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2020 in Oregon

The year 2020 in Oregon involved several major events.

Politics and government

Incumbents

Elections

Events

Ongoing

February

March

April

  • April 13 – COVID-19 pandemic: Oregon joins Washington and California in creating the Western States Pact, an agreement to ease back each state's COVID-19 restrictions.
  • April 29
  • COVID-19 pandemic: The state reports its 100th death from COVID-19.
  • A man is struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Salem.

May

  • May 5 – COVID-19 pandemic: Cycle Oregon cancels all events for the year.
  • May 7 – COVID-19 pandemic: Governor Kate Brown announces a ban on large gatherings, expected to last until at least September. The Oregon State Fair is canceled almost immediately.
  • May 13 – Organizers announce that the 2020 Hood to Coast is cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
  • May 19 – Oregon marks the end of primary voting for the Democratic and Republican parties.
  • May 20 – A kitten with two faces is born at a farm in Albany.
  • May 28 – Protesters gather at the Multnomah County Justice Center, marking the first George Floyd protest in Oregon.

June

July

  • July 11 – George Floyd protests: Federal agents shoot a protester in the head with a projectile, causing skull fractures and facial injuries requiring facial reconstruction surgery.
  • July 18–19 – Portland's Black Lives Matter street mural is vandalized.
  • July 26 – Unidentified law enforcement hits journalist Trip Jennings directly in the eye with a pepper ball.
  • July 26–27 – A heat wave brings temperatures above 100 degrees in Portland.

August

  • August 20
  • Some Wasco County residents are ordered to evacuate because of the White River Fire.
  • The Northern Oregon Regional Correctional Facility (NORCF) announces that they will end their contract with ICE, leaving the state without any facilities to hold people detained by federal immigration officials.
  • August 25 – A patient scales the wall of the Oregon State Hospital and briefly escapes, running for half of a mile before hospital staff catch up with her.

September

  • September 9 – Two people are killed by wildfires southeast of Salem; these are the first deaths of the year that are confirmed to have been caused by wildfires.
  • September 14 – IQAir.com lists Portland as having the worst air quality in the world, due to ongoing wildfires across the entire West Coast.

November

  • November 3 – Oregon holds elections for president, state representatives, ballot measures, and other issues.

December

  • December 4 – COVID-19 pandemic: The Oregon Health Authority announces the state's 1,000th death from COVID-19.
  • December 21 – A group of protesters breach the Oregon State Capitol, aided by Representative Mike Nearman, during a closed emergency session. The protesters engage in violent confrontations with police and are forced out of the building.

Deaths

See also

References

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