Tina Kotek Parents: Meet Tina Kotek’s Mother And Father

Tina Kotek was born to Jerry Albert Kotek and Florence Matich.

Tina Kotek’s father was of Czech ancestry while her mother’s parents were Slovenes. Tina Kotek’s father Jerry Albert Kotek was born in 1928 and died in 2011.

Tina Kotek’s mother, Florence was born in 1929, however, she passed away in 2007. was born on September 30, 1966, in York, Pennsylvania

Tina Kotek is the Democratic nominee for Governor of Oregon in the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election.

Tina Kotek has worked as the policy director of Children First for Oregon. She was a public policy advocate for the Oregon Food Bank.

Tina Kotek has previously served as the co-chair of the Governor’s Medicaid Advisory Committee. In June 2011, Tina Kotek was chosen by the House Democratic Caucus as their leader.

Tina Kotek is the longest-serving speaker of the House in Oregon history. She was re-elected for the two-year sessions in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2021.

Tina Kotek was the first openly lesbian person to serve as a speaker of a state house in the United States.