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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jo Rae Perkins
| image = Jo Rae Perkins
| caption = Perkins in
| office = Secretary of the [[Oregon Republican Party]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|9}}▼
| term_start = 2022
|birth_place = [[Portsmouth, Virginia]], U.S.▼
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| predecessor =
|death_place = ▼
| successor =
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]▼
| office1 = Chairwoman of the [[Linn County, Oregon|Linn County]] Republican Party
|spouse = {{marriage|George Perkins|1978}}▼
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| term_end1 = 2012
|education = [[Linn-Benton Community College]] ([[Associate of Science|AS]])<br>[[Oregon State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])▼
▲| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|9}}
▲| birth_place = [[Portsmouth, Virginia]], U.S.
| death_date =
▲| death_place =
▲| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
▲| spouse = {{marriage|George Perkins|1978}}
| children = 2
▲| education = [[Linn-Benton Community College]] ([[Associate of Science|AS]])<br>[[Oregon State University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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'''Jo Rae Perkins''' (born May 9, 1956) is an American [[perennial candidate]] who was the unsuccessful [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] nominee for both the [[2020 United States Senate election in Oregon|2020 U.S. Senate election]] and [[2022 United States Senate election in Oregon|2022 U.S. Senate election]] in Oregon. Perkins lives in [[Albany, Oregon]], and has received national attention for her belief in [[QAnon]].<ref name="auto">{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Mike |date=May 20, 2020 |title=G.O.P. Voters Back QAnon Conspiracy Promoter for U.S. Senate |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/20/us/oregon-senate-perkins-qanon.html |accessdate=June 14, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sidner |first=Sara |date=2020-08-22 |title=The US Senate candidate who took a QAnon pledge {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/22/politics/jo-rae-perkins-qanon-oregon-senate-race/index.html |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref><ref name="DB">{{Cite news|title=Oregon Republican Senate Primary Winner Jo Rae Perkins Thanks QAnon for Victory|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jo-rae-perkins-oregon-republican-senate-primary-winner-thanks-qanon-for-victory|last=Ross|first=Jamie|website=The Daily Beast|date=May 20, 2020|language=en|access-date=May 20, 2020|quote=Jo Rae Perkins won the Republican Senate primary in Oregon late Tuesday—and one of her first acts following her victory was to thank QAnon conspiracy theorists. “Hi, my name is Jo Rae Perkins, candidate for the U.S. Senate in Oregon,” Perkins said in a celebratory video. “Where we go one, we go all. I stand with President Trump, I stand with Q and the team. Thank you Anons, and thank you patriots. Together, we can save our republic.”}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|title=Jo Rae Perkins wins Republican Senate primary in Oregon |url=https://apnews.com/1e524aba70cd7491f0a7b48ba36dbe0c|last=|first=|website=The Associated Press|language=en|access-date=May 20, 2020|date=May 19, 2020}}</ref><ref name=Oregonian>{{cite news |last1=Rambo |first1=K. |title=Republican backers largely stand with Senate nominee Jo Rae Perkins, despite 'QAnon' controversy |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-backers-largely-stand-with-senate-nominee-jo-rae-perkins-despite-qanon-controversy/ar-BB14GzFZ |accessdate=June 1, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |publisher=MSN |date=May 28, 2020}}</ref><ref name="The Daily Dot">{{cite news |last1=Goforth |first1=Claire |title=QAnon-supporting Republican claims the media is lying about her support of QAnon |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/oregon-senate-jo-rae-perkins-denies-qanon-belief/ |work=The Daily Dot |accessdate=July 14, 2020 |date=May 21, 2020}}</ref>
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Perkins was born in [[Portsmouth, Virginia]]. She graduated with an Associate of Science in business management from [[Linn–Benton Community College]] in 1998 and a Bachelor of Arts in political science from [[Oregon State University]] in 2013.<ref name="LaneToday-Jan14-CandidateProfile">{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Scott |last2=Evoniuk |first2=Joanna |title=U.S. Senate Candidate Profile: Jo Rae Perkins |url=http://lanetoday.com/2014/01/08/u-s-senate-candidate-profile-jo-rae-perkins/ |accessdate=May 23, 2020 |date=January 8, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428231136/http://lanetoday.com/2014/01/08/u-s-senate-candidate-profile-jo-rae-perkins/ |archivedate=April 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=VoteSmart>{{cite web |title=Jo Rae Perkins' Biography|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/146001/jo-rae-perkins |accessdate=June 9, 2020 |work=Vote Smart }}</ref> Perkins attended accounting and financial planning classes at [[Golden West College]] and the [[University of Portland]].<ref name=VoteSmart/> She has resided in [[Albany, Oregon]] since 1975.<ref name="ADH-Aug05-HotAirBalloon">{{cite news |title=An early riser — once a year |url=https://democratherald.com/news/local/an-early-riser-once-a-year/article_0d6d9fe0-9ee9-532e-9b6b-54bb196ba35f.html |accessdate=May 23, 2020 |work=Albany Democrat-Herald |date=August 25, 2005 |language=en}}</ref>
