Andrea Salinas
DemocratU.S. Representative, OR-6| Age | 56 (b. 1969-12-06) |
| Gender | Female |
| In office since | 2023-01-03 (~3 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | Hispanic/Latina (Mexican heritage; father immigrated from Mexico) |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Education | B.A. in psychology, University of California, Berkeley (1994); first in her family to earn a college degree |
| Prior occupation | Legislative aide to U.S. Senator Harry Reid and U.S. Representatives Pete Stark and Darlene Hooley; federal lobbyist; legislative director at the Oregon Environmental Council; political/legislative consultant (Strategies 360) |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | San Mateo, California |
| Marital status | Married — Chris Ramey |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Tigard, Oregon |
Pending research: languages · notable relatives · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2018 |
| Previous offices | Oregon House of Representatives, District 38 (appointed September 2017; elected 2018; served until January 2023) |
| Committees | House Committee on Agriculture (Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture; Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture) · House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology |
| Caucuses | Congressional Progressive Caucus · Congressional Hispanic Caucus · New Democrat Coalition · Congressional Equality Caucus · Congressional Freethought Caucus · Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus · Black Maternal Health Caucus · Congressional Coalition on Adoption Caucus |
| Leadership | Ranking Member, House Agriculture Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture (119th Congress) · Oregon House Majority Whip (state, 81st Legislative Assembly) · Chair, Oregon House Committee on Health Care (state) |
| Ideology | Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and New Democrat Coalition; generally rated a progressive/liberal Democrat. Specific DW-NOMINATE score not retrievable from available sources. |
| Signature legislation | Bill amending the Grand Ronde Reservation Act (with Sen. Merkley) to remove a restriction barring the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde from asserting land claims; signed into law (118th Congress) · National Guard Proper Use Act (introduced) - restrict presidential deployment of the National Guard for immigration and domestic law enforcement · No Getting Rich in Congress Act (introduced) - crack down on insider trading by members of Congress and the White House · As Oregon state representative, a primary architect of Oregon's paid family and medical leave program |
Financial
Net worth: estimate
No holdings recorded yet (from official Financial Disclosure filings).
Scandals & crimes ledger
dismissed — Erickson defamation lawsuit over 2022 campaign ad (dismissed in Salinas's favor) business
Republican opponent Mike Erickson (via Erickson for Congress Committee) sued Andrea Salinas and her campaign committee (Salinas for Oregon Committee) on October 5, 2022 in Clackamas County Circuit Court, seeking roughly $800,000 over a Salinas campaign ad stating Erickson was 'charged with felony drug possession.' The reference was to Erickson's 2016 DUII arrest in Hood River, during which officers found an oxycodone pill in his wallet; a drug-possession charge was referenced in plea-related court paperwork but prosecutors did not ultimately file one. The trial court initially denied Salinas's anti-SLAPP motion (December 2022), allowing the case to proceed, but the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed and dismissed the suit on January 29, 2025, finding the ad could reasonably be understood as factually correct and thus protected. The named defendant in the case caption was the Salinas for Oregon Committee (campaign entity).