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University of Denver. University of Oregon.
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Chris Telfer
Edit Profilepolitician member of the State Senate of Oregon
Career
Telfer serves on the Bend City Council, and was elected to the Oregon State Senate in the November 2008 elections, to succeed outgoing Senator Ben Westlund. The shift, however, left Democrats with an 18-12 majority, allowing them to pass increases to taxes and fees without Republican support. (A 1996 law requires a 3/5 supermajority in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly for such measures)
Telfer has lived in Bend since 1977.
She has two daughters.
She earned a bachelor"s degree at the University of Denver, and did post-graduate work at Franklin University and the University of Oregon. She has taught at Central Oregon Community College and served as vice-chair on the Bend Development Board.
In 2010, Telfer filed for the special election for Oregon State Treasurer, to complete the term of Ben Westlund, who died in office, but lost to Democratic incumbent Ted Wheeler in the November general election. In the Republican primary of the 2012 legislative elections, Telfer was defeated by Tim Knopp, a former state Representative and vice president of the Central Oregon Builders Association.
She became the Oregon Lottery Commissioner.
In 2016, she is running for the nomination of the Independent Party of Oregon"s nomination for Treasurer of Oregon. She is expected to be that party"s first nominee for a statewide office.
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