Perkins and her husband, George, a carpet installation contractor, have been married since 1978, and they have two children.<ref name=meet>{{cite web|url=https://www.perkinsforussenate.vote/meet-jo-rae/|title=Meet Jo Rae|publisher=Perkins for U.S. Senate|accessdate=December 6, 2020|archive-date=December 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204054715/https://www.perkinsforussenate.vote/meet-jo-rae/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Perkins attended the protest at which the [[2021 United States Capitol attack]] occurred, saying she attended because she did not believe the election vote tally was accurate.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCormick |first1=Keely |title=Former candidate for Oregon Senate speaks on involvement in insurrection at the Capitol |url=https://kval.com/news/local/former-candidate-for-oregon-senate-speaks-on-involvement-in-insurrection-at-the-capitol-01-16-2021 |work=KVAL |date=15 January 2021}}</ref> Perkins says she did not enter the Capitol building.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Danny |title=Ex-Senate candidate Jo Rae Perkins among Trump supporters in DC |url=https://www.koin.com/news/ex-senate-candidate-jo-rae-perkins-among-trump-supporters-in-dc/ |work=KOIN |date=7 January 2021}}</ref> Perkins also made unsubstantiated claims that [[Antifa (United States)|
== Career ==
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=== 2014 ===
{{main|2014 United States Senate election in Oregon}}
[[File:Jo Rae Perkins senate forum 2014.png|thumb|Perkins at a 2014 senate candidate forum]]
Perkins was the first Republican challenger to enter the [[2014 United States Senate election in Oregon|2014 Oregon Republican U.S. Senate primary]], entering the race on August 16 in her first federal election attempt.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gaston |first1=Christian |title=Former Linn County GOP chairwoman announces bid against Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2013/08/former_linn_county_gop_chairwo.html |accessdate=May 23, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=August 16, 2013 |language=en}}</ref> Perkins said she decided to run in large part out of concern regarding erosion of states' rights.<ref name="LaneToday-Jan14-CandidateProfile"/> Her campaign expressed dissatisfaction after she was not invited to a January debate between the two front-runners at the Dorchester Conference.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mapes |first1=Jeff |title=Jason Conger and Monica Wehby invited to two-candidate GOP Senate debate at Dorchester; Conger accepts, Wehby unsure |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/2014/02/jason_conger_and_monica_wehby.html |accessdate=May 23, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=February 26, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> As of February 2014, she had raised just under $4,600 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US|value=4600|start_year=2014}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}) in campaign funding for the year, the least out of the four eventual Republican candidates.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mapes |first1=Jeff |title=How Jeff Merkley, Monica Wehby and Jason Conger stack up in fundraising for Oregon's Senate race |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/2014/02/how_jeff_merkley_monica_wehby.html |accessdate=May 23, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=February 11, 2014 |language=en}}</ref> Perkins lost the Republican primary, coming in fourth place with 3% of the vote.<ref name=officialresults>{{cite web | url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/6873756 | title=May 20, 2014 Primary Election Abstract of Votes: United States Senator | accessdate=July 3, 2014 | publisher=Oregon Secretary of State}}</ref>
=== 2016 ===
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[[File:Perkins for Senate logo.jpg|thumb|Senate campaign logo]]
In 2019, Perkins filed again to run for the Republican nomination in Oregon Congressional District 4.<ref>[https://kqennewsradio.com/2019/11/19/perkins-running-for-congress/ PERKINS RUNNING FOR CONGRESS], ''[[KQEN]]'', November 19, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2020.</ref> However, she dropped out of the 4th District race when she filed instead to run for the U.S. Republican Senate primary, saying she was inspired by what she described as incumbent Democratic Senator [[Jeff Merkley]]'s focus on "sham impeachment trials."