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Norma Paulus is a Republican politician from the state of Oregon, United States.

Political Career

Norma Paulus began her political career by winning election to the Oregon House of Representatives where she served from 1971 to 1977. Following her time in the legislature, Paulus was then the elected as secretary of state. She was the first woman elected to the office and served two terms (1977-1985). This was the first time a woman was elected to a statewide office in Oregon. After her terms as SOS she ran for governor, losing to Democrat Neil Goldschmidt in the 1986 election. She later was elected to two terms as superintendent of public instruction (1991-1999). Paulus then ran for the United States Senate in the December 5, 1995 special primary election. The election was for the nominations to replace Bob Packwood who resigned. Paulus finished second to Gordon Smith in the Republican primary. Smith then lost to Ron Wyden in the general election before he was elected later in 1996 to fill the vacancy left when Mark Hatfield retired.

Personal

Education: Graduated from Burns Union High School, then Willamette University College of Law in 1962. Family: Married to husband Bill with two children, Elizabeth and Fritz.

Other

Norma Paulus also has worked at the Oregon Historical Society. Paulus keeps a small statue of a lion on a desk in her downtown Portland home that was given to her in October 1981 by the northeast Portland Lions Club when she was inducted as their first female member. The next day, Paulus, who was Oregon’s secretary of state at the time, was visited in her office at the Oregon Capitol by the president of the statewide Oregon Lions Club. He had come to ask Paulus to return the Portland club’s gift. He did not think the statue – or membership into the club – should have been given to a woman. She worked as a legal secretary for the Oregon Supreme Court prior to law school.

References

1. ^ Compton, Jocelyn West. "Alumni Close Up". Willamette University College of Law. Retrieved 2006-11-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
2. Robbins, William G. (2002). "People, Politics, and the Environment Since 1945: Women in Oregon Politics". The Oregon History Project. Oregon Historical Society. Retrieved 2006-11-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
3. ^ "December 5, 1995 Special Election". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 2006-11-03. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)