Bruce Starr | |
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| Member of the Oregon State Senate from the 12th district | |
| Assumed office January 13, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Brian Boquist |
| Member of the Dundee City Council | |
| In office January 2023 – January 2025 | |
| Member of the Oregon State Senate frm the 15th district | |
| In office January 2003 – January 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Beyer |
| Succeeded by | Chuck Riley |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 3rd district | |
| In office January 1999 – January 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Starr |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Anderson |
| Member of the Hillsboro City Council | |
| In office 1995–1998 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 12, 1969 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Rebecca Starr |
| Alma mater | Portland State University |
Bruce Starr (born January 12, 1969) is an American politician and businessman in Oregon. He currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12 since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before winning election to the Oregon State Senate in 2002. There he joined his father, Senator Charles Starr, and they became the first father and son to serve at the same time in Oregon's Senate.
Starr lost re-election but was elected again to his current district ten years later, replacing Brian Boquist, who was rendered ineligible to run for re-election due to his participation in the 2023 Oregon Senate walkout and the passage of Measure 113, which denied eligibility to run for re-election to any state legislator with 10 or more unexcused absences in a legislative session.[1]
Bruce had previously been a member of the Hillsboro City Council, and was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 and 2010, but lost a bid in 2012 to be the Oregon Labor Commissioner.
- ^ "Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can't run for reelection". AP News. February 1, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2025.