House District 26

Primary Election, May 17, 2016
Oregon House District 26, Gaston, Sherwood, Wilsonville
 
REPUBLICAN PARTY CANDIDATES
 
Candidates in the Republican primary are: John Boylston of King City, A. Richard Vial of Hillsboro, and Matt Wingard of Wilsonville.
 
John Boylston has a website at: www.boylston4oregon.com.  It has a “Vision” section which discusses some issues, but immigration is not included and is not mentioned elsewhere on the site.  He did not provide answers to the Abigail Adams candidate questionnaire.  He gives an email address through which he can be contacted:  boylston4oregon@gmail.com.  He is an attorney, a graduate of Sunset High School and the University of Southern California Law School.
 
A. Richard Vial does not have a website.  In his filing paper with the Oregon Secretary of State, he gives an email address through which he can be contacted: arv@arvial.com.  He is an attorney, a graduate of Brigham Young University and the Willamette University School of Law.  He did not provide answers to the Abigail Adams candidate questionnaire. 
 
Matt Wingard, of Wilsonville, has a website at:  http://www.mattwingard.com/.  It has an Issues section but there is no mention of immigration.  He served in the Oregon House previously.  He was appointed to fill a vacancy in the Oregon House of Representatives in 2008, then elected to a full term in November 2008, and re-elected in 2010.  In 2012, he did not seek re-election to a third term.
 
While he was serving in the House, he opposed bills on instate tuition for illegal aliens.  He responded to a candidate questionnaire sent by OFIR in 2010 saying he would be willing to introduce or support a bill that would require all employers in Oregon to use the E-Verify program, and that he also would be willing to introduce or support a bill that would require individuals registering to vote for the first time to show proof of citizenship.
 
In the current election cycle, he has not responded to the Abigail Adams questionnaire, but that site shows link to an 48-minute podcast in which Matt Wingard participates: http://www.kuik.com/washington-county-today-podcasts/32516-washington-co....
 
His website gives this email address for contact:  Matt@MattWingard.com
 
DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATES
 
There are 2 Democratic Party candidates in this district.  They are:  Ray Lister and Patrick Whewell, both of Wilsonville.
 
Ray Lister has a website at: http://www.raylister.com/priorities/ which does not mention immigration. He did not reply to the Abigail Adams questionnaire for candidates.  His website gives this email address for contact:  ray@raylister.com.  An electrician by trade, he is Membership Development and Community Outreach Coordinator for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48.
 
Patrick Whewell is a software engineer, a graduate of Ohio State University in electrical and computer engineering.  No website was found for him.  His filing paper with Oregon Secretary of State gives this email address: pwhewell@gmail.com
 
He replied to the Oregon Abigail Adams candidate questionnaire as follows:  
22.  Do you support a constitutional amendment to require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in Oregon?          No   36.  Do you support requiring all Oregon employers to use the federal E-Verify system to determine the employee’s work eligibility status?          Yes         
42.  How would you propose screening war refugees to prevent potential terrorists from entering Oregon with them?         The same way it is done now. At a national level. The national government is better equipped to deal with a national issue. They deal with the screening and it is rather strict as it is now.