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This is not Washington's fault. This is Salem's.

The Record

Forty years of one party rule.
Here's the record.

Every claim about Deb Patterson, sourced. What she did, and what it did to Oregon.

Deb Patterson has represented Oregon Senate District 10 through a health care plan that costs more than the state's entire annual budget, a tax package voters rejected in a landslide, a bail law that lets repeat felons walk free, and graduation standards suspended not once but twice. The results are on the record: Oregon now ranks at or near the bottom of the country in health outcomes, public safety, tax burden, homelessness, and education.

Every state decision below was made in Salem, by Oregon lawmakers, with Oregon consequences. Not a federal one.

Deb Patterson's Record

Click a claim below to see the full record and sources.

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Health Care

Deb Patterson helped create the board pushing a government takeover of health care that costs more than Oregon's entire annual state budget.
Deb did this: Patterson is a primary sponsor of the law that created Oregon's government takeover of health care. The board's own numbers show it would cost more than Oregon's entire state budget every single year, with billions still unaccounted for. Right when that became impossible to hide, the board delayed its report until after this election. And Salem's already talking about the biggest tax increase Oregonians have ever seen to pay for it.
Sources
  • Oregon Capital Chronicle, "Oregon universal health care board punts single-payer report," Aug. 6, 2026
  • OLIS, SB 1089 (2023) sponsor list
  • State of Oregon Universal Health Plan actuarial estimate, February 2026
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Public Safety

Deb Patterson voted to let suspects charged with over 150 felony types walk free without a bail hearing. The consequences have been devastating.
Deb did this: Patterson voted for the pretrial release law that lets suspects charged with over 150 felonies, including auto theft and failing to register as a sex offender, walk free with no bail and no judge review. Repeat offenders keep getting released, only to offend again. In Washington County, a man charged with felony domestic assault and strangulation was released pretrial under GPS monitoring. Six weeks later, he murdered his wife and her sister, then himself. The county's own DA called it a complete failure. Oregon is now the 4th-worst state in the nation for property crime.
Sources
  • Central Oregon Daily, July 2026; KOIN; KTVL, "Ripple Effect" report
  • OPB, March 2022, SB 1510 coverage
  • USAFacts, state property crime rates (FBI data), 2024
  • KOIN, Washington County DA Kevin Barton "complete failure" quote
  • KATU, "Washington County DA criticizes protections for victims in domestic violence cases"
  • KATU, "Oregon state senator calls for pretrial release changes after double murder-suicide"
  • KGW, case details and GPS monitoring conditions
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Taxes

Deb Patterson backed the largest transportation tax increase in Oregon history. Salem buried the vote, and voters rejected it nearly five to one. Now she's bringing it back.
Deb did this: Oregon already has the highest effective income tax burden of any state in the nation. Patterson called new taxes "a collective action by us all" and spoke on the Senate floor in support of HB 3991 (2025), which raised the state gas tax, doubled vehicle registration and title fees, and raised the transit payroll tax. Opponents gathered roughly 200,000 signatures to force a referendum. Salem moved that vote to the low-turnout May primary to bury it. Voters rejected it anyway, nearly five to one, one of the most lopsided results in state history. Lawmakers, a mostly Democratic group, are already planning a new transportation tax package for the 2027 session, the first session after this election.
Sources
  • OPB, Sept. 2025; Axios Portland; KOIN; TaxProf Blog, May 2026
  • Oregon Capital Chronicle, "Oregon voters overwhelmingly rejecting hikes to gas tax," May 2026
  • Oregon Capital Chronicle, "Lawmakers say they'll prioritize bipartisanship in 2027 transportation funding plan," July 2026
  • FinanceBuzz / MoneyLion, effective state tax burden study, 2026
  • Senate floor remarks, Sept. 2025
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Homelessness

Deb Patterson backed record spending on homelessness. It got worse, not better.
Deb did this: Patterson voted for a $200 million homelessness funding package in 2023, part of a broader surge in spending that reached roughly $751 million statewide in 2025, about $28,000 per homeless person. Homelessness declined nationally that same year. It rose in Oregon, hitting an all-time high of 27,119 people, and Oregon now ranks 2nd-worst in the nation for homelessness.
Sources
  • Oregon Legislature, 2023 homelessness funding package (HB 5019 / HB 2001)
  • Hope for the Homeless, "2025 Homeless Report Card"; OPB, June 2026
  • Senate roll call vote
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Education

Deb Patterson voted twice to suspend Oregon's basic reading, writing, and math requirements for kids to graduate.
Deb did this: Patterson was in the Oregon Senate when lawmakers passed SB 744 (2021), suspending the "Essential Skills" proficiency requirement for a diploma. The Oregon State Board of Education has since voted to extend that suspension through the 2027–28 school year. Oregon's education system now ranks 4th-worst in the nation, and nearly a third of Oregon students are chronically absent.
Sources
  • LegiScan, Oregon SB 744 (2021), full text and vote record
  • OPB, "A closer look at Oregon's decision to drop high school graduation requirements," Sept. 2021
  • KOIN / WalletHub, state education system rankings, July 2026
  • Senate roll call vote
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Environment & Local Costs

Deb Patterson's bill closed the Marion County waste facility. Garbage rates jumped to among the highest in Oregon.
Deb did this: Patterson was chief sponsor of the 2023 law that forced Marion County's garbage and medical-waste incinerator to shut down in December 2024. Medical waste disposal rates jumped 70% almost overnight, and local waste now gets trucked 130 miles to a landfill near The Dalles. Salem-Marion County families are stuck paying some of the highest garbage rates of any city in Oregon.
Sources
  • Salem Reporter; Beyond Toxics
  • Marion County commissioners, public statements on waste rate increases

It didn't have to be this way. Oregon has more potential than almost any state.

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