27 Facts About Bruce Starr

Bruce Starr was born on January 12,1969 and is an American politician and businessman in Oregon.

Bruce Starr currently serves in the Oregon Senate representing District 12 since 2025.

Bruce Starr lost re-election but was elected again to his current district ten years later, replacing Brian Boquist, who was rendered ineligible to run for re-election due to his participation in the 2023 Oregon Senate walkout and the passage of Measure 113, which denied eligibility to run for re-election to any state legislator with 10 or more unexcused absences in a legislative session.

Bruce Starr had previously been a member of the Hillsboro City Council, and was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 and 2010, but lost a bid in 2012 to be the Oregon Labor Commissioner.

Bruce Starr is from Aloha, Oregon, and was born in 1969 in Portland, Oregon, as the youngest of four children to Charles and Kathy Bruce Starr.

Bruce Starr grew up to the south of Hillsboro where he attended Groner Elementary before graduating from Hillsboro High School in 1986.

Bruce Starr graduated from PSU with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science in 1991.

Bruce Starr married Rebecca, and they have one daughter and one son, living in Hillsboro on Portland's west side.

Bruce Starr worked as a manager for the Portland Business Alliance for international trade and business development before becoming a business owner with Cutting Edge Communications.

In 1992, Bruce Starr was selected to serve on the Republican Party's Washington County Central Committee for a two-year term.

Bruce Starr served as a committee person at his local Republican precinct and as a legislative aide to his father before election to the Hillsboro City Council in 1994.

Bruce Starr was appointed to budget committees of both the county and Hillsboro during this time.

Bruce Starr served until his election to the Oregon House of Representatives.

Bruce Starr ran for the Oregon House of Representatives in 1998 to replace his father, who was running for the state senate.

Bruce Starr served as his father's legislative aide during the elder's terms in the Oregon House.

Bruce Starr proposed naming the state's new building on the Capitol Mall be named after former US President Ronald Reagan.

In 2002, Bruce Starr ran for the Oregon State Senate to represent District 15, which had been redrawn after the 2000 Census.

Part of the reason for moving to the state senate was that term limits at the time limited people to 12 years maximum and three terms in the House, and Bruce Starr hoped to serve for the maximum amount of time.

Bruce Starr represents District 15 which is composed mainly of Washington County and includes part of Clackamas County.

Bruce Starr sponsored a bill that required the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles to issue driver's licenses only to legal residents in May 2007.

Bruce Starr was fined again in late 2007, this time for $20,000 for failing to file campaign finance reports on time.

In November 2007, Bruce Starr opted not to run for the open Oregon Secretary of State position in 2008; he was the most mentioned Republican option to run against several Democratic candidates.

Bruce Starr had considered running for the office in 2004.

Bruce Starr did enter the race to serve as Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries in December 2011 for the May 2012 primary.

Bruce Starr faced a rematch against 2010 opponent Chuck Riley in the closest Oregon legislative race of 2014, which Riley narrowly won.

Bruce Starr served in this role until his election to another term in the Oregon State Senate.

Bruce Starr announced his candidacy for the seat in November 2023.