Lew Frederick

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The Honorable
Lew Frederick
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Frederick in 2017
Member of the Oregon Senate
from the 22nd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 9, 2017
Preceded byChip Shields
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 43rd district
In office
October 2009 – January 9, 2017
Succeeded byTawna Sanchez
Personal details
BornLewis Reed Frederick
December 1951 (age 74)
Pullman, Washington, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
SignatureFile:Lew Fredrick Signature.jpg

Lew Frederick (born December 1951) is an American Democratic politician, currently representing District 22 in the Oregon Senate.[1]

Early life and education

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Born in Pullman, Washington, Frederick grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Atlanta, Georgia. Frederick is the son of botanist Dr. Lafayette Frederick, Professor Emeritus Howard University, and his wife Antoinette Reed Frederick. Frederick has lived in northeast Portland since 1974.[2]

Career

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Throughout his career, he was a teacher at the Metropolitan Learning Center for two years, a radio and television reporter with KGW for seventeen years, Director of Public Information at Portland Public Schools for thirteen years, Assistant to the President at Portland Community College, and held a position on the State Board of Education.[3][self-published source] In October 2013, Frederick was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award at Earlham College.

Frederick was sworn into the Oregon House of Representatives in October 2009 and began serving on the House Interim Human Services Committee and House Interim Sustainability & Economic Development Committee.[4]

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Frederick with Portland Mayor Sam Adams and State Representative (and future Governor) Tina Kotek in 2011
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Frederick in 2012

According to the Portland Tribune, he was Oregon's "highest-ranking black leader and the only black man serving in the Oregon Legislature" as of 2010.[2] Commissioner Amanda Fritz and The Skanner endorsed Frederick during his campaign for District 43.[5][6] Frederick, formerly a member of the House Joint Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology, has moved into the leadership ranks through his new Committee assignments.[7] Frederick's 2013 Regular Session assignments are as Vice-Chair, Land Use Committee; and both the Ways and Means Committee, per se, as well as the Ways and Means Subcommittee On Education.[8]

Lew Frederick maintains a research and strategy affiliation with the California and Washington, D.C.–based company, The Rand Reed Group, an applied anthropological consultancy run by Kathleen Rand Reed.[9]

Frederick supports reparations for the descendants of slaves, and on January 11, 2021, proposed Oregon State Bill 619 to direct the Oregon Department of Revenue to pay individuals who could demonstrate heritage in slavery $123,000 as an annual annuity. Despite misreporting and misreading to the contrary, SB 619 would create an annuity of $123,000 which is paid annually, rather than a sum of $123,000 paid annually.[10]

His Chief of Staff is Nathan Soltz, Chair of the Democratic Party of Oregon.[11]

Electoral history

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2010 Oregon State Representative, 43rd district[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lew Frederick 19,821 98.3
Write-in 345 1.7
Total votes 20,166 100%
2012 Oregon State Representative, 43rd district[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lew Frederick 27,623 98.0
Write-in 569 2.0
Total votes 28,192 100%
2014 Oregon State Representative, 43rd district[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lew Frederick 21,553 97.5
Write-in 561 2.5
Total votes 22,114 100%
2016 Oregon State Senator, 22nd district[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lew Frederick 60,803 91.6
Libertarian Eugene A Newell Jr 5,321 8.0
Write-in 290 0.4
Total votes 66,414 100%
2020 Oregon State Senator, 22nd district[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lew Frederick 70,489 98.1
Write-in 1,401 1.9
Total votes 71,890 100%
2024 Oregon State Senator, 22nd district[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lew Frederick 66,859 90.5
Republican Michael Saperstein 6,838 9.3
Write-in 149 0.2
Total votes 73,846 100%

See also

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References

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