The district, at the time included most of Lake Oswego and portions of southwestern Portland.
In January 2009, he was elected as chair of the Oregon Republican Party and served until 2011, when he was succeeded by Allen Alley.
[7] Tiernan said he had Clackamas County had not notified him of the tax debt, and he paid the past-due amount after the publication brought it to his attention.
[8] In court papers filed in July 2020, as part of Tiernan's long-running feud with San Francisco Bay Area cyclists, he asserted through his lawyers that he had lived in Diablo, California, "from 1963 to 1980, and again from 2006 to present"; The Oregonian noted that this raised questions about whether Tiernan had lived in Oregon for the preceding three years, a requirement for candidates for governor under the state Constitution.
[8] [9] Asked about the issue in May 2022, Tiernan said his primary residence is Lake Oswego (where he brought the home in September 2019), but that he spent 30% of his time in California caring for his elderly parents; he also said that his wife Carissa Sauer is a resident of Washington state, where she owns a home in Battle Ground.