It is my honor to announce the 2020 Wayne Morse Award for Integrity and Passion will be presented to:

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Voornaam,

It is my honor to announce that the 2020 Wayne Morse Award for Integrity and Passion will be presented to Benton County Commissioner Annabelle Jaramillo!

Join us this coming Tuesday, September 22nd, as we honor and celebrate Annabelle at the 11th Annual Wayne Morse (Virtual) Gala! Senator Tammy Duckworth, Senator Jeff Merkley and other great Democratic leaders will be speaking live. Tickets are pay-what-you-can, get yours at dpo.org/Morse!

After serving as Governor John Kitzhaber’s Citizens’ Representative from 1995 to 2000, Annabelle was first elected to the Benton County Board of Commissioners in November 2000, and has dedicated her life to the service of others.

As a child in Colorado, Annabelle was enrolled in a segregated grade school; her mother pushed the school to integrate and she became the first student of color in her classroom. This and other experiences inspired Annabelle to support civil rights and LGBT rights throughout her life. In 1991 in Corvallis, she managed a successful campaign to defeat a discriminatory charter amendment promoted by the Oregon Citizens Alliance. In 2004, the Benton County Commission decided to stop issuing all marriage licenses – straight and gay – in response to a demand by Attorney General Hardy Myers that they not issue licenses to same-sex couples. Annabelle stated that, “If we were going to end up with discrimination, we weren’t going to issue marriage licenses to anyone.”

As a county commissioner, she has served on the Association of Oregon Counties Board, Legislative Committee and Public Lands and Natural Resources Committee; the Council of Forest Trust Lands Counties; and the National Association of Counties Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee. Additionally, she served on the Siuslaw National Forest and United States Bureau of Land Management Salem District Resource Advisory Committees.

In her political life, Annabelle has served the Democratic Party of Oregon as the State Party Treasurer, the Chair of the DPO’s Platform and Resolutions Committee, as Chair of the Benton County Democrats, and in countless roles serving Democrats seeking higher office.

Annabelle has always valued mentorship and building up our party’s young leaders. Annabelle is retiring at the end of her current Commission term, which concludes in January.

The Wayne Morse Award for Integrity and Passion was created to honor the outstanding Democrat who best exemplifies the passion and integrity of Senator Wayne Morse. I am so proud that we are recognizing her lifetime of service to Oregonians with this award.

I hope you'll join me and Oregon Democrats this coming Tuesday, September 22nd, at 6 p.m. to honor and celebrate Annabelle, and hear from Democratic leaders like Senator Jeff Merkley, our Keynote Speaker Senator Tammy Duckworth, and more.

The Gala is a pay-what-you-can event for the first time ever this year! We know it's going to be a great evening, and we want as many Oregon Democrats as possible to attend. Get your tickets at dpo.org/Morse!

Thank you,

Tanya Shively
Oregon DNC Member

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