constituency predecessor successor party office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
clackamas county jeff merkley jeff merkley brent barton bruce hanna and arnie roblan mary nolan democrat member 40th district 65th speaker of the oregon house of representatives of majority leader of the oregon house of representatives the oregon house of representatives from the 10 november 1967 2003 january 12 , 2009 2007 tonia dave hunt head shot.jpg dave hunt -lrb- oregon politician -rrb-
 2013 january 10 , 2011 2009 dave hunt columbia university
dave hunt -lrb- oregon politician -rrb-

dave hunt -lrb- born november 10 , 1967 -rrb- is an american politician in the state of oregon .
a democrat , he was the state representative for district 40 of the oregon house of representatives representing clackamas county from 2003 to 2013 .
he was elected house majority leader for the 2007 -- 2009 session , succeeding minority leader jeff merkley , who was chosen as speaker .
hunt served as speaker during the 2009 -- 2011 session , again succeeding merkley , who was elected to serve in the united states senate .
