1. Jason Conger served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 54 in Bend, Oregon, from 2011 to 2015.
21 Facts About Jason Conger
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Jason Conger ran for the Republican nomination for United States Senate in 2014.
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Jason Conger's parents separated when he was eight years old.
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Jason Conger went with his father, who lived an itinerant life.
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Jason Conger left his father when he was 16 and began living on his own in Crescent City, California.
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Jason Conger ran for the Crescent City Council after four of the five council members were recalled, but was not elected.
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Riggs was elected to Congress in 1990, and Jason Conger was given a staff job in Riggs' office in Washington, District of Columbia.
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Jason Conger later returned to the northern California, where he worked in Riggs' district office.
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Jason Conger then attended Humboldt State University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in 1997.
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Jason Conger was awarded a JD degree from Harvard in 2000.
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Jason Conger then went to work for a large international law firm in San Diego, California.
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Jason Conger specialized in corporate mergers, stock and bond offerings, and high-tech start-ups.
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In 2009, Jason Conger became a partner in Miller Nash, a Portland-based law firm.
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Jason Conger was first elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2010, defeating incumbent Judy Stiegler.
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Jason Conger was re-elected in 2012, serving as Assistant Republican Leader in the party leadership.
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Jason Conger gathered Republican support for an early version of Senate Bill 478, which would establish and maintain list of dangerous chemicals used in children's medicine.
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Jason Conger successfully led the effort to establish the Oregon State University Cascades Campus in Bend.
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Jason Conger spearheaded the drive to reform the Oregon state employees' pension fund and defended the state's charitable tax deduction.
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In October 2013, Jason Conger announced his decision to run for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate seat held by Jeff Merkley.
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Jason Conger lost to Portland neurosurgeon Monica Wehby in the Republican primary.
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Jason Conger met his wife, Amy, when he was 17 and living in Crescent City.