25 Facts About Kevin Mannix

Kevin Leese Mannix was born on November 26,1949 and is an American politician, business attorney, and former chairman of the Republican Party in the US state of Oregon.

Kevin Mannix is known for his advocacy of statewide ballot measures and as a candidate for the statewide offices of attorney general and governor.

Kevin Mannix earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts in 1971 from the University of Virginia.

Kevin Mannix was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives five times beginning in 1988.

From 1989 through 1996, Kevin Mannix served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat.

Kevin Mannix was elected back into the Oregon House in November 1998 and served through 2000.

Kevin Mannix is a driving force behind the effort to get tougher sentences for criminals.

In 1996, Kevin Mannix brought Ballot Measure 40 to the ballot.

In 2008, Kevin Mannix helped lead a citizen initiative effort for Measure 61 which would have created mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain theft, identity theft, forgery, drug and burglary crimes.

In 2012, Measure 84, an effort to repeal Oregon's estate tax, was supported by Kevin Mannix but was defeated.

In 1996, Kevin Mannix ran for Oregon Attorney General as a Democrat.

Kevin Mannix changed his party affiliation to Republican the following year, 1997.

Kevin Mannix was appointed to the state Senate in 1997.

In 2000, Kevin Mannix ran as a Republican for State Attorney General, winning the GOP nomination and facing Myers in a bitter campaign.

Kevin Mannix went on to run against Democrat Ted Kulongoski.

Kevin Mannix became Oregon Republican Party Chair in January 2003, and stepped down in 2005.

In 2006, Kevin Mannix ran again for the Republican nomination for governor.

Kevin Mannix was opposed in the primary by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, who spent $800,000 opposing the Columbia Gorge casino in the 2006 Democratic and Republican primaries.

In 2008, Kevin Mannix ran for the United States House of Representatives in the US House primary election for Oregon's 5th congressional district to succeed retiring Democrat Darlene Hooley.

Kevin Mannix ran a vigorous campaign, but was narrowly defeated by Mike Erickson, who went on to lose to Kurt Schrader in the general election due in part to personal issues that Kevin Mannix brought up in the primary.

Kevin Mannix serves as president for several organizations, including the Oregon Anti-Crime Alliance, which he founded in 2008, and Common Sense For Oregon, which he founded in 2009.

Kevin Mannix is a member of the board of directors for the Salem Catholic Schools Foundation, a role he has served since 1985, and has been president of the foundation since 2000.

Kevin Mannix was a founder and has served as chairman of the board of directors for Blanchet Catholic School in Salem since it opened in 1995, is a member of the Knights of Columbus and has been a member of Rotary International since 1982.

Kevin Mannix has served on the national board of directors for Life Directions and the Salem Chamber of Commerce board of directors from 2007 to 2013.

Kevin Mannix is a board member, and vice president, of the Johann Strauss Society of America Foundation.