Suzanne Bonamici

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Suzanne Marie Bonamici (Template:IPAc-en Script error: No such module "Respell".; born October 14, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 1st congressional district, a seat she was first elected to in a 2012 special election. The district includes most of Portland west of the Willamette River, along with most of Portland's western suburbs such as Beaverton, Hillsboro, Tigard, and Lake Oswego.

A Democrat, Bonamici represented the 17th district in the Oregon State Senate from 2008 to 2011.[1] She was first elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2006.

Early life, education, and legal career

Bonamici was born in Detroit. She earned an associate degree from Lane Community College in 1978, and a bachelor's degree in 1980 and J.D. in 1983, both from the University of Oregon.[2] After college, she became a legal assistant at Lane County Legal Aid in Eugene. After law school, she became a consumer protection attorney for the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, D.C. She went into private practice in Portland and represented small businesses.[3]

Oregon legislature

Elections

In 2006, incumbent Democratic State Representative Brad Avakian decided to retire to run for the Oregon Senate. Bonamici ran for the open seat in Oregon's 34th House district and defeated Republican Joan Draper, 62%-36%.[4]

On April 30, 2008, commissioners from Washington and Multnomah Counties appointed Bonamici to represent Oregon's 17th Senate district. The seat became vacant when Avakian was appointed Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.[5] She was sworn in on May 19, 2008.

Bonamici was unopposed in the November 2008 special election for the balance of Avakian's four-year term, and was elected with 97% of the vote.[6] In 2010, she was reelected with 64% of the vote.[7]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

Special election

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Bonamici during the 112th Congress

In early 2011, Bonamici was mentioned as a possible successor to Representative David Wu after The Oregonian and Willamette Week reported that Wu exhibited odd behavior and clashed with his staff amid apparent mental illness during the 2010 election cycle.[8] After Wu resigned from Congress, Bonamici announced her candidacy for the special election to replace him,[9] touting endorsements from former Governor Barbara Roberts, former Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse, and incumbent Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, among others.[10]

On November 8, 2011, Bonamici won the Democratic Party of Oregon's nomination, with a majority of the vote in every county in the district and 66% of the vote overall, a 44-point margin over second-place finisher Brad Avakian. She defeated Republican nominee Rob Cornilles in the January 31, 2012, special election[11] by a 14-point margin.[12]

Before her election to Congress, Bonamici resigned from the Oregon Senate on November 21,[13] and was replaced by Elizabeth Steiner Hayward in December.[14]

2012 regular election

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Tenure

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Bonamici with Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson

On July 31, 2014, Bonamici introduced the Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2014 into the House.[16] The bill would authorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to spend $27 million a year for three years on their ongoing tsunami warning and research programs.[17]

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Bonamici speaks at a town hall meeting in Sherwood in April 2017

Bonamici said, "the coastlines of the United States already play an integral role in the economic prosperity of this country and we must strengthen their preparedness and resiliency so they can continue to play that role going forward."[17] She added that the bill "will improve the country's understanding of the threat posed by tsunami events" because it will "improve forecasting and notification systems, support local community outreach and preparedness and response plans, and develop supportive technologies."[18]

In January 2023, Bonamici was one of 13 cosponsors of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.[19]

During the 117th Congress, Bonamici voted with President Joe Biden's stated position 99.1% of the time according to a FiveThirtyEight analysis.[20] She was among the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[21]

Bonamici voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[22][23]

Committee assignments

Caucuses memberships

Electoral history

Oregon Legislature

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2006 Oregon State Representative, 34th district [32]
Party Candidate Votes %
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2008 Oregon State Senator, 17th district [33]
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2010 Oregon State Senator, 17th district [34]
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United States Congress

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Year Democratic Votes Pct Republican Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct 3rd Party Party Votes Pct
2012 (Special) style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" rowspan=8| Suzanne Bonamici style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 113,404 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 53.8% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Rob Cornilles style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 83,396 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 39.6% Steve Reynolds Progressive 6,798 3.2% style="background:Template:Party color" | James Foster style="background:Template:Party color" | Libertarian style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 6,618 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 3.1% Template:Party shading/Independent rowspan=3 | Write-ins Template:Party shading/Independent rowspan=3 | Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 547 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 0.3%
2012 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 197,845 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 59.6% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Delinda Morgan style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 109,699 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 33.0% 15,009 4.5% * Bob Ekstrom Constitution 8,918 2.7% Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 509 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 0.2%
2014 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 160,038 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 57.3% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Jason Yates style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 96,245 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 34.5% style="background:Template:Party color" | James Foster style="background:Template:Party color" rowspan=3 | Libertarian style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 11,213 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 4.0% Steve Reynolds Pacific Green 11,163 4.0% Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 597 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 0.2%
2016 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 225,391 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 59.6% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Brian Heinrich style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 139,756 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 37.0% style="background:Template:Party color" | Kyle Sheahan style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 12,257 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 3.2% Template:Party shading/Independent rowspan=2 |Write-ins Template:Party shading/Independent rowspan=2 | Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 691 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 0.2%
2018 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 231,198 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 63.6% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | John Verbeek style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 116,446 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 32.1% style="background:Template:Party color" | Drew Layda style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 15,121 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 4.2% Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 484 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 0.1%
2020 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 297,071 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 64.6% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Christopher Christensen style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 161,928 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 35.2% Template:Party shading/Independent |Write-ins Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 900 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 0.2%
2022 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 210,682 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 67.9% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Christopher Mann style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 99,042 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 31.9% Template:Party shading/Independent |Write-ins Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 519 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 0.2%
2024 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 241,556 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 68.6% style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Bob Todd style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 98,908 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" align="right" | 28.1% style="background:Template:Party color" | Joe Christman style="background:Template:Party color" | Libertarian style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 10,840 style="background:Template:Party color" align="right" | 3.1% Template:Party shading/Independent |Write-ins Template:Party shading/Independent | Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 687 Template:Party shading/Independent align="right" | 0.2%

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* In the 2012 election, Steve Reynolds was co-nominated by the Libertarian and Pacific Green parties.[39]

Personal life

Bonamici is married to Michael H. Simon, a federal judge.[40] They have two children. Bonamici was raised Episcopalian and Unitarian, and subsequently converted to Judaism.[41][42] She attends Congregation Beth Israel with her husband (who was born Jewish), and their children.[43][44]

See also

References

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