Kate Brown

Katherine Brown (born June 21, 1960) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Previously, Brown served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997 and the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2009, serving as majority leader from 2003 to 2009. She was elected Oregon Secretary of State in 2008 and re-elected in 2012. In 2015, she became governor of Oregon after John Kitzhaber resigned due to a corruption scandal. She was elected to serve out the remainder of his term in a 2016 special election, and was re-elected to a full term in 2018.

Brown is the first openly LGBT person elected to statewide office and the first openly LGBT person elected governor of a U.S. state. By the end of her term, Brown had the lowest approval ratings of any incumbent U.S. governor at that time. Provided by Wikipedia