Preceded by Jason Conger Role Politician Name Knute Buehler | Spouse(s) Patricia Buehler Political party Republican Party Republican Party | |
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Alma mater Oregon State University
Merton College, Oxford
Johns Hopkins University Education Oregon State University, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Merton College, Oxford | ||
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Knute Buehler (born 1964) is an American politician. A Republican, he currently serves in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 54 in Bend. He is currently running for Governor of Oregon in the 2018 election.
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- Don t let knute buehler swiftboat oregon
- Knute buehler speaks at oregon s 4th congressional district convention
- Early life
- Race for Oregon Secretary of State
- State representative
- Ethics violations
- Gubernatorial campaign
- References
Knute buehler speaks at oregon s 4th congressional district convention
Early life
Buehler is originally from Roseburg, Oregon. He attended Oregon State University (OSU) where he played on the baseball team. He graduated from OSU in 1986 with degrees in history and microbiology. Buehler then attended the University of Oxford as OSU's first Rhodes Scholar before graduating from Johns Hopkins Medical School in Baltimore, Maryland.
An orthopedic surgeon, he lives in Bend in Central Oregon with his wife and two children. He worked on political independent Ross Perot's presidential campaign in 1992.
Race for Oregon Secretary of State
Buehler was the unsuccessful Republican Party nominee for Oregon Secretary of State in 2012, losing to incumbent Secretary of State Democrat Kate Brown.
State representative
Buehler won election to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014, defeating Democrat Craig Wilhelm. While Buehler describes himself as a moderate, Knute's inconsistent stance concerning abortions has garnered criticism across the political spectrum. In July 2016, Buehler received a 65% rating from the American Conservative Union, although by November of that year it had dropped to 58%.
Ethics violations
The Democratic Party of Oregon Chair filed three ethics complaints against Buehler in the spring of 2017 regarding his campaign finance disclosures for the last four years. Two claims were dismissed by a state ethics committee, while Knute avoided thousands of dollars in fines by acknowledging his violation of an Oregon statue in the third complaint as part of a state-mandated Letter of Education, along with restating his finance declarations retroactively to 2013. Buehler said the censure was "politically motivated," while the original filers noted that "he continues to hide income."
Gubernatorial campaign
On August 3, 2017, Buehler announced he would run for Governor of Oregon in the 2018 election.