Andrea Salinas
Democrat Representative of Oregon's 6th district
Representative
Oregon, district 6
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025
1
Congresses Served
1
House Terms
December 6, 1969 (55 years old)
Birthday
- Served as U.S. representative for Oregon’s 6th congressional district since 2023
- Previously served as the Oregon State Representative for the 38th district from 2017 to 2023
- Daughter of an immigrant from Mexico and grew up in California
- First-generation college student, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley
- Worked as a federal lobbyist for the National Treasury Employees Union and later in Portland
- Was a legislative aide to U.S. Senator Harry Reid and U.S. Representatives Pete Stark and Darlene Hooley
- Worked as the legislative director of the Oregon Environmental Council and started her own legislative consulting practice
- Appointed to the Oregon House of Representatives in September 2017, reelected in 2018 and 2020
- Served as the majority whip and chair of the House Committee on Health Care in the Oregon Legislative Assembly
- Chief sponsor of a bill mandating overtime pay for farm workers in Oregon, which passed along party lines
- Announced candidacy for Oregon’s new congressional district in November 2021 and won the open seat in November 2022
- Involved in a lawsuit over a campaign ad after the 2022 election
- Freshman representative for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in the 118th Congress
- Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, New Democrat Coalition, and Congressional Coalition on Adoption Caucus
- Serves on the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Roman Catholic, resides in Tigard
- Has a spouse named Chris Ramey and one child