Jami Cate

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Jami Cate
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Republican Party

Oregon House of Representatives District 11
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

1

Predecessor
Prior offices
Oregon House of Representatives District 17
Successor: Ed Diehl
Predecessor: Sherrie Sprenger

Compensation

Base salary

$35,052/year

Per diem

$157/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Oregon State University, 2009

Personal
Birthplace
Lebanon, Ore.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Farmer
Contact

Official website

Campaign website

Campaign Facebook

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Jami Cate (Republican Party) is a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 11. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 13, 2025.

Cate (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 11. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Cate served as State Representative for Oregon House of Representatives District 17 from 2021-2023.

Biography

Jami Cate was born and lives in Lebanon, Oregon.[1][2] Cate earned a bachelor's degree in crop and soil science from Oregon State University in 2009. Cate's career experience includes working as a farmer.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Cate was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Cate was assigned to the following committees:

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The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 11

Incumbent Jami Cate defeated Ivan Maluski in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jami Cate
Jami Cate (R)
 
74.6
 
23,117
Image of Ivan Maluski
Ivan Maluski (Unaffiliated) Candidate Connection
 
25.1
 
7,774
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
109

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source

Total votes: 31,000
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11

Nina Brenner advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Silhouette Placeholder Image.png
Nina Brenner
 
96.6
 
2,553
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.4
 
89

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,642
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11

Incumbent Jami Cate advanced from the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jami Cate
Jami Cate
 
99.1
 
7,689
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
72

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,761
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 11

Incumbent Jami Cate defeated Mary Cooke in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jami Cate
Jami Cate (R)
 
74.5
 
24,892
Image of Mary Cooke
Mary Cooke (D / Working Families Party) Candidate Connection
 
25.3
 
8,458
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
60

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 33,410
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11

Mary Cooke defeated Renee Windsor-White and Nina Brenner in the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mary Cooke
Mary Cooke Candidate Connection
 
35.3
 
1,119
Image of Renee Windsor-White
Renee Windsor-White
 
30.8
 
975
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Nina Brenner Candidate Connection
 
29.7
 
942
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.2
 
133

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,169
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11

Incumbent Jami Cate defeated Tyler Collins in the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 11 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jami Cate
Jami Cate
 
85.2
 
8,126
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Tyler Collins
 
14.5
 
1,384
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
31

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 9,541
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Oregon House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Oregon House of Representatives District 17

Jami Cate defeated Paige Hook and Tim Dehne in the general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 17 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jami Cate
Jami Cate (R) Candidate Connection
 
69.2
 
26,398
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Paige Hook (D / Working Families Party)
 
28.8
 
10,988
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Tim Dehne (Pacific Green Party)
 
1.8
 
693
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
60

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 38,139
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 17

Paige Hook advanced from the Democratic primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 17 on May 19, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Paige Hook
 
95.3
 
4,147
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.7
 
206

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 4,353
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 17

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Oregon House of Representatives District 17 on May 19, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jami Cate
Jami Cate Candidate Connection
 
26.6
 
2,903
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Scott Sword
 
26.3
 
2,870
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Timothy Kirsch
 
15.7
 
1,715
Image of Bruce Cuff
Bruce Cuff
 
13.0
 
1,414
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Susan Coleman
 
9.2
 
1,004
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Dylan Richards
 
8.7
 
952
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
37

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,895
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Pacific Green Party convention

Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 17

Tim Dehne advanced from the Pacific Green Party convention for Oregon House of Representatives District 17 on June 6, 2020.

Candidate
✔
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Tim Dehne (Pacific Green Party)

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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Endorsements

To view Cate's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Jami Cate did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

Jami Cate did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Candidate Connection

Jami Cate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cate's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Jami Cate is a 5th generation farmer from Lebanon, Oregon, and is passionate about our rural communities, as well as our natural resource industries.

She has dedicated much of her life to volunteering, and has led organizations like the century-old Lebanon Strawberry Festival, which brings families together and economic vitality to her town. Jami fought to find a balance of preserving tradition while growing the event and improving community safety, organizational policy, and demanding financial transparency. Balance is a critical leadership quality that Jami believes is lacking in our State Legislature.

Having worked on her family's farm from a young age, Jami is very familiar with the struggles faced by local business owners, and the burden to adapt to constantly changing regulations. She recognizes the need for our rural industries to be better represented in the legislature, and feels those industries are the foundation of our state's economy.

When not busy on the farm or volunteering around the community, Jami is an avid hiker and mountaineer, and loves exploring all that Oregon has to offer.

  • No new taxes.
  • Meaningful wildfire and forest mangement legislation
  • Economic development and transportation expansion

As an avid hiker, I want to work on policies that help with managing the forests for a healthy economy and healthy forests that don't burn so catastrophically. We need to reduce the fuel loads in our national and state forests. This can create jobs and also healthy forests for all to enjoy.

Though I think prior government experience can be of benefit, the Oregon Legislature is designed as a citizen's legislature for real people, with real jobs, and real life experience coming together to represent our communities.

The legislature is essentially a team effort so building relationships with others is critical to passing meaningful legislation. Especially in times so divisive, the ability to have working relationships from both parties is critical in ensuring the best interest of the people are represented.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.



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Jami Cate campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Oregon House of Representatives District 11Won general$39,802 $33,666
2022Oregon House of Representatives District 11Won general$148,783 $175,401
2020Oregon House of Representatives District 17Won general$149,525 N/A**
Grand total$338,110 $209,067
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2020
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oregon State Legislature, "Representative Jami Cate Biography," accessed March 20, 2021

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Marty Wilde (D)     		Oregon House of Representatives District 11
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
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