People First Leadership

Barbara
KahlFor Congress

Barbara Kahl brings practical solutions, accountable leadership, and a people-first campaign to Oregon's 1st Congressional District.

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OR-1Oregon's 1st District

2026Congressional Election

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People. Conversation. Solutions.

Dr. Barbara Kahl listens to people across Oregon's 1st District—in our towns, on our coasts, and in our communities—because real solutions start with real conversations.

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100+Years Oregon roots

30+Years serving communities

CD-1Congressional district

2026Primary election

Key priorities

Barbara Kahl’s priorities
for Oregon District 1.

Barbara Kahl is focused on affordability, education, and accountability because Oregon families deserve results, not more excuses.

Jobs & Economy: Making Affordability a Reality Again

Oregonians are not struggling because they stopped working hard. Federal policy has made it harder to build, grow, and hire at home.

Restoring affordability means unlocking timber supply, revitalizing Columbia River and coastal ports, cutting regulatory burdens on small businesses, and aligning workforce investment with real jobs.

Discipline. Accountability. Transparency. Results. That is what I will bring to Congress.

Educational Improvement, College & Trades, School Choice, Teacher Freedom

Oregon ranks 50th in reading, dead last in the nation. Only 40% of 3rd graders read proficiently, yet the OEA helped block phonics mandates for years and fights school choice at every turn.

Union contracts lock teachers into seniority systems that reward tenure over results, stripping the classroom freedom great educators deserve.

Oregon's students need real pathways to college, to trades, and to opportunity. I support empowering teachers, expanding school choice, and demanding evidence-based reading, writing, and math instruction.

Livability Matters. Students first.

Federal Fiduciary Accountability

Your tax dollars should not vanish into NGO overhead and politically connected middlemen.

Nearly one-third of nonprofit revenue now comes from government sources, and large nonprofits report almost half their funding from taxpayers. Funneling federal funds through NGOs has become a strategy to hide your dollars from accountability.

Federal dollars for Oregon projects must flow directly to results, not to administrators managing administrators.

Livability Matters. Your money, your accountability.

Barbara Kahl is running to bring discipline, transparency, local common sense, and real accountability back to Congress for Oregon's 1st District.

Key issues

Explore Barbara Kahl’s positions on the issues.

Local Representation

A rooted local voice for Oregon's 1st District, focused on listening to the people who live and work here.

Bottom-Up Leadership

Leadership that starts with the district, listens first, and carries Oregon voices to Congress.

Taxes & Spending

Protecting taxpayers by exposing waste, demanding accountability, and respecting public money.

Reliable Energy

Supporting affordable, dependable energy solutions that keep Oregon families and businesses moving.

No Harmful Wind Projects

Opposing projects that threaten fisheries, coastal livelihoods, wildlife, working lands, and local communities.

Forests & Working Lands

Supporting responsible forest management, rural jobs, working farms, and wildfire prevention.

Ports & Coastal Jobs

Standing up for ports, fisheries, tourism, small businesses, and the coastal economy.

Animal Welfare

Bringing veterinary experience and practical judgment to animal welfare policy.

Taxpayer Accountability

Following public dollars through agencies, contractors, NGOs, and recipients so taxpayers can see results.

Education Results

Demanding stronger reading, writing, math, school choice, teacher freedom, and pathways to college or trades.

Veterans First

Standing with veterans who deserve real support with benefits, housing, health care, and life after service.

BarbaraKahlFor Congress