jackie winters (april 15, 1937 – may 29, 2019) was an american politician. she was born in topeka, kansas. she was a republican. she was the first african-american republican elected to oregon legislature. she served as a member of the oregon house of representatives from 1999 to 2003. she was a member of the oregon senate from 2003 until her death in may 2019. winters was minority leader of the oregon senate between november 2017 and january 2019.