Mary K Cooke

State Representative, 11th District

Photo: Mary K Cooke

Democrat, Working Families

City where I live: Lebanon 

Skills: Public relations, problem solving, sales and marketing 

3 things I will do if I win:

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1. I will update the laws in Oregon by making rules that make sure people that live here have clean water and air. I want to stop big farm businesses from coming in to areas where people live to keep the area’s air and water clean. I want to make sure that big farm businesses don’t cause damage to water and air.

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2. I will make sure people in Oregon can still have services like abortions, testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and are able to get birth control and condoms. I will vote to keep these services going and let people from other states travel to Oregon to get these services if their state do

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3. I will encourage home/apartment builders to make houses/apartments that people can afford. I will work with the city and social work programs to make sure that we have enough homeless shelters and social workers to help the homeless people in this area. I will vote in favor of helping people who are h