Senator Brian Boquist has left GOP, is now a member of the Independent Party of Oregon

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In: OR 81st Legislative Session
Friday January 15, 2021

By Northwest Spotlight

Note: Please see updates at the bottom of the article

Today the Oregon Legislature’s official website shows State Senator Brian Boquist (R-Dallas) is no longer a member of the Oregon Republican Party. As of yet, no press announcements have been made. It’s currently unclear when Sen. Boquist changed his registration and when this change was posted.

The last Independent members of the Oregon Senate were Avel Gordy (Portland) and Ben Westlund (Tumalo) who changed their party registration at between 2006 and 2008 (source).

Update: A tweet from OPB reporter Lauren Dake shows an email from Sen. Boquist to a staff member of the Oregon Senate Republicans that confirms Boquist is no longer a registered Republican and is not caucusing with Oregon Senate Republicans.

Update 2: Someone familiar with the his public voter registration record has confirmed Sen. Boquist is now registered with the Independent Party of Oregon.

More details as this story develops.

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