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Eileen Quiring O'Brien

Nonpartisan · WA

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Eileen Quiring O'Brien is a former Clark County Council chair and District 4 councilor who previously served in the Oregon House and Senate. Her professional background includes small-business ownership, nonprofit executive leadership, and work as a real-estate broker and appraiser.

Track record

Government Spending Reduction

· 1 record

  • Opposed the 0.602 percent state-authorized increase in the Clark County property tax levy and road fund levy during adoption of the county's $557 million 2021 budget, arguing the budget balanced without the increase; the council approved the increases 3-2 over her and Councilor Gary Medvigy's objections.

    November 18, 2020For

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

Election Integrity

· 1 record

  • Cast the sole dissenting vote against the Clark County Council's 4-1 motion to reject a citizen mini-initiative petition signed by 11,505 county residents that sought to bar enforcement of vaccine and mask mandates, after a four-hour hearing with two hours of public testimony.

    February 1, 2022For

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

General

· 5 records

  • Received the unanimous endorsement of the Clark County Republican Party Central Committee for the 2026 Clark County Auditor contest, following a vote at the organization's quarterly meeting.

    May 4, 2026

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Stepped down as chair of the Clark County Council effective immediately and announced her retirement from county office with a last day of March 1, 2022; the council then elected Karen Dill Bowerman chair and Gary Medvigy vice chair.

    February 2, 2022

    Source: clark.wa.gov · researched July 24, 2026

  • Retained the Clark County Council chairmanship on a 3-2 vote at the council's first meeting of 2022, the first chair selection made by councilors rather than countywide voters after a charter amendment; she voted with Councilors Karen Bowerman and Gary Medvigy to defeat Councilor Temple Lentz's competing nomination of Julie Olson.

    January 4, 2022

    Source: thereflector.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Told a Clark County Council Time meeting as council chair, 'I do not agree that we have systemic racism in our county. Period.', and was the only councilor who declined to sign a letter supporting Sheriff Chuck Atkins' removal of Thin Blue Line flag decals from sheriff's office property.

    June 24, 2020

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Voted with the Clark County Council for a resolution stating that systemic racism had existed in the country for far too long and condemning racism in any form, adopted after the council revised an earlier draft letter into a formal resolution.

    June 16, 2020

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

Integrity and Ethics

· 2 records

  • Had the pending ethics complaint against her tabled when the Clark County Council voted to shelve all outstanding complaints and temporarily suspend its rules of procedure under the county Code of Ethical Conduct, with three of the five councilors then facing complaints.

    July 23, 2020

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

  • Became the subject of two Clark County code-of-ethics complaints filed by residents Bridget McLeman and Cheryl Aichele over her June 2020 remarks on systemic racism and her conduct at the June 24 Council Time meeting; the council assigned Councilors Julie Olson and Gary Medvigy to an ad hoc review committee.

    July 2, 2020

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

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Profile last researched July 23, 2026.