Tobias Read

Tobias Read
Treasurer of Oregon
Elect
Taking office
January 2017
Succeeding Ted Wheeler
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 27th district
Assumed office
January 8, 2007
Preceded by Mark Hass
Personal details
Born 1975 (age 40–41)
Missoula, Montana, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Willamette University (BA)
University of Washington,
Seattle (MBA)

Tobias Read (born 1975) is an American Democratic politician who is a current member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 27 since 2006, which comprises parts of Beaverton, southwest Portland, and unincorporated Multnomah and Washington Counties. Read is serving his fifth term as State Representative during Oregon's 78th Legislature. Tobias currently serves as Speaker Pro Tempore. He was formerly the Democratic Majority Whip. In 2016, Read ran for Oregon State Treasurer, to succeed current State Treasurer Ted Wheeler, who was term-limited from running in 2016. He won the race in November 2016[1] and is due to become the State Treasurer in January 2017.

Early life

Read was born in 1975 in Missoula, Montana. After high school he moved to Oregon where he attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.[2] In 1997, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in politics and economics from Willamette.[2] That year he started working for Nike, Inc. in footwear development, where he remained until 2012.[2] However, he worked at the U.S. Department of the Treasury as an aide to then Secretary Lawrence Summers from 1999 to 2001, where his supervisor was Sheryl Sandberg.[3] He is married and has two children.[2] In 2003, he earned an MBA from the University of Washington in Seattle.[2]

District

House District 27 runs from the Raleigh Hills neighborhood in the northeast, to the Murrayhill neighborhood in the southwest. It covers parts of the cities of Beaverton and Portland, as well as areas of unincorporated Washington and Multnomah counties.

District 27 is the home to many schools and educational services. Kids in the district tend to be students in the Beaverton School District, and many district residents work at international companies like Nike (one of two Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Oregon)[4] and Intel (Oregon’s largest employer)[5] as well as the small businesses that form the base of Oregon’s economy. Washington County as a whole is often described as the economic engine of the state[6] since a great percentage of the state’s income tax revenue is generated by taxpayers in the county.

State Treasurer

In 2016, Read ran for Oregon State Treasurer, to succeed current State Treasurer Ted Wheeler, who was term-limited from running in 2016. He won the race in November 2016[1] and is due to become the State Treasurer in January 2017.

References

  1. 1 2 Marum, Anna (November 8, 2016). "Tobias Read elected Oregon treasurer". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Brettman, Allan (June 8, 2012). "State Rep. Tobias Read leaves Nike to focus on legislative work". The Oregonian. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
  3. ↑ Jaquiss, Nigel (September 27, 2016). "Five Things You Didn't Know About Tobias Read". Willamette Week. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Fortune 500 in Oregon, additional text.
  5. ↑ Oregon Encyclopedia – Intel, additional text.
  6. ↑ State of the County 2012, additional text.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ted Wheeler		 Treasurer of Oregon
Elect
Taking office 2017 		Incumbent
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