Jim Thompson (Oregon politician)

Thompson attended Western Oregon University and Oregon State University.

• 2004 Thompson ran in the five-way May 18, 2004 Republican Primary but took second to Brian Boquist,^[4] Boquist won the three-way November 2, 2004 General election and served in the seat until 2009.
• 2008 When Republican Representative Boquist ran for Oregon Senate and left the District 23 seat open, Thompson won the May 20, 2008 Republican Primary with 4,137 votes (61.4%),^[5] and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 15,878 votes (57.4%) against Democratic nominee Jason Brown,^[6] who had run for the seat in 2006.
• 2010 Thompson was unopposed for the May 18, 2010, Republican primary, winning with 5,387 votes,^[7] and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 16,371 votes (68.0%) against Democratic nominee Wesley West,^[8] who had lost the 2008 Democratic Primary to Jason Brown.
• 2012 Thompson was unopposed for the May 15, 2012, Republican primary, winning with 5,039 votes,^[9] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 17,864 votes (59.1%) against Democratic nominee Ross Swartzendruber and Pacific Green Party candidate Alex Polikoff.^[10]
• 2014 Thompson was defeated in the May 20, 2014, Republican primary, losing to Mike Nearman, a software engineer from Independence. The Oregonian identified the incumbent's defeat as an example of a more conservative Republican challenger ousting a relative moderate, noting Thompson's support for same-sex marriage as an issue that inflamed conservatives.^[11]