page_title: 74th Oregon Legislative Assembly
section_title: Senate members
hierarchical_section_title: 74th Oregon Legislative Assembly / Senate members
caption_attribution_description: English: State Senate districts of Portland, Oregon
context_page_description: The Seventy-fourth Oregon Legislative Assembly was the Oregon Legislative Assembly's period from 2007 to 2008. There was a regular session in 2007, and a shorter special session in 2008.
  The 74th was the first Oregon legislature since 1989 in which both its houses were controlled by the Democratic Party of Oregon, which won a one-seat majority in the House in the 2006 elections. Democrats took credit for addressing a number of issues, and for adjourning a day before a self-imposed deadline. Republican legislators, however, noted that there were no tax reforms to accompany the $15.1 billion increases in spending over the prior two-year budget. Democratic Governor Ted Kulongoski did not veto any bills during the session, and expressed general approval of the session. In August, after the session's conclusion, he did veto one bill which would have allocated $4.6 million in Portland General Electric ratepayers' fees to pay off a loan on behalf of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.
  The Statesman Journal praised Kulongoski for being more engaged with the legislative process than he had been in the past.
context_section_description: The Oregon State Senate, which had been controlled by Democrats since 2005, had a Democratic majority ranging between 17 and 19 of its 30 members during the 2007 and 2008 sessions (due to the party changes of two senators).
  Senate President: Peter Courtney (D-11 Salem) 
  President Pro Tem: Margaret Carter (D-22 Portland)
  Majority Leader: Kate Brown (D-21 Portland) (2007 session), Richard Devlin (D-19 Tualatin) (2008 session)
  Minority Leader: Ted Ferrioli (R-30 John Day)
caption: Portland area Senate districts.
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