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  • Oregon Legislature will have record number of people of color in 2023

    Posted on November 28, 2022 By Backyard Bend in category Positive Newstaggedbend , Central Oregon , Community , Diversity , Legislature , Local , Oregon , Oregon Live , POC , Politics , Portland , Positive News , Redmond , Salem , State Politics , The Oregonian , Voting , What’s Trending
    In 2023, there will be 17 people of color in Oregon Legislature! Learn more here. By Julia Shumway | Oregon Capital Chronicle The Oregon Legislature will again have a record number of people of color next year after voters elected five Vietnamese-Americans and a second Indigenous woman.

    In January 2021, there were 13 people of color in the Legislature. That number will rise to 17 next year, and lawmakers are celebrating the step toward greater diversity while acknowledging that there is more work to be done to make Oregon’s legislative body look more like the state it represents.

    The Legislature will remain overwhelmingly…

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