<ref name="KQEN-Jan20-EntersRace">{{cite news |last1=Bailey |first1=Kyle |title=Joe Rae Perkins enters race for U.S. Senate |url=https://kqennewsradio.com/2020/01/22/jo-rae-perkins-enters-race-for-u-s-senate/ |accessdate=May 23, 2020 |work=KQEN News Radio |date=January 22, 2020}}</ref><ref name="DailyDot-May20-QWins"/> Between entering the race and March 2020, Perkins raised over $25,000 (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=25000|start_year=2020}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in publicly declared campaign funds, with many donations on [[WinRed]], the official Republican National Convention fundraising platform.<ref name="DailyDot-May20-QWins">{{cite news |last1=Goforth |first1=Claire |title=QAnon conspiracy believer wins Republican primary for Senate |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/qanon-follower-wins-republican-senate-primary-oregon/ |accessdate=May 23, 2020 |work=The Daily Dot |date=May 20, 2020}}</ref> Perkins later received an endorsement and $5000 in donations from former Arkansas governor [[Mike Huckabee]]'s [[political action committee]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gedye |first1=Grace |last2=Walker |first2=James |title=The QAnon Super PAC Was a Flop |url=https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/11/18/the-qanon-super-pac-was-a-flop/ |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=Washington Monthly - Politics |date=18 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hananoki |first1=Eric |title=Mike Huckabee's PAC has been giving money to QAnon candidates |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/qanon-conspiracy-theory/mike-huckabees-pac-has-been-giving-money-qanon-candidates |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=Media Matters for America |date=29 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Perkins won the primary on May 19, 2020, and opposed the Democratic incumbent Senator Jeff Merkley in November for the general election. She finished with nearly fifty percent of the vote in the primary, well ahead of her three challengers.<ref name="DB"/><ref name="auto1"/>
Perkins spoke at the "Cruise for Trump Campaign Kickoff Rally" alongside Kim Thatcher, a Republican challenger for Secretary of State. Perkins denounced the use of masks, garnering applause.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Abbey |title=Candidates fire up crowd during Cruise For Trump Campaign Kickoff Rally |url=https://www.nrtoday.com/news/local/douglas_county/candidates-fire-up-crowd-during-cruise-for-trump-campaign-kickoff-rally/article_c3eb886f-e0ed-518d-beb7-b622be75f691.html |work=[[The News-Review]] |date=August 28, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Perkins ran an [[underdog]] campaign to unseat Merkley, and her efforts were supported by party leaders.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lerer |first1=Lisa |title=The QAnon Caucus |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/18/us/politics/qanon-candidates.html |accessdate=July 14, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=June 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Amber |title= Why QAnon supporters are winning congressional primaries |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/13/why-qanon-supporters-are-winning-congressional-primaries/ |accessdate=July 14, 2020 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 13, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In late 2020, Perkins sued to remove the [[Libertarian]] candidate Gary Dye from the ballot. Her legal argument asserted that a 2011 ruling by the secretary of state allowed improper voting behaviors supporting one libertarian faction, and that she would be the main candidate who would otherwise have received the votes that would go to Dye. A judge dismissed the lawsuit in mid-September.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Blake |title=Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate faces lawsuit to be removed from ballot |url=https://ktvz.com/news/central-oregon/2020/09/30/libertarian-u-s-senate-candidate-faces-lawsuit-to-be-removed-from-ballot/ |access-date=15 February 2021 |work=KTVZ |date=1 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mapes |first1=Jeff |title=Judge rejects attempt to remove Oregon Libertarian candidate for US Senate from November ballot |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2020/09/16/judge-rejects-attempt-to-remove-oregon-libertarian-candidate-for-us-senate-from-november-ballot/ |work=OPB |date=16 September 2020}}</ref>
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== Political positions ==
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*[https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2020/09/30/a-candidate-for-congress-is-bringing-the-qanon-conspiracy-theory-to-a-baseball-stadium-near-you/ A Candidate for Congress Is Bringing the QAnon Conspiracy Theory to a Baseball Stadium Near You]
*[https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2020/05/22/28456048/in-addition-to-believing-in-qanon-oregon-senate-candidate-jo-rae-perkins-also-makes-hideous-jewelry In Addition to Believing in QAnon, US Senate Candidate Jo Rae Perkins Also Makes Hideous Jewelry]
*[https://www.perkinsforussenate.vote/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629180620/https://www.perkinsforussenate.vote/ |date=June 29, 2020 }}
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