What is Norma Paulus?
[[File:Portrait of Norma J. Paulus.jpg|right|200px]] '''Norma Jean Paulus''' (née '''Petersen'''; March 13, 1933&nbsp;– February 28, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician. She was born in [[Belgrade, Nebraska|Belgrade]], [[Nebraska]]. She was a member of the [[Republican Party (politician)|Republican Party]]. Paulus was the [[Oregon Secretary of State]] from 1977 to 1985. Paulus ran in the Republican primary for the [[United States Senate]] in 1995 after [[Bob Packwood]] resigned. She lost the primary to [[Gordon H. Smith]]. Paulus died on February 28, 2019 at her home in [[Portland, Oregon]] of complications from [[vascular dementia]], aged 85.<ref>{{cite news |title=Norma Paulus, pioneering Oregon woman politician and former secretary of state, dead at 85 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2019/02/norma-paulus-pioneering-oregon-woman-politician-and-former-secretary-of-state-dead-at-85.html |access-date=March 1, 2019 |publisher=Oregonlive.com}}</ref><ref>[https://www.opb.org/news/article/norma-paulus-dead-oregon-obituary/ Norma Paulus, Pioneering Oregon Republican And Vote-By-Mail Advocate, Has Died] Oregon Public Broadcasting</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv80636 Norma Paulus Papers, circa 1940-2003], Oregon Historical Society Research Library, Portland, Oregon, accessed January 17, 2017. *[http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv29254 The Norma Paulus Papers, 1953-2006], Willamette University Archives, Salem, Oregon {{DEFAULTSORT:Paulus, Norma}} [[Category:1933 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from vascular dementia]] [[Category:Lawyers from Portland, Oregon]] [[Category:American political activists]] [[Category:Politicians from Nebraska]] [[Category:Politicians from Portland, Oregon]] [[Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Lawyers from Nebraska]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Oregon]] {{US-bio-stub}}