Wayne Krieger


Wayne Krieger is a Republican politician, retired game warden, and tree farmer from Gold Beach on the southern coast of the U.S. state of Oregon. He served on the Oregon State Police Force from 1964 to 1991. He represented District 1 of the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 until 2017.

Early life, education, and law enforcement career

He was born in 1940 in Portland and was raised in Seaside, Oregon. He graduated from Oregon Institute of Technology in 1961.
He was an Oregon State Police officer for over 27 years. He served in the Game Enforcement Division, enforcing fish and wildlife laws. He retired in July 1991.
He was a Forestry adviser for former State Representative Walt Schroeder.
He has won numerous awards including Coos-Curry Tree Farmer of the Year, Oregon Tree Farmer of the Year, National Tree Farmer of the Year, and Curry County Conservation Farmer of the Year.

Oregon House of Representatives

Elections

In 2000, he ran for the 48th district of the Oregon House of Representatives. He defeated Democrat Barbara Dodrill 56%-44%. After redistricting, he decided to run in Oregon's 1st house district. In 2002, he won re-election to a second term by defeating Democrat Dave Tilton 66%-33%. He won re-election in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012.

Tenure

Krieger is pro-life. When he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, he was disappointed when they failed to pass a bill that make violence against pregnant women a two-person victim offense. He said "Oregon law should protect both the pregnant woman and her unborn child. The only reason to increase the penalty is that second life."
In 2005, he opposed legalizing civil unions or gay marriage for LGBT couples.
In 2011, he supported medical marijuana. In 2013, he voted in favor of marijuana legalization in Judiciary Committee.

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