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The Oregon attorney general is a statutory officer within the executive branch of the state of Oregon, and serves as the chief legal officer of the state, heading its Department of Justice with its six operating divisions. [1] The attorney general is chosen by statewide partisan election to serve a term of four years.
Ellen F. Rosenblum (born January 6, 1951) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 17th Oregon Attorney General from June 2012 to December 2024. She is the first female state attorney general in Oregon's history, and previously was a judge on the Oregon Court of Appeals from 2005 to 2011.
Daniel Adam Rayfield (born March 1, 1979) is an American politician and attorney who is the 18th Attorney General of the State of Oregon since 2024 after his predecessor Ellen Rosenblum resigned a week early. [1] He was the former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2022 to 2024.
The state attorney general helms the Oregon Department of Justice and is tasked with legally representing the state. More than 1,000 people work for the Oregon DOJ across 10 divisions.
Candidates for Oregon attorney general. Will Lathrop. Will Lathrop. ... Rayfield was a clerk for the Benton County District Attorney’s Office and president of the Linn-Benton Bar Association.
The two candidates for attorney general had spent more than $3.5 million on their campaigns as of Oct. 29. ... This year's election for Oregon's attorney general is the first time since 2008 that ...
Main office in Salem. The Oregon Department of Justice (DOJ), headed by the Oregon Attorney General (currently Ellen Rosenblum), is the main legal branch of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon. The DOJ is part of Oregon's executive branch, and most of its employees work in Oregon's capital, Salem.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum sued the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies Friday night, alleging that federal law enforcement officers sent to Portland to suppress the ...