Editing Hood River County, Oregon (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
Hood River is a home rule county with an administrative style of government. The county is governed by an elected board of five commissioners. Four commissioners are elected from four geographic districts, and the chair is elected at large.<ref name="HRULE">{{Cite web |title=Hood River County Home Rule Charter |url=http://www.co.hood-river.or.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={6F200A39-4F75-49CB-A5BB-FE596DECC43E} |publisher=Hood River County, Oregon}}</ref>

The county operates two campgrounds at Toll Bridge Park and Tucker Park. The Forestry Department manages the 31,000 acre County Forest for timber sale revenue and to develop and maintain recreation trails. In fiscal year 2014 gross revenue from County timber sales was $3,851,646 while Forestry Department expenses where $1,049,648. Property taxes generated $3,071,038 in revenue in the same year.<ref name="HRBUG">{{Cite web |title=Hood River County, Oregon, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for fiscal year ended June 30, 2014. |url=http://www.co.hood-river.or.us/ |publisher=[[Hood River County]]}}</ref>

The Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Facility (Norcor), a short-term jail, serves Hood River, [[Gilliam County, Oregon|Gilliam]], [[Sherman County, Oregon|Sherman]], and [[Wasco County, Oregon|Wasco]] counties.<ref>"[http://www.norcor.co.wasco.or.us/ Norcor Home] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124033718/http://www.norcor.co.wasco.or.us/ |date=November 24, 2011}}." Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Facility. Retrieved on November 22, 2011.</ref>

Hood River County is currently one of 11 counties in Oregon in which therapeutic psilocybin is legal.

===Presidential and statewide elections===
Hood River County is a reliable state bellwether, having voted for Oregon's statewide winner in every presidential election since 1948, along with Benton County. The county can be considered an outlier among other rural counties in the state and across the nation, partly due to its close proximity to Portland. 

Starting in 1988, Hood River County has become one of Oregon’s most reliably Democratic strongholds, supporting Democratic candidates for president and for statewide office often by wide margins.
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In the [[Oregon House of Representatives]], Hood River County is included in the 52nd House District, represented by [[Jeff Helfrich]]. In the [[Oregon State Senate]], it is located within the 26th Senate District, which is represented by [[Daniel Bonham]]. Both Helfrich and Bonham are registered Republicans.


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{{PresRow|1972|Republican|3,152|2,330|359|Oregon}}
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