Jackie Dingfelder is a Democratic

Democratic Party of Oregon

The Democratic Party of Oregon, based in Portland, is the official Oregon affiliate of the United States Democratic Party. It is recognized by the state of Oregon as a major political party, along with the Oregon Republican Party...

 member of the Oregon State Senate

Oregon State Senate

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, representing District 23 (Northeast and Southeast Portland). She previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives

Oregon House of Representatives

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 for seven years.

In the 2007–2008 session, Dingfelder chaired the House Energy and Environment Committee, and sat on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. She also chaired a conference committee

Conference committee

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. Currently, she chairs the Senate Environment & Natural Resources Committee, and sits on the Joint Ways and Means Subcommittee on Natural Resources and the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Dingfelder has a Bachelor’s Degree in Geography-Ecosystems Management from the University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles

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 and a Master’s Degree in regional planning, with an emphasis on water resources management, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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External links

• Oregon State House – Jackie Dingfelder official government website