district residence state_senate constituency religion birth_place party preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name
27th bend , oregon oregon bend , redmond , sunriver , and tumalo . christian portland , oregon republican chris telfer 09/30/1965 2012 melissa knopp tim knopp
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tim knopp

tim knopp is a republican member of the oregon senate , representing the 27th district .
a native oregonian , knopp has lived in central oregon for nearly 35 years .
he served in the oregon legislature from 1999 to 2005 , including as oregon house majority leader .
knopp challenged incumbent republican senator chris telfer in the 2012 primary elections , criticizing telfer 's record on job creation .
knopp defeated telfer 68 % to 32 % .
he went on to defeat his democrat opponent in the general election 60 % to 40 % .
