Val Hoyle

ON THE ISSUES

• Helped pass the “Coal to Clean” bill to phase out coal power and double Oregon’s Renewable Portfolio Standard for electric utilities
• Former Oregon's Labor Commissioner & House Majority Leader
• Earned a 100% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard
• Endorsed by LCV Action Fund

WHY THIS RACE MATTERS

• Holding this seat in Oregon will help win a pro-environmental majority in the House, making it easier to pass climate legislation at the federal level

Candidate Background

Representative Val Hoyle is running for a second term to represent Oregon's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She serves as Oregon’s Labor Commissioner, a position voters statewide elected her to in 2018. Previously, she represented Oregon’s 14th District in the state legislature from 2009 to 2017. In the Oregon House, Hoyle served on various committees including the House Committee on Business and Labor, and as the Chair of the House Committee on Rules. In 2012, Hoyle was elected to be the House Majority Leader for the 2013 Legislative Session. As Majority Leader, Hoyle helped lead the effort to whip the votes to make Oregon’s Clean Fuels program permanent when it was threatened due to a sunset clause. In 2016, she helped pass the “Coal to Clean” bill to phase out coal power and double Oregon’s Renewable Portfolio Standard for electric utilities. She earned a 100 percent rating during her final legislative session on Oregon LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard and an overall lifetime score of 86 percent. In Congress, she’s introduced legislation to protect Southwest Oregon Rivers from mining pollution and helped the University of Oregon get $800,000 from the EPA to launch its Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice providing a critical tool to locate, scale and monitor wildfires.

Hoyle will focus on accelerating our transition to a clean energy economy powered by good-paying union jobs. She earned a stellar 100% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.