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2020 General Election Oregon State Legislature Oregon REALTORS® PAC Supported Candidates Senate Senate District 1 Senate District 5 Senate District 9 Senator Dallas Heard Dick Anderson Senator Fred Girod (Roseburg) (Central & South Coast) (Stayton) Senate District 10 Senate District 12 Senate District 18 Senator Denyc Boles Senator Brian Boquist Senator Ginny Burdick (Salem) (Dallas) (SW Portland) Senate Senate District 23 Senate District 25 Senate District 27 Senator Michael Dembrow Justin Hwang Senator Tim Knopp (SE/NE Portland, Maywood Park) (Gresham, Fairview) (Bend) Senate District 29 Senate District 30 Senator Bill Hansell Senator Lynn Findley (Athena) (Ontario) House of representatives House District 1 House District 2 House District 3 Rep. David Brock Smith Rep. Gary Leif Lily Morgan (Port Orford) (Roseburg) (Grants Pass) House District 4 House District 5 House District 6 Rep. Duane Stark Rep. Pam Marsh Rep. Kim Wallan (Grants Pass) (Southern Jackson County) (Medford) House District 7 House District 8 House District 9 Rep. Cedric Hayden Rep. Paul Holvey Boomer Wright (Roseburg) (Eugene) (South Coast) House of representatives House District 10 House District 11 House District 12 Rep. David Gomberg Rep. Marty Wilde Rep. John Lively (Central Coast) (Central Lane & Linn Counties) (Springfield) House District 13 House District 14 House District 15 Rep. Nancy Nathanson Rep. Julie Fahey Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis (Eugene) (West Eugene & Junction City) (Albany, Millersburg & Tangent) House District 16 House District 17 House District 19 Rep. Dan Rayfield Jami Cate Rep. Raquel Moore-Green (Corvallis) (Scio) (Salem) House of representatives House District 20 House District 21 House District 24 Rep. Paul Evans Rep. Brian Clem Rep. Ron Noble (Monmouth) (Salem) (McMinnville) House District 25 House District 30 House District 31 Rep. Bill Post Rep. Janeen Sollman Rep. Brad Witt (Keizer) (Hillsboro) (Clatskanie) House District 32 House District 33 House District 36 Suzanne Weber Rep. Maxine Dexter Dr. Lisa Reynolds (Astoria) (Portland) (Portland) House of representatives House District 39 House District 40 House District 42 Rep. Christine Drazan Rep. Mark Meek Rep. Rob Nosse (Canby) (Clackamas County) (Portland) House District 44 House District 45 House District 48 Rep. Tina Kotek Rep. Barbara Smith Warner Rep. Jeff Reardon (N/NW Portland) (NE Portland) (Happy Valley) House District 51 House District 52 House District 53 Rep. Janelle Bynum Jeff Helfrich Rep. Jack Zika (Clackamas) (Hood River) (Redmond) House of representatives House District 54 House District 55 House District 56 Rep. Cheri Helt Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson Rep. E. Werner Reschke (Bend) (Powell Butte) (Klamath Falls) House District 57 House District 58 House District 59 Rep. Greg Smith Bobby Levy Rep. Daniel Bonham (Umatilla, Morrow, Gilliam, (Cove) (The Dalles) Sherman & Wasco Counties) House District 60 Rep. Mark Owens (Baker, Grant, Harney, Malheur and parts of Lake County).

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Governor Kate Brown Office of the Governor 900 Court Street, Suite 254 Salem, OR 97301-4047
Governor Kate Brown Office of the Governor 900 Court Street, Suite 254 Salem, OR 97301-4047 Patrick Allen, Director of the Oregon Health Authority Oregon Health Authority 500 Summer Street, NE, E-20 Salem, OR 97301-1097 Dear Governor Kate Brown and the Oregon Health Authority Director, Patrick Allen: We write to request that you take appropriate action to close all abortion facilities during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. On March 19, all elective non-urgent health care procedures were ordered to be postponed in order to conserve hospital beds and personal protective equipment (PPE).1 As of March 29, Oregon is still facing a shortage of PPE despite the thousands of donations received by the state Emergency Coordination Center (EEC).2 Many healthcare organizations and facilities in Oregon obeyed Executive Order No. 20- 12, halting all elective and non-urgent procedures and giving over their PPE. Abortion facilities, however, did not. According to Executive Order (EO) No. 20-12, OHA, subject to the Governor, has the authority to determine if additional business closures are necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19.3 We ask that you close all abortion facilities in Oregon during the COVID-19 crisis for the following reasons: 1. An abortion procedure is an elective procedure. 2. Abortion facilities should be covered under EO 20-12 per the guidance for elective and non-urgent health care procedures because an abortion procedure requires the use of PPE.4 1 https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo_20-12.pdf, https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo_20-10.pdf 2 https://www.oregon.gov/newsroom/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=36283 3 https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo_20-12.pdf 4 https://sharedsystems.dhsoha.state.or.us/DHSForms/Served/le2284.pdf Governor Kate Brown OHA Director, Patrick Allen March 30, 2020 Page 2 of 4 3.
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