Ginny Burdick
| Ginny Burdick | |
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| Senate Majority Leader Oregon Senate | |
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Assumed office November, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Diane Rosenbaum |
| Member of the Oregon Senate from the 18th, originally 6th district | |
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Assumed office January 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Dick Springer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 12, 1947 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
University of Puget Sound University of Oregon |
Virginia "Ginny" Burdick (born December 3, 1947) is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon, serving her fifth term in the Oregon State Senate.[1] She represents Tigard and Southwest Portland in Senate District 18.[2]
She was first elected to the Senate in 1996, and reelected in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016.[2] She currently serves as co-chair of the Joint Committee on Marijuana Legalization, and will chair the Senate Rules Committee in the 2017 Legislative Session.
She was a member of the Land Conservation and Development Commission from 1987 to 1993.[2] She ran against incumbent Portland City Commissioner Erik Sten in 2006.[3] In the May 2006 primary election, she narrowly missed qualifying for a runoff election.
Burdick is also a communications consultant, specializing in crisis communications.[2] She has two daughters.[2]
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