Chris Beck

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Chris Beck completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Beck's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-407578-2026-04-27\" id=\"heading-bio-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-407578-2026-04-27\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-407578-2026-04-27\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tI was born in Portland, attended public schools, and grew up in a family which valued Oregon's outdoors, civics, art, music, and education. After college I began a life in public service which included being staff in the Oregon Legislature and eventually being elected State Representative for six years. Later, I spent six years as a rural economic policy advisor at the USDA headquarters in Washington D.C. In the middle of these policy experiences I worked as a land conservation real estate negotiator with a leading national non-profit, the Trust for Public Land, helping conserve scenic and natural lands throughout Oregon and the Columbia Gorge.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-407578-2026-04-27\" id=\"heading-key-message-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-407578-2026-04-27\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-407578-2026-04-27\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>Quality Health Care is a Human Right.\r\n<p>Health disparities in Oregon are vividly aligned not only with disparities in wealth and education, but with geography as well. Hospital cutbacks and the closing of community clinics are making it harder and harder for people in rural areas to find even basic wellness care, not to mention reliable emergency services.\r\n</p>\nThe current administration, with the blind support of our Congressman, has made matters worse with drastic cuts to Medicaid and no plan for comprehensive health care reform. This reckless action has jeopardized access to health care for the most vulnerable among us.</li><li>We must build more housing—it’s that simple. \r\n\r\nThe free market alone has never led to more affordable housing. It takes public assistance and incentives—it always has. Low-cost housing should be folded into our existing Main Street neighborhoods, not scattered into the outer fringes on our farms and forest resource lands.</li><li>We must uplift our agriculture and natural resources economy. \r\n\r\nThe careless and haphazard trade tariffs imposed by President Trump, not to mention masked ICE agents targeting our nation’s migrant communities, have hit rural economies hard, whether it’s the loss of wheat and fruit markets abroad or the absence of workers and their families who have gone into hiding. The damage won’t be undone quickly.\r\n\r\nIn addition to repealing the tariffs and seeking a sensible, bipartisan approach to legal immigration, I will put forward ideas that refocus federal programs.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-407578-2026-04-27\" id=\"heading1-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-407578-2026-04-27\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-407578-2026-04-27\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tRural health care access. Rural Economic Development. Addressing affordability, including housing, higher education tuition. Supporting working farms, forests, and grazing lands. Investments in arts and culture.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-407578-2026-04-27\" id=\"heading2-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-407578-2026-04-27\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-407578-2026-04-27\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-407578-2026-04-27\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tFormer Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber<br/>\n<p>Former Ashland Mayor Cathy Shaw<br/>\r\nIndivisible Sisters (Deschutes County)<br/>\r\nLand conservationist James Monteith<br/>\r\nFormer Harney County Judge Steve Grasty<br/>\r\nElgin City Councilor Tiffany Lambert<br/>\n</p>\nCommunity activist/land conservationist Jean Pekarek\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nChris Beck completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Beck's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. I was born in Portland, attended public schools, and grew up in a family which valued Oregon's outdoors, civics, art, music, and education. After college I began a life in public service which included being staff in the Oregon Legislature and eventually being elected State Representative for six years. Later, I spent six years as a rural economic policy advisor at the USDA headquarters in Washington D.C. In the middle of these policy experiences I worked as a land conservation real estate negotiator with a leading national non-profit, the Trust for Public Land, helping conserve scenic and natural lands throughout Oregon and the Columbia Gorge. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? Quality Health Care is a Human Right. Health disparities in Oregon are vividly aligned not only with disparities in wealth and education, but with geography as well. Hospital cutbacks and the closing of community clinics are making it harder and harder for people in rural areas to find even basic wellness care, not to mention reliable emergency services. The current administration, with the blind support of our Congressman, has made matters worse with drastic cuts to Medicaid and no plan for comprehensive health care reform. This reckless action has jeopardized access to health care for the most vulnerable among us. We must build more housing—it’s that simple. \r\n\r\nThe free market alone has never led to more affordable housing. It takes public assistance and incentives—it always has. Low-cost housing should be folded into our existing Main Street neighborhoods, not scattered into the outer fringes on our farms and forest resource lands. We must uplift our agriculture and natural resources economy. \r\n\r\nThe careless and haphazard trade tariffs imposed by President Trump, not to mention masked ICE agents targeting our nation’s migrant communities, have hit rural economies hard, whether it’s the loss of wheat and fruit markets abroad or the absence of workers and their families who have gone into hiding. The damage won’t be undone quickly.\r\n\r\nIn addition to repealing the tariffs and seeking a sensible, bipartisan approach to legal immigration, I will put forward ideas that refocus federal programs. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Rural health care access. Rural Economic Development. Addressing affordability, including housing, higher education tuition. Supporting working farms, forests, and grazing lands. Investments in arts and culture. What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign? Former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber Former Ashland Mayor Cathy Shaw Indivisible Sisters (Deschutes County) Land conservationist James Monteith Former Harney County Judge Steve Grasty Elgin City Councilor Tiffany Lambert Community activist/land conservationist Jean Pekarek\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}]