Leslie Cummings is an American government official who served as acting Oregon Secretary of State from February 26, 2019 to March 31, 2019.
Leslie Cummings | |
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| Acting Secretary of State of Oregon | |
| In office February 26, 2019 – March 31, 2019 | |
| Governor | Kate Brown |
| Preceded by | Dennis Richardson |
| Succeeded by | Bev Clarno |
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| Political party | Republican |
Personal life
editCummings is Christian. She has written two novels about horses, and co-owns a racehorse with her sister.[1]
Career
editIn 2012, Cummings worked as an IT manager in the Oregon Employment Department. At the time, Cummings' husband, Bob Cummings, was working as an IT analyst for the Legislative Fiscal Office. Cummings' husband was later the subject of an ethics complaint. In 2013, Cummings resigned from her position at the OED.[2] After Dennis Richardson was elected Oregon Secretary of State in 2016, he appointed Cummings to serve as deputy secretary of state.[3][4]
Cummings had previously assumed the duties of Secretary of State during Richardson's treatment for brain cancer.[5] Cummings served in the position for one month after Richardson's death, after which politician Bev Clarno was selected to serve until the 2020 Oregon Secretary of State election.[6][7][8] After Clarno took office, Cummings and other members of the Secretary of States's Executive Office were forced to resign.[9]
References
edit- ^ Budnick, Nick. "Secretary of state's deputy rose despite past IT debacle". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Molly Young | The (2013-06-30). "Oregon Employment Department shake-up casts spotlight on accusations of nepotism". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ "Oregon Secretary of State-elect names ousted officials to top posts". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ "New secretary of state names ousted officials to top posts". AP NEWS. 2016-12-30. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ "State of Oregon Newsroom : NewsDetail : State of Oregon". www.oregon.gov. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ "Oregon Secretary Of State Remembered As Tenacious, Dedicated Public Servant". www.opb.org. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ Budnick, Nick. "Secretary of state's deputy rose despite past IT debacle". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ "Oregon Secretary Of State Remembered As Tenacious, Dedicated Public Servant". Jefferson Public Radio. 2019-03-07. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ^ Radnovich, Connor. "Three top staff let go from Oregon Secretary of State's Executive Office". Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2020-09-13.