Bob Tiernan
Chair of the Oregon Republican Party
In office
January 10, 2009 – January 22, 2011
Preceded byVance Day
Succeeded byAllen Alley
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 24th district
In office
January 1993 – January 1997
Preceded byRandy Miller
Succeeded byRichard Devlin
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSusan
EducationOregon State University (BS)
University of Puget Sound (JD)
Georgetown University (LLM)

Bob Tiernan is an American politician and attorney who served in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing Oregon's 24th district, which included most of Lake Oswego and portions of southwestern Portland. He is a Republican, and served as chair of the state party from 2009 to 2011.

Education

He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Oregon State University, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Puget Sound, and a Master of Laws degree from Georgetown University.[1]

Career

In 1992, he was elected to the Oregon House and served 2 two-year terms. In 1996, he lost to his 1994 opponent, Richard Devlin.[2] In 2002, he ran for the Oregon State Senate to represent the 19th senate district, again facing Devlin, narrowly losing by a margin of 47% to 50%.[3]

He served as chief petitioners on several successful statewide ballot measures, including Measure 11 (mandatory minimum sentences), Measure 8 (pension reform), and Measure 17 (prison labor), all in 1994.[4]

In January 2009, he was elected as chair of the Oregon Republican Party and served until 2011, when he was succeeded by Allen Alley.[5]

Tiernan ran for Governor of Oregon in the 2022 election but lost the Republican primary to Christine Drazan. Shortly before his loss, Portland media highlighted that Tiernan had failed to pay $8,700 in back taxes.[6] News then broke that his wife was a resident of Washington state, not Oregon, and he himself spent much his time out of state in California, and had told a California court only 2 years earlier that he lived there.[7]

Personal life

Tiernan and his wife Susan live in Lake Oswego. They have three children.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "2002 General Election Voters Pamphlet page 36, 19th District, Bob Tiernan". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved April 17, 2008.
  2. ^ Duin, Steve (November 7, 1996). "Voters say "boo" to Bob". The Oregonian.
  3. ^ "How Oregon voted". The Oregonian. November 10, 2002.
  4. ^ Oregon Republican Party profile
  5. ^ "Allen Alley glides into Oregon Republican chairmanship". www.oregonlive.com. January 22, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Willamette Week: Gubernatorial Candidate Bob Tiernan, Who Has Loaned His Own Campaign $500,000, Failed to Pay $8,700 in Property Taxes Last Year".
  7. ^ "The Oregonian: Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Tiernan told a court in 2020 that he lived in California".

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Party political offices Preceded byVance Day Chair of the Oregon Republican Party 2009–2011 Succeeded byAllen Alley
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