Karin Power

Nonpartisan

Oregon Public Utility Commission

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

0

Predecessor:Megan Walseth Decker (Nonpartisan)

Prior offices:

Oregon House of Representatives District 41

Years in office: 2017 - 2023

Predecessor:Kathleen Taylor (D)

Successor:Mark Gamba (D)

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 3, 2020

Appointed

January 14, 2025

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Karin Power is a member of theOregon Public Utility Commission. She assumed office on June 1, 2025. Her current term ends on May 20, 2029.

Power (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election to theOregon House of Representatives to representDistrict 41. She won in the general election onNovember 3, 2020. She advanced from the Democratic primary onMay 19, 2020.

Power served asState Representative forOregon House of Representatives District 41 from 2017-2023.

Committee assignments

2021-2022

Power was assigned to the following committees:

• Early Childhood Committee,Chair
• Judiciary Committee,Vice chair
• Joint Interstate 5 Bridge Committee
• Joint Legislative Counsel Committee
• Joint Transportation Committee

2019-2020

Power was assigned to the following committees:

• Joint Legislative Counsel Committee
• Judiciary Committee
• Carbon Reduction Committee,Co-Chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2022

See also:Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2022

Karin Power did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 41

IncumbentKarin Power defeatedMichael Newgard in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 41 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karin Power (D / Working Families Party)	73.7	30,725
		Michael Newgard (R)	26.1	10,878
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	62

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,665
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ian Finn (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 41

IncumbentKarin Power advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 41 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karin Power	99.3	12,928
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	88

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,016
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 41

Michael Newgard advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 41 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Newgard	98.3	2,523
		Other/Write-in votes	1.7	44

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,567
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 41

Ian Finn advanced from the Libertarian convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 41 on July 6, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Ian Finn (L)

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2018

See also:Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2018

In addition to running as aDemocratic candidate, Power cross-filed to also run as aRepublican write-in candidate and an independent write-in candidate in 2018.^[1]

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 41

IncumbentKarin Power won election in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 41 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karin Power (D)	97.1	23,638
		Other/Write-in votes	2.9	696

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,334
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 41

IncumbentKarin Power advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 41 on May 15, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karin Power	100.0	7,346

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2016

See also:Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theOregon House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 8, 2016.IncumbentKathleen Taylor (D) did not seek re-election.

Karin Power defeatedTimothy McMenamin in the Oregon House of Representatives District 41 general election.^[2][3]

Oregon House of Representatives, District 41 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Karin Power	71.50%	24,589
	Republican	Timothy McMenamin	28.50%	9,799
Total Votes				34,388
Source:Oregon Secretary of State

Karin Power ran unopposed in the Oregon House of Representatives District 41 Democratic primary.^[4][5]

Oregon House of Representatives, District 41 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Karin Power (unopposed)

Timothy McMenamin ran unopposed in the Oregon House of Representatives District 41 Republican primary.^[4][5]

Oregon House of Representatives, District 41 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Timothy McMenamin (unopposed)

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2023

In 2023, theOregon State Legislature was in session from January 17 to June 25.

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