About Me
Tom Lum Forest
Hi - thank you for being here. I'm happy to meet you! I'm an MIT grad with a science degree in management. I'm a software engineer who lives rurally three miles up a gravel road at 1,300'. I graduated from Hillsboro High School when it was the only high school in town, and have deep family and personal connections to Oregon going back to 1880. I'm also a wilderness hike leader, a singer/guitarist, and have been on the Banks School District Budget Committee since 2012. I'm here to listen to you and collaborate to get where we want to go from where we are, to do the most good for the most people.
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What Do You Care About?
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Here's what's in the front of my mind now. I'll work on your priorities as I get to know them better.
| Undoing Fed tax cuts for the rich
Let’s completely disconnect Oregon’s tax code from the federal code and selectively reconnect. |
Get Corporate Money out of Politics
Hawai’i did it. Montana did it. We can do it! |
| Education | Rural Oregon |
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| Environment | Resilience |
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| Progress | More Details |
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Our Voting District
The 31st House District includes Columbia County except Clatskanie, the western half of Washington County, and the northwest tip of Multnomah County.
District 31 population in 2020 census: 70,692
52% rural, 48% cities
CITY (incorporated) people in 2020 census
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COLUMBIA COUNTY
Columbia City (1926) 1,949
Prescott (1947) 66
Rainier (1885) 1,911
St. Helens (1889) 13,817
Scappoose (1921) 8,010
Vernonia (1891) 2,374
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Banks (1921) 1,837
Gaston (1914) 676
North Plains (1963) 3,441
Registered Voters in HD 31, June 15, 2026
Democrats 17,274
GOP 19,282
non-affiliated 26,942
other 4,977
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68,475 total
Votes Cast by County, November 2024
Columbia: 27,766
Washington: 10,954
Multnomah: 1,668
Yamhill (Gaston): 16
From Census Reporter:
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