamas	Linda Flores		Republican
52	Corbett	Patti Smith		Republican
53	Bend	Ben Westlund		Republican
54	Tim Knopp		Republican
55	Medford	George Gilman		Republican
56	Klamath Falls	Bill Garrard		Republican
57	Heppner	Greg Smith		Republican
58	Pendleton	Bob Jenson		Republican
59	The Dalles	John Mabrey	Republican
John Dallum
60	Ontario	R. Tom Butler		Republican

References

Johnson, Betsy. (August 14, 2003). "Oregon State Legislative Update". The Clatskanie Chief.
unsigned editorial. (August 29, 2003). "The legislature: an appreciation". The Oregonian.
unsigned editorial. (August 6, 2005). "A so-so session". Eugene Register-Guard.
"Oregon Secretary of State".
"2003 Regular Session (72nd): January 13 – August 27". Oregon State Archives.
Resigned upon appointment to the Senate.
Resigned

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