Friends and Neighbors,

It has been the honor of my life to serve you in the Oregon Legislature.

Together we've achieved real results: We stopped tolling on I-205, put money back into families’ pockets with Oregon's Child Tax Credit, protected health care for 1+ million Oregonians, and stood firm against reckless federal policies that are putting our communities at risk.

But Oregon is facing enormous challenges. Families are stretched thin. Housing, groceries, and the cost of day-to-day life are too high. Our communities deserve safer streets and better opportunities for our kids.

I'm running to keep delivering for families in Clackamas County. I don't answer to party leaders or special interests — I answer to you. That's how I've always done this job, and it's how I'll keep doing it.

I'd be honored to earn your vote.

- Mark

Mark Meek
for state senate

Proudly serving the communities of Oregon City, Gladstone, Happy Valley, Johnson City, and parts of unincorporated Clackamas County

Small business owner. coach. Veteran. Neighbor.

Senator Mark Meek is a father, veteran, and small business owner rooted in service to his community — from coaching local youth sports to serving in the U.S. Air Force to representing Clackamas County in Salem.

Mark's story didn't start easy. Raised by a single mom, he and his brother knew hunger and homelessness growing up. With the support of teachers and neighbors who believed in him, Mark became the first in his family to graduate high school. He went on to serve as a Security Police Staff Sergeant in the Air Force, earn a college degree, and build a successful small business.

Those struggles shaped him — and they're why the rising costs facing Oregon families are personal to Mark.

In 2016, the people of House District 40 — Oregon City, Gladstone, and unincorporated Clackamas County — elected Mark to the Oregon House. They re-elected him in 2018 and 2020. In 2022, voters sent him to the State Senate, where he's served District 20 since 2023.

As our State Senator, Mark has:

Ended ODOT's plans to toll I-205 after leading the fight since 2017, saving families thousands of dollars each year.
Passed Oregon's Child Tax Credit to put money back in family budgets
Protected the Oregon Health Plan for more than one million Oregonians
Helped pass campaign finance reform to get big money out of politics
Championed the Willamette Falls Locks and Oregon City's waterfront revitalization

Mark and his wife Cindy live in Oregon City and have been married for over 40 years. They have two grown sons and are proud grandparents to three.

Mark’s Priorities

Mark grew up with a single mom who couldn’t always pay the bills, so nobody has to explain to him what high prices do to a family. He made Big Tech pay for the power their data centers use instead of sticking the rest of us with the bill. He also helped pass Oregon’s Child Tax Credit. Next session, he wants to go after the cost of groceries, rent, prescriptions, and child care.
For years, people here were told tolls on I-205 were coming no matter what. Mark never bought it. He voted against the 2017 law that started the toll plan, and he kept pushing until the Legislature scrapped it last year. A daily commuter crossing both bridges could have paid up to $2,200 a year. He voted against tolling the I-5 bridge too, and he’ll fight any attempt to bring tolls back to I-205.
Health care costs too much, and Mark has gone after some of the reasons why. He helped cap the cost of insulin and other prescription drugs and protected coverage for more than a million Oregonians on the Oregon Health Plan. He’s taken on drug companies that keep raising prices and corporate investors buying up local clinics. He wants seniors on a fixed income to be able to fill every prescription their doctor writes.
Mark served in the U.S. Air Force, from 1983 to 1990, as a staff sergeant in the Security Police. In Salem, he’s put more money into veterans’ services. He made sure low-income veterans can afford to see a dentist, and he made it easier for vets to get apprenticeships and business loans.
Police officers and firefighters see things on the job most of us never will. Mark passed a law so those with job-related PTSD get the disability benefits they earned. He also voted to make drug possession a crime again, with a path into treatment. It’s a big reason police chiefs, troopers, and firefighters are backing him. He’s also pushing for more housing people can afford, more treatment beds, and keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of violent criminals.
Mark was the first in his family to finish high school, and he gives a lot of the credit to teachers who believed in him. He wants every kid here to get the same chance he got. He voted for the Student Success Act and has protected that school funding ever since. Now he wants more mental health help for kids, more hands-on career classes, and strong community colleges.
Decisions about abortion and birth control belong to a woman and her doctor, not politicians. Mark will keep it that way in Oregon.

We Proudly Support Mark Meek for State Senate

Community Leaders Supporting Mark Meek

Craig Roberts

Chair, Clackamas County Commission
Former Sheriff, Clackamas County
Martha Schrader

Clackamas County Commissioner
Brett Sherman

Happy Valley City Councilor
Denyse McGriff

Mayor, Oregon City
Tom Ellis

Mayor, Happy Valley
Michael Milch

Mayor, Gladstone