1. Darlene Kay Olson Hooley was born on April 4,1939 and is an American politician and former Democratic member of the US House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's.
21 Facts About Darlene Hooley
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Darlene Hooley moved with her parents to Salem, Oregon at the age of 8.
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Darlene Hooley attended Salem Academy, and then Pasadena Nazarene College in southern California, where she worked as a lifeguard.
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Darlene Hooley returned to Oregon and earned her degree in education from Oregon State University in 1961, where she was on the basketball, field hockey, and rowing teams.
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Darlene Hooley did post-graduate work at Oregon State and Portland State University.
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Darlene Hooley became interested in politics after her son was injured on a playground in West Linn.
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Darlene Hooley was appointed to a parks advisory committee, and in 1976, became the first woman elected to serve on the West Linn City Council.
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In 1980, Darlene Hooley was elected to the Oregon State Legislature and served as a State Representative until 1987.
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Darlene Hooley chaired the environmental and energy committees, helping to pass energy conservation and recycling legislation and worked on rewriting land use planning laws.
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Darlene Hooley left the legislature in 1987 to accept a position on the Clackamas County Board of Commissioners.
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In 1996, Darlene Hooley ran for the US House of Representatives against one-term incumbent Republican Jim Bunn, who had been voted in as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994.
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Ironically, while Bunn's loss was attributed in part to his divorce and remarriage during his only term, Darlene Hooley divorced during her first term in 1997.
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Darlene Hooley filed to run for a seventh term in 2008, but in February 2008 announced she would not seek an additional term, creating an unexpected open seat in the 2008 election.
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Darlene Hooley has focused on issues surrounding identity theft prevention and increasing medical and financial privacy.
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Darlene Hooley focused on methamphetamines and ecoterrorism legislation, and supported the Oregon Death with Dignity Act.
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In 2002, Darlene Hooley voted against the authorization of the use of military force in Iraq.
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Darlene Hooley was a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of online poker.
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Darlene Hooley was successful in directing federal funding to her district, including millions of dollars for transportation, timber, and agricultural interests.
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Darlene Hooley served on the Science and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and Budget committees.
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Darlene Hooley was a House Senior Whip for the Democratic Party and a member of the New Democrat Coalition.
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Darlene Hooley is a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.