Dallas Heard

Dallas Heard
Chair of the Oregon Republican Party
In office
February 20, 2021 – March 11, 2022
Preceded byBill Currier
Succeeded byHerman Baertschiger Jr. (Acting)
Member of the Oregon State Senate
from the 1st district
In office
April 17, 2018 – January 1, 2023
Preceded byJeff Kruse
Succeeded byDavid Brock Smith
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 2nd district
In office
January 12, 2015 – April 17, 2018
Preceded byTim Freeman
Succeeded byGary Leif
Personal details
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Roseburg, Oregon, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseHannah

Dallas Heard (born 1985) is an American politician. He served as a Republican member of the Oregon Senate from 2018 to 2023.[1] Heard had previously served as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives from District 2 from 2015 until 2018.[2][3]

Heard served as Chairman of the Oregon Republican Party from 2021 until his resignation in 2022, citing “evil” within the party.[4] In December 2022, he announced he would resign from his Senate seat at the beginning of the new year, citing the need to focus on his family.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Oregon State Senate District 1". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Oregon House of Representatives District 2". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Roseburg business owner announces house candidacy". KPIC. March 19, 2013. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
  4. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Chris Lehman | The (2022-03-09). "Oregon Republican chair resigns, citing 'greater evil than the Democrats'". oregonlive. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  5. ^ Hasenstab, Alex (December 15, 2022). "Oregon Republican State Senator Dallas Heard resigns". OPB. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  6. ^ Shumway, Julia (December 15, 2022). "Oregon state Sen. Dallas Heard will resign Jan. 1". Oregon Capital Chronicle. Retrieved December 15, 2022.