John Lim
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John Lim
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Member of the Oregon Senate
from the 11th district |
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| In office 1993-2001 |
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| Succeeded by | John Minnis |
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Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 50th district |
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| Assumed office 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Laurie Monnes Anderson |
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| Born | December 23, 1935 Korea |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Seoul Theological College Western Evangelical Seminary |
John Lim (born December 23, 1935) is a Republican politician in the United States state of Oregon. He has served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in 1998, losing to incumbent Democrat Ron Wyden.
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Lim grew up in Yeoju, Korea. He was married in 1963 and graduated from Seoul Theological College in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion. After emigrating to the United States in 1966. When John Lim first came to America he was completely penniless and wanted to become a cotholic minister but he would have to switch his faith. He kept his religion and soon realized how many more oppurtunitys were here than in Korea. He made good use of that fact and started a painting bussiness as well as a gardening business. He continued his theological studies at Western Evangelical Seminary where he received his Master of Divinity in 1970.
Lim was elected to the 11th district[1] of the Oregon State Senate in 1992. He served as Majority Leader in 1995 and was reelected in 1996. In April 1999, while serving as chairman of the Trade & Economic Development committee, Lim famously proposed installing signs at the state lines reading, "You are welcome to visit Oregon, but please don't stay." The signs were intended to discourage visitors from moving to Oregon, to preserve the state's economic and ecologic infrastructure as well as general "quality of life."[2]
Oregon's term limit law was still in effect at the conclusion of his second Senate term, so he left the Senate following the 1999 Legislative session. Lim was succeeded by fellow Republican John Minnis.[3]
In 2004, Lim was elected State Representative of District 50. He was re-elected to that office in 2006.
John Lim lost his bid for Re-Election to the Oregon House in the 2008 general election, Democrat and former Police Officer Greg Matthews will take over representation of Oregon's 50th District when Oregon's new House convenes.
- ^ Note: District numbers changed following the Census of 2000.
- ^ http://www.leg.state.or.us/99reg/measures/sjr1.dir/sjr0022.int.html
- ^ State Senate
