In 1999, Hoyle and her family moved to
Lane County, Oregon, where she joined the education advocacy group
Stand for Children. Before serving in the Oregon legislature, she worked in sales and marketing for bicycle manufacturers
Burley Design and Cane Creek, and served as legislative aide and policy analyst for State Senator
Floyd Prozanski. She was also a director of the
United Way of Lane County.
Oregon House of Representatives Hoyle was appointed to the Oregon House of Representatives in August 2009 to replace
Chris Edwards, who was appointed to the Oregon State Senate. In
2010, she was reelected to a full term, defeating
Republican Dwight Coon and
Independent Kevin Prociw. On November 6, 2012, Hoyle again defeated Coon to win a second full term. Before the
2011 legislative session, Hoyle was elected assistant caucus leader of the Oregon House Democrats. During the 2011 legislative session, she was co-vice chair of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education, and served on the House Committees on Health Care and Business & Labor. She also served on the Governor's Health Care Transformation Team. On November 15, 2012, after House Democrats selected
Tina Kotek as
speaker of the Oregon House, Hoyle was elected to lead the Oregon House Democrats as House majority leader for the
2013 Legislative Session. During the 2013 legislative session, she co-chaired the House Task Force on O&C Counties and was vice chair of the House Committee on Rules. Shortly before the 2014 legislative session, former State Representative
Chris Garrett received an executive appointment to the Oregon Court of Appeals and Hoyle was named chair of the House Committee on Rules. Hoyle also served as a legislative co-chair of the Oregon Elder Abuse Prevention Workgroup. After Oregon Governor
John Kitzhaber resigned in February 2015, elevating
Kate Brown to the governorship,
The Oregonian named Hoyle as a possible successor to Brown as
Oregon Secretary of State. Hoyle stepped down as majority leader in 2015 to run for
Oregon secretary of state. In the 2016 Democratic primary, she came in second place, receiving 33.81% of the vote to Democratic nominee Brad Avakian's 39.06%.
Labor commissioner In 2018, Hoyle ran to become Oregon's 10th labor commissioner, a nonpartisan elected position. She won the race outright in May, receiving 52% of the vote and winning 17 of 36 counties. == U.S. House of Representatives ==