Oregon State Representative Mari Watanabe was sworn into office at Portland’s Japanese Garden on Sunday – making history as ...

Mari Watanabe became the newest member of the Oregon Legislature on Jan. 19—and also the state’s first-ever Japanese American ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington ...

Mari Watanabe, a Democrat from the suburbs of Beaverton, is the newest member of Oregon’s House of Representatives.

The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington county commissioners ...

County commissioners appointed Mari Watanabe to the state House on Wednesday, Jan. 15. (Courtesy of Mari Watanabe) Watanabe, who will replace newly appointed Sen. Lisa Reynolds in the House ...

(Photo by Laura Tesler/Oregon Capital Chronicle/Pool) The Oregon House will get its first Japanese American representative after Multnomah and Washington county commissioners voted to appoint Bethany ...