Mary Cooke
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Mary Cooke (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for election to the Oregon House of Representatives to represent District 11. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. She advanced from the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022.
Cooke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Jami Cate (R) | 74.5 | 24,892 |
 | Mary Cooke (D / Working Families Party)  | 25.3 | 8,458 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 60 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Cooke | 35.3 | 1,119 |
 | Renee Windsor-White | 30.8 | 975 | |
 | Nina Brenner | 29.7 | 942 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.2 | 133 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Jami Cate | 85.2 | 8,126 |
| Tyler Collins | 14.5 | 1,384 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 31 | ||
| Total votes: 9,541 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Heather Dillon (R)
- Luke Zedwick (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mary Cooke completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Cooke's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Mary Cooke is a native Oregonian, born in Portland. Her family relied on her father’s union job at the Southern and Union Pacific Railroads and her mother’s teaching career in Portland. Mary chose to stay in the Pacific Northwest for her education and attended Gonzaga University in Washington where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Public Relations. She has worked in sales for over 30 years. She was responsible for listening to the needs of small business clients and sought out solutions to help them grow their bottom line. Mary chose to return to her home state of Oregon and resides in Lebanon. Since then, she has become an active and caring member of the community as a Neighborhood Leader and Precinct Committee Person for the Linn County Democrats. Mary has had a growing concern for the issues that affect the area and the people in it. This concern has spurred her decision to run for state representative for House District 11. Her hope is to make a positive impact by tuning in to the needs of her potential constituents.
I support local grassroots efforts to regulate factory chicken meat farms. Industrialized chicken farms are proposed to come into Scio, Jefferson, Aumsville, & Stayton. Millions of chickens mean tons of poultry manure that contain ammonia gas that can potentially pollute our air & water. Manure runoff into creeks & rivers during heavy rain or floods is inevitable. Water pollution, including nitrates & bacteria, could contaminate wells. It takes millions of gallons of water to grow millions of chickens per year & poses a threat to an already limited water supply, causing wells to dry up. Oregon lacks laws that protect our air & water from giant animal factories. I want to update state laws that define when a "farm" is an industrial operation & how it's regulated.
I support the fundamental right & freedom to access comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion & contraceptives. Now more than ever we need a strong state legislator to protect these rights. No one should be forced to give birth, especially in cases of rape, incest, or when the pregnant individual’s life is at risk. With the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, we must protect Oregonian’s right to access to abortion. This is something I strongly believe in and will work to protect.
I support solving homelessness with access to mental health care, affordable housing, & livable wages. With the number of displaced people growing, the homeless crises can no longer be dismissed as the result of personal responsibility & poor choices. Through no fault of their own, this group of marginalized people may have become homeless through several factors such as economic collapse, domestic abuse, inadequate wages, or natural disasters. Public support is needed if we are going to overcome this misconception. I will work in my role to provide incentives for developers to build low-income & high density housing. We will need more shelters & social services that address mental health & addiction. I am determined to find solutions.
Mary is a strong advocate for the environment & is especially concerned about how climate change is affecting Oregon. Oregon has relied on the gradual melting snowpack to feed our rivers & streams each summer. Unfortunately, Oregon is drying up. With the draught Oregon has experienced for the last twenty years coupled with record breaking heatwaves across the state this has caused crops to dry up & is killing trees. With increases in wind speed globally, the potential for wildfires has become even greater, as we all witnessed during the Labor Day fires in 2020.
Mary would like to lead the way in legislation within Oregon to slow down the effects of climate change. As we know, fossil fuels are the main culprit of our ecological collapse. More efforts could be made on sustainability by the government providing monetary incentives or deductions for using renewable energy like sunlight, wind, & geothermal heat.
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Note: Cooke submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on July 25, 2022.
See also
2022 Elections
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