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Eileen Quiring O'Brien

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.

Where Eileen Quiring O'Brien stands, based on their records

Supports

Government Spending Reduction (1 record), Election Integrity (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 support

  • 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, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support

  • 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, 2022Supports Election Integrity

    Source: clarkcountytoday.com · researched July 24, 2026

Track record — General

General · 4 records

  • 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

Past race Eileen Quiring O'Brien ran in:

Profile last researched July 23, 2026.