Katie Eyre Brewer Explained

Katie Eyre Brewer
State House:Oregon
District:29th
Term Start:January 2011
Term End:January 14, 2013
Predecessor:Chuck Riley
Successor:Ben Unger
Party:Republican
Education:California State University, Northridge (BS)

Katie Eyre Brewer is an American politician and accountant in Oregon. She was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in November 2010 for House District 29, succeeding Democratic Representative Chuck Riley. She lost to Ben Unger in the 2012 general election. Now known as Katie Eyre, she serves on the Hillsboro Planning Commission.

Early life

Katie Eyre attended high school in Milford, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Delaware Valley High School.[1] She graduated from California State University, Northridge with a bachelor of science degree in Accounting.[1] [2] A Certified Public Accountant, she was married to Bill Brewer and has five children, working as an accountant and tax adviser for Harsch Investments.[1] [2] [3]

Political career

A resident of Hillsboro, Oregon, she filed to run for the Oregon Legislature in June 2010 as a Republican for House District 29.[1] In November 2010, she defeated Democrat Katie Riley with 9,035 votes to 8,009 to win the seat to replace Chuck Riley.[4] Chuck Riley, Katie Riley's husband, had declined to run for re-election for the seat to run for a seat in the Oregon State Senate.[5] Prior to her run for the House, she served on the Hillsboro Planning Commission where she helped save a heart attack victim's life by performing CPR at a meeting of the commission in November 2010.[6]

During the 2011 session she served as vice-chairperson of the revenue committee and was also a vice-chairperson on a ways and means subcommittee.[3] Brewer declined to run for Congress in August 2011 in the special election to replace David Wu who had resigned.[7] She divorced during the session and changed her name to Katie Eyre.[8] While in the House she was an opponent of the Columbia River Crossing project to replace the Interstate Bridge between Portland and Vancouver.[8] She lost her bid a re-election in November 2012, losing to Ben Unger.[9] She then returned to the Hillsboro Planning Commission.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katerina E Brewer. Candidate Information. Oregon Secretary of State. 19 December 2013. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219180454/https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=9810. live.
  2. Web site: Katie Brewer's Biography. Candidates. Project Vote Smart. 19 December 2013. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219134616/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/120698/katie-brewer#.UrKKxOJHK1Q. live.
  3. News: Parks. Casey. Hillsboro people: Five questions for Rep. Katie Eyre Brewer. 19 December 2013. The Oregonian. January 27, 2011. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219162701/http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2011/01/hillsboro_people_five_questions_for_representative_katie_eyre_brewer.html. live.
  4. Web site: November 2, 2010, General Election Abstract of Votes. History. Oregon Secretary of State. 27 April 2021. 16. 2 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201202182926/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873642. live.
  5. News: Gordanier. Susan. Eyre Brewer jumps into District 29 race. 19 December 2013. The Hillsboro Argus. March 5, 2010. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219162542/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/126781694891520.xml&coll=6. dead.
  6. News: Pols honored for saving man's life. 19 December 2013. The Hillsboro Argus. December 7, 2010. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219172839/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/argus/index.ssf?/base/news/1291747814243330.xml&coll=6. dead.
  7. News: Staff. State Rep. Eyre says she won't run for Congress. 19 December 2013. FOX 12. August 11, 2011. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219200616/http://www.kptv.com/story/15249373/state-rep-eyre-says-she-wont-run-for-congress. dead.
  8. News: Mapes. Jeff. A rematch for the two Katies - Eyre and Riley - in Hillsboro legislative race. 19 December 2013. The Oregonian. October 7, 2011. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219174225/http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2011/10/a_rematch_for_the_two_katies_-.html. live.
  9. News: Driessen. Katherine. Democrat Ben Unger tops Republican Katie Eyre in contentious House District 29 race. 19 December 2013. The Oregonian. November 6, 2012. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219162416/http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2012/11/democrat_ben_unger_tops_republ.html. live.
  10. News: Driessen. Katherine. Swallowtail School expansion stalled after planning commission rejects flood plain alteration. 19 December 2013. The Oregonian. December 12, 2013. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219162545/http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2013/12/swallowtail_school_expansion_s.html. live.
  11. News: Theen. Andrew. Hillsboro council signs off on contract extension for Brown, welcomes new members. 19 December 2013. The Oregonian. January 2, 2013. 19 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131219162548/http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2013/01/council_signs_off_on_contract.html. live.

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