Given the question: Facts: - party: democratic - spouse: john - predecessor: robert taylor -lrb- acting -rrb- - office: 25th secretary of state of oregon - term start: march 11 , 2015 - birth date: 6 march 2015 - name: jeanne atkins - birth place: bremerton , washington - governor: kate brown - alma mater: university of washington , seattle university of oregon Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jeanne atkins .
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jeanne paquette atkins is an american politician .she is the secretary of state of oregon , having been appointed on march 6 , 2015 , by governor kate brown following brown 's ascension to the state 's highest office .atkins is a member of the democratic party .although the secretary of state is first in line to the governorship under the oregon constitution , because atkins was appointed rather than elected , she is not part of the line of succession .