The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington county commissioners ...

Mari Watanabe was appointed to Oregon's House District 34 by county commissioners, filling the vacancy left by Lisa Reynolds.

Mari Watanabe, a Democrat from the suburbs of Beaverton, is the newest member of Oregon’s House of Representatives.

The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington county commissioners voted to appoint Bethany Democrat Mari Watanabe to a vacant seat in the state ...