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‘This is historic’: Oregon swears in first female Japanese American lawmaker
Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as ...
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County commissioners appoint new Portland-area member to the Oregon House
Mari Watanabe, a Democrat from the suburbs of Beaverton, is the newest member of Oregon’s House of Representatives. Watanabe was appointed by Multnomah and Washington County commissioners ...
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Meet the 11 House members, 8 senators newly sworn in to the Oregon Legislature
The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington county commissioners voted to appoint Bethany Democrat Mari Watanabe to a vacant seat in the ...
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Meet Oregon’s 19 new state legislators
The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington county commissioners voted to appoint Bethany Democrat Mari Watanabe to a vacant seat in the ...
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‘This is historic’: Oregon swears in first female Japanese American lawmaker
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as the state’s first Japanese American ...
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Oregon Swears In First Japanese American Lawmaker
Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon Legislature on Jan. 19—and also the state’s first-ever Japanese American lawmaker. At a joint meeting of the Multnomah and Washington ...