Who We Are.

Oregon Trail Democrats represent Democrats living in the Clackamas County area surrounding Sandy, Oregon -- in House District 52. Although the group meets in Sandy, OTD members include folks from the communities of Boring, Dover, Cotrell, Cherryville, Eagle Creek, Brightwood, Welches, Rhododendron, Government Camp and all points in between.

Where We've Been.

After witnessing the crushing defeat of 2002 State Representative candidate Larry Cramblet, who ran for the District 52 House seat with virtually no organized support, Clackamas County Precinct Committee Persons Walt Trandum and Pat Ryan recognized the need to organize local Democrats.

They decided to hold a meeting with the existing Precinct Committee Persons from the Clackamas County portion of District 52 ...

What We're Doing.

For a visual history of our activities, select the Photos & Video tab at the top of the page or click here.

Who's Volunteered as Leaders.


Democrats Try Harder

Chair: Susan Gates shgates@hughes.net (503) 668-9628
Treasurer: Ed Krick edkcpa@verizon.net (503) 668-9235
PCP Coordinator: Susan Drew purrmarshal@yahoo.com (503) 668-4082
Program Coordinator: Marcia Brown BrownGM@aol.com (503) 668-6547
Web Master: John Bromley john.bromley@verizon.net (503) 668-3332
Letters to the Editor
Coordinator:
Steve Winkler Sandysteve9@aol.com (503) 668-6611
Community Outreach: Glenda Durham glenda.durham@gmail.com (503) 668-7030
Media Coordinator: Barbara Kim bkimbc93@yahoo.com (503) 558-7030
Volunteer Coordinator: Linda Layne lindaklayne@verizon.net (503) 622-1784
Campaign Coordinator:
Events Coordinator:
Fundraising Chair:

The Rules

Oregon Trail Democrats is a PAC (Political Action Committee).

We are registered with the Oregon Secretary of State's office. We must follow the rules of the Elections Division of that office. The 2008 Campaign Finance Manual.pdf explains most of those rules.