Shemia Patricia Fagan was born on September 20,1981 and is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Oregon secretary of state from 2021 to 2023.
16 Facts About Shemia Fagan
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Shemia Fagan previously served as a Democratic member of the Oregon Senate, representing Senate District 24 from in 2019 to 2021.
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Shemia Fagan represented House District 51 from 2013 to 2017.
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In 2020, Fagan was elected as Oregon Secretary of State.
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In May 2023, Shemia Fagan resigned from office after revelations that she took a consulting job at a cannabis company while her office was auditing Oregon's marijuana industry, which many considered to be a conflict of interest.
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Shemia Fagan was born in Portland, Oregon, and was raised in Dufur, Oregon, and The Dalles, Oregon by her father, with her two older brothers.
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Shemia Fagan attended Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho, on a soccer scholarship, where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Religion in 2003.
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Shemia Fagan was an employment law attorney with HKM Employment Attorneys.
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In 2011, Shemia Fagan was elected to the David Douglas School Board in eastern Portland, serving for three years before running for 51st District of the Oregon House of Representatives.
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Shemia Fagan was elected to the 24th District of the Oregon State Senate during the 2018 elections; she chaired the Committee on Housing and Development and served on the Committee On Healthcare.
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In 2020, Shemia Fagan secured the Democratic nomination for Oregon Secretary of State in a close three-way race, and went on to defeat Republican Kim Thatcher in the general election.
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Shemia Fagan successfully advocated for a "People's Commission" on redistricting following the 2020 Census.
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Shemia Fagan's office released a statement clarifying she had recused herself from the audit before the consulting contract began.
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Shemia Fagan supported a bill in 2019 that would establish 12 weeks of paid medical leave for workers.
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Shemia Fagan supported SB 1547 Coal Transition and Clean Electricity Plan which set goals for Oregon to go coal-free by 2030.
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In 2019, Shemia Fagan supported HB 3076, which established standards for non-profit hospitals in Oregon, demanding non-profit hospitals to adjust patients' costs on the basis of federal poverty guidelines and prohibiting non-profit hospitals from charging interest on medical debt.