Meet Kate
Kate Brown became Oregon’s governor at a difficult time for our state. With more than 25 years of service to Oregonians, she was able to hit the ground running – changing the tone in Salem and refocusing the state’s priorities on the issues that matter most.
In just over a year, Governor Brown has gotten real results for Oregon families. Kate worked successfully to raise the state’s minimum wage and guarantee paid sick leave to workers across the state; increase education funding by nine percent in order to prevent teacher layoffs and keep class sizes from increasing; signed into law a voluntary retirement plan which gives every Oregonian access to a professionally invested retirement account; and put Oregon at the forefront of the clean energy movement with legislation that ends Oregon’s use of coal power.
Under Kate's leadership, Oregon became the first state to completely eliminate the use of dirty coal power
Kate worked to create a voluntary retirement savings system to give every working Oregonian access to a professionally invested retirement account
Kate oversaw an Audits Division that identified millions in savings by increasing government efficiencies and rooting out waste
Kate made history when she became the first woman in Oregon history to serve as Senate Majority Leader
Kate increased education funding by 9% to help prevent teacher layoffs and keep class sizes from increasing
Kate passed Oregon’s strongest ethics reforms in 34 years, ensuring greater transparency and accountability in state government
Kate increased the minimum wage, because no one working full time should have to live in poverty
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