Jami Cate, 33
Political Party: Republican
Home/Years in District 17: Lebanon/33.
Education: Oregon State University (B.S. In crop and soil science, minor in agriculture business, graduated summa cum laude).
Professional Background/Work Experience: Life-long grass seed farmer; Seed cleaning warehouse owner.
Political Experience/Affiliations: None.
Other Community Involvement/Affiliations (outside of activities/experience already listed): 15-plus years with Lebanon Strawberry Festival, including serving as board chair, association treasurer; Secretary, Lebanon Museum Foundation; Treasurer/Secretary, Oregon Tall Fescue Commission; Secretary, Lebanon Community Foundation.
Family: Parents Jim and Ginger Cate; Siblings Jered and Chelsea Cate; niece Stella; and goddaughter Vale.
Contact: (541)-207-1451 or [email protected].
Timothy Dehne, 68
Political Party: Pacific Green
Home/Years in District 17: Scio since January 2019. Previously in Corvallis (1980-2018).
Education: Attended several colleges and universities, Linn-Benton Community College (2003, AA degree in water and wastewater technology).
Professional Background/Work Experience: Worked at Albany Wastewater Plant, water quality lab at wastewater plant in Corvallis; Owned home/yard services firm.
Political Experience/Affiliations: Elected director of Benton County Soil and Water District (2005-08), Pacific Green Party state Coordinating Committee member.
Other Community Involvement/Affiliations (outside of activities/experience already listed): Oddfellows Lodge in Corvallis, Scio, district grand master Scio, Stayton, Mill City; Willamette, Corvallis, Lacomb Grange member; NAACP member; Veterans for Peace; Freinds of Family Farmers.
Contact: (503) 394-4653.
Paige Hook, 34
Political Party: Democrat/Working Families
Home/Years in District 17: Stayton/about 20; born and raised in the Willamette Valley.Three children – 3, 5 and 7.
Education: Scio High School; Chemeketa Community College; Western Oregon University (concentration in criminal justice, minor in psychology, magna cum laude).
Professional Background/Work Experience: Office manager, Oregon Legislature; Administrative supervisor, Legislative Administration; Health policy and operations coordinator, Oregon Health Authority; Executive assistant, Oregon Health Authority; Administrative assistant, Surgery Center; Physical therapy aide in physical therapy clinic; Grocery worker; Pizza delivery driver; Patient service specialist, healthcare clinic; Volunteer crime analyst, Police Department, Farm work, local farms.
Political Experience/Affiliations: Stayton City Council member; Stayton Planning Commissioner; Budget Committee vice chair; Precinct Committee person; Work in executive and legislative branches of state government.
Other Community Involvement/Affiliations (outside of activities/experience already listed): Paul Harris Fellow Rotarian, Council Liaison for Economic Development and Housing, Scio Lamb & Wool Fair Princess Court Coordinator, Children’s ministry at local church.
Family: Family history stretches back over 100 years in House District 17. Great-great-great-grandfather, John Shimanek, homesteaded not far from the red bridge that bears family name. Hook’s mother worked as a registered nurse and father was a paramedic and fire chief in the Oregon Fire Service. Many relatives – sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles – are Oregon public school teachers. “I come from a family of farmers and union workers, all of whom taught me the meaning of a hard-earned dollar.
Contact: (971) 328-0928 (call or text), [email protected].