Milwaukie’s Kathleen Taylor is Senate majority leader

Sen. Kathleen Taylor, a Democrat from Milwaukie who played a behind-the-scenes role in resolving the 6-week walkout by Senate Republicans in 2023, is the new majority leader of the Oregon Senate.

Taylor is seeking a third term in the Nov. 5 election from District 21, which covers Milwaukie, Oak Grove and part of Portland. She will assume her new position July 15, when current Majority Leader Kate Lieber of Beaverton becomes Senate co-chair of the Legislature’s joint budget committee.

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