Matt Wingard is a native Oregonian who began his career as a television reporter in Yakima, Washington and then served as a congressional aide, legislative administrator and campaign manager before starting his own consulting company in 2002. He has managed campaigns at the state and federal level, including races for Congress, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Oregon State Legislature.
Matt is a native Oregonian who graduated from Aloha High School. He attended the University of Southern California where he received a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism.
As a reporter for KIMA-TV in Central Washington, Matt covered agriculture, courts and politics. Eventually, Congressman Doc Hastings asked Matt to become his Field Representative and run his Yakima Congressional Office. In 2000, Matt ran Congressman Hastings' successful re-election campaign.
In 2001 Matt moved back to Oregon and became a Committee Administrator for Representative Jerry Krummel. Eventually, he started his own Public Relations firm where he continued running campaigns and consulting on various projects.
Matt’s most visible role was as Executive Director of Oregonians for Jobs and Power, where he successfully opposed efforts by Portland Politicians and activists to turn PGE - - which serves all of Wilsonville, Sherwood, Bull Mountain - - into a government utility run by Portland politicians.
Matt is heavily involved in the struggle for public education reform. His clients include the largest online charter school in Oregon as well as Cascade Policy Institute, Oregon’s free-market think tank.
Matt’s op-eds have been published in The Washington Times, The Oregonian, The Portland Tribune, The Portland Business Journal, BrainstormNW, and a number of community newspapers.
Matt publishes The Wingard Report, the most popular conservative electronic newsletter in Oregon. He lives in Wilsonville and is the father of Hunter, 13.
