Meet New Oregon GOP Chair Suzanne Gallagher

By NIGEL JAQUISS

Last fall Suzanne Gallagher came to WW's offices for an endorsement interview during her challenge to incumbent Sen. Ginny Burdick (D-Portland).

Burdick, who entered the Legislature in 1997, defeated Gallagher by a margin of 69 percent to 31 percent in November.

But over the weekend, the Oregon GOP gave a Gallagher a consolation prize, electing her to replace Allen Alley for a two-year term as party chair. Alley wasn't seeking re-election.

In two clips from her endorsement interview with WW, Gallagher, a Tigard resident who works as a designer, talks about her background and her independence. (She's on the left of the screen in both clips.)

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