Senate · District 20 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Mark Meek
Incumbent senator, business owner and Air Force veteran.
Reach the campaign
As published in their campaign site.
In their words
Said: Senator Mark Meek is a father, veteran, and small business owner dedicated to our community.
Voters’ pamphlet
Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026
Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 86 ↗First sentence of the filed statement; header fields, including a Military Experience line, are skipped.
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsCombines opposition to road tolls with support for housing, treatment, police resources and family services.
- Keep tolls off I-205 and lower household costs.
- Expand housing, shelter and treatment while supporting law enforcement.
- Protect reproductive care and invest in student mental health and career education.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHe combines a no-tolls stance and household cost relief with more housing, shelter, treatment and police resources; his account of past wins is a campaign claim, and the site does not say how the added services would be funded.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Homes, shelter, treatment- What
- Said: Build more housing people can afford and expand shelter capacity and treatment programs to reduce homelessness.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Crime, drugs and who responds
Police plus gun safety- What
- Said: Give law enforcement the resources to fight crime and hold offenders accountable, alongside gun-safety measures to keep weapons from violent criminals.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Taxes, the kicker and the budget
No I-205 tolls- What
- Said: Keep tolls off I-205 and lower household costs through Oregon’s Child Tax Credit and lower prices for housing, healthcare, prescriptions and childcare.
- How
- Said: Passed Oregon’s Child Tax Credit; keeps taking on pharmaceutical companies to lower prescription prices; says he ended ODOT’s I-205 tolling plans.
- Measured by
- Said: Says ending I-205 tolling saves families thousands of dollars a year.
Roads, transit and climate
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Mark Meek is on record on 6, with 2 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findLet the state keep part of a future kicker refund for wildfire or other one-time needs?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Spend more state money on wildfire prevention and firefighting?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Vote for a 2027 transportation package that raises the gas tax and vehicle fees again?
Said: Voted yes on HB 3991 in the Senate on September 29, 2025; the enrolled bill also repealed the mandatory toll program, and his site says he ended ODOT’s I-205 tolling plans.
Close the 2027–29 budget gap with new revenue, or with cuts alone?
Said: Voted no on SB 1507 on February 16, 2026, the bill that disconnects Oregon from federal H.R. 1 business tax breaks to raise about $314 million for 2027–29 and enlarge the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Make data centers pay their own way: separate power rates, an end to tax breaks, or a pause on new ones?
Said: Voted yes on HB 3546, the POWER Act, in the Senate on June 3, 2025; it lets regulators put data centers in their own electricity rate class.
Keep paying for state-funded shelter beds and the homelessness emergency after June 2027?
Said: Voted yes on HB 3644 on June 26, 2025; his site says he is working to expand shelter capacity and treatment programs.
Keep the 2024 approach of recriminalized possession plus county deflection programs, and fund them in 2027–29?
Said: Voted yes on HB 4002 in the Senate on March 1, 2024; his site backs resources for police, offender accountability and expanded treatment.
Keep adding state limits on federal immigration enforcement, on top of Oregon's sanctuary law?
Said: Voted yes on HB 4138 on March 5, 2026; his site says he stood firm against reckless federal policies.
A question the evidence leaves open
How would you fund the service commitments and transportation needs while keeping roads toll-free?
Sources (4)
- Meek · prioritiesCandidate statement · Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · DemocratElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Meek · campaign siteCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 86Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026.