Tina Kotek
Democratic · OR · Governor of Oregon
Tina Kotek is the Democratic Governor of Oregon, in office since January 2023 and seeking a second term in 2026. She previously served as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.
Where Tina Kotek stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Environment and Public Health (1 record), Housing Affordability (2 records),
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Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Announced on September 5, 2026 a statewide standing order from the Oregon Health Authority letting Oregonians get recommended vaccines without extra barriers for the 2026-27 respiratory season. The order uses a power created by Senate Bill 1598, which she signed earlier in 2026, giving the state public health officer authority to issue standing orders for vaccines and require coverage of them.
September 5, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: apps.oregon.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 support
Announced on September 4, 2026 that the Bonneville Power Administration had reversed its decision to end funding for the Select Area Fisheries Enhancement programme and would pay for another federal financial year, after she met the agency's administrator twice. The June decision had put more than 7 million salmon already in production at risk and left a $2.4 million gap for the three bodies that run the programme.
September 4, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: apps.oregon.gov · researched September 5, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 2 support
Signed an executive order on her second day as Governor of Oregon setting a statewide housing production goal of 36,000 new homes a year, up from about 22,000 built annually at the time, and creating a housing production advisory council to recommend how to reach it.
January 10, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: opb.org · researched July 14, 2026
Was Speaker of the Oregon House when it passed Senate Bill 608 in February 2019, the first statewide rent control law in the United States, and publicly backed it. The law caps annual rent rises at 7% plus inflation, exempts buildings less than fifteen years old and limits no-cause evictions after a tenant's first year. Governor Kate Brown signed it on February 28, 2019.
February 28, 2019Supports Housing Affordability
Source: opb.org · researched July 14, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
Extended Oregon's homelessness state of emergency for a third time via executive order as governor.
January 9, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: opb.org · researched July 14, 2026
Declared a homelessness state of emergency by executive order on January 10, 2023, covering the parts of Oregon where unsheltered homelessness had risen by 50% or more between 2017 and 2022, including the Portland region, Central Oregon, Eugene and Springfield, Medford, Ashland and Salem.
January 10, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: opb.org · researched July 14, 2026
Race Tina Kotek is in:
- Governor · November 3, 2026 · Oregon · incumbent
Profile last researched July 14, 2026.