Chris Boice
OR · Douglas County Commissioner, Position 3
Chris Boice is listed as a candidate for Douglas County Commissioner, Position 3, and is identified as the current holder of that office in official Douglas County and Oregon election materials.
Where Chris Boice stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 oppose
Brought a resolution that barred county workers from enforcing COVID-19 closures and other state orders the board called unconstitutional. The board passed it 3-0.
June 23, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nrtoday.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Voted with the full board, 3-0, to accept a $1.89 million state grant for jail and court programs. The money kept a 120-day drug treatment program running inside the county jail.
December 13, 2017Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: kpic.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Wrote and read a resolution declaring Douglas County will not be a sanctuary county and will cooperate with federal immigration enforcement where the law allows. The board passed it 3-0.
July 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kezi.com
Approved and signed a letter with the other commissioners, the sheriff and the district attorney asking state leaders to repeal Measure 110, Oregon's 2020 drug decriminalization law.
October 4, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: douglascountyor.gov
Testified to an Oregon House committee in support of House Bill 2253. The bill took away farm tax breaks from land used to grow illegal marijuana.
January 19, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nbc16.com
Voted with the full board, 3-0, to accept a $1.89 million state grant for jail and court programs. The money kept a 120-day drug treatment program running inside the county jail.
December 13, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: kpic.com
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Testified to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission against closing the Umpqua River fall Chinook salmon fishery. He warned a closure would cost the county $1.5 to $2.5 million. The commission adopted a limited season instead.
June 16, 2025
Source: douglascountyor.gov
Was chosen by his fellow commissioners to chair the Douglas County Board of Commissioners for 2024. It was his third term as chair.
January 3, 2024
Source: nrtoday.com
Was appointed to the National Association of Counties' Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee, which lobbies Congress on county public-safety issues.
August 11, 2023
Source: douglascountyor.gov
Won a third term as Douglas County Commissioner, Position 3, with 15,995 votes (50.72%) in the May 17, 2022 election. The majority meant no runoff.
May 17, 2022
Source: douglascountyor.gov
Signed the board's written testimony backing one proposed Oregon congressional map (Map B) and opposing all others. The letter said the other maps would split Douglas County.
September 13, 2021
Source: olis.oregonlegislature.gov
Had an ethics complaint against him dismissed by the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. The commission voted 7-0 that the complaint showed no ethics-law violation.
December 18, 2020
Source: oregon.gov
Signed a letter with the other commissioners asking Governor Kate Brown to let southwest Oregon counties reopen businesses early in the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 22, 2020
Source: kpic.com
Voted with the full board, 3-0, to send a Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance to county voters in November 2018. The ordinance let the sheriff decide which gun laws were unconstitutional.
June 20, 2018
Source: nrtoday.com
Won a second term as Douglas County Commissioner, Position 3, with 16,052 votes (64.18%) in the May 15, 2018 election.
May 15, 2018
Source: douglascountyor.gov
Voted by email in January 2017, with the other commissioners, to move $300,000 into the library fund and set closing dates for every county library. After a newspaper raised open-meetings concerns, the board moved such decisions into public meetings.
February 2, 2017
Source: nrtoday.com
Past race Chris Boice ran in:
- Douglas County Commissioner, Position 3 · November 3, 2026 · Douglas County, Oregon · incumbent