Diane Linthicum is an American politician, currently serving on the Oregon State Senate.
She is the wife of the previous senator to hold this seat, Dennis Linthicum, who was deemed ineligible to run for re-election due to his participation in the 2023 Oregon Senate walkout and the passage of Measure 113, which denied eligibility to run for re-election to any state legislator with 10 or more unexcused absences in a legislative session.
[2] In her biography, Linthicum lists her occupational background as an office manager and CFO for Aslan Enterprises, and as the owner of Burning Daylight Foods.
In the primary, Linthicum defeated Klamath County Commissioner Dave Henslee with 59.1% of the vote.
In the general election, she defeated Democratic nursing assistant Dylan Guttridge with 69.7% of the vote.