Christine Drazan
Christine Drazan | |
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Drazan in 2022 | |
| Member of the Oregon Senate from the 26th district | |
| Assumed office October 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Bonham |
| Minority Leader of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
| In office January 13, 2025 – October 1, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Jeff Helfrich |
| Succeeded by | Lucetta Elmer |
| In office September 16, 2019 – November 30, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Vikki Breese-Iverson |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives | |
| In office January 13, 2025 – October 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | James Hieb |
| Succeeded by | Matt Bunch |
| Constituency | 51st district |
| In office January 14, 2019 – January 31, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Kennemer |
| Succeeded by | James Hieb |
| Constituency | 39th district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christine Renee Deboy 1972 (age 53–54) Klamath Falls, Oregon, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Daniel Drazan |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | George Fox University (BA) |
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Christine Renee Drazan (née Deboy, born 1972) is an American politician who is serving in the Oregon State Senate from the 26th district. She previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives representing the 39th district from 2019 to 2022, and the 51st district in 2025. During that tenure she was minority leader from 2019 to 2021, as well as in 2025. She is a member of the Republican Party. Drazan was the party's nominee in the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election, losing to Democrat Tina Kotek.
During her tenure as minority leader, she engaged in various parliamentary tactics to thwart legislation supported by the Democratic majority.
Drazan was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and educated at Eagle Point High School and George Fox University. During the 1990s she worked for Speaker Mark Simmons. She was elected to the state house in 2018 and reelected in 2020.