Wlnsvey CamposServing

Wlnsvey Campos

State SenateDemocrat

OR-SD-18 State Senate

Age 30·Latina (first-generation American, daughter of immigrants)·State Senator, Oregon Senate District 18 (2023-present)

Why This Race Matters

Campos is the youngest ever Oregon State Senator, elected at 27 in 2022. She authored SB 605, which prohibits medical debt from appearing on credit reports (signed into law, effective Jan 1, 2026), and SB 599, which bans housing discrimination based on immigration status. Received the 2025 20 Under 40 Leadership Award from the Council of State Governments.

Not up for re-election until 2028. Won 2024 re-election with 62.7% over Republican Brian Pierson. Her legislative work on housing and healthcare continues to build her profile as a rising progressive leader. She previously served in the Oregon House (2021-2023) before winning a special election for Senate at age 27, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to the Oregon Legislature at 25 in 2020.

About

Wlnsvey Campos (pronounced "wins-vay") represents Oregon Senate District 18, covering Aloha, South Hillsboro, and Beaverton. Born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents, she was raised in Bandon, Oregon by a single father in a low-income household. From age 8 until leaving for college, her family lived in a motel room. At 27, she became the youngest ever Oregon State Senator when elected in 2022. She previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives (2021-2023), where at 25 she was the youngest woman ever elected to the Oregon Legislature.

Family & Heritage

First-generation American and first-generation college graduate. Daughter of immigrants, born in Los Angeles and raised in Bandon, Oregon by a single father. Her family lived in poverty - from age 8 until leaving for college, they lived in a motel room. This experience of housing instability drives her policy focus on housing and human services.

Political Career

Before Politics

Strategic Initiatives Manager, Oregon School-Based Health Alliance (current); Case Manager/Family Advocate, Family Promise of Beaverton; Political Campaign Manager (including Hillsboro School Board campaign); Political Organizer, Oregon Nurses Association; Political Organizer, Our Oregon/A Better Oregon; Financial Aid Office, Pacific University (student job); Elementary School Tutor, Forest Grove (volunteer)

Education

B.A. in Political Science, Pacific University (2017); B.A. in Philosophy: Law, Ethics, and Society, Pacific University (2017); 2017 Outstanding Senior in Speech and Debate

Awards & Recognition

2025 "20 Under 40" Leadership Award, Council of State Governments; 2017 Outstanding Senior in Speech and Debate, Pacific University

Key Issues & Priorities

*Affordable housing and housing discrimination protections (SB 599 - preventing housing discrimination based on immigration status)
*Healthcare access and equity (Oregon Health Plan expansion, reproductive healthcare, school-based health centers)
*Medical debt relief (SB 605 - keeping medical debt off credit reports)
*Food security and addressing hunger
*Climate action and environmental justice
*Behavioral health services funding

Notable Legislation

SB 599 - Housing Discrimination Protections

Housing discrimination protections based on immigration status

introduced

SB 605 - Medical Debt Credit Reporting Protections

introduced

SB 610 - Behavioral Health Services Funding

Behavioral health services funding oversight

introduced

Emergency Planned Parenthood Funding

Emergency funding to maintain Planned Parenthood access for Oregon Medicaid patients

Endorsements

2024: Willamette Week
Oregon League of Conservation Voters (OLCV)
SEIU Oregon State Council
AFT-Oregon
Next Up Action Fund
Run For Something

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