Starr is from Aloha , Oregon , and was born in 1969 in Portland , Oregon , as the youngest of four children to Charles and Kathy Starr . Starr grew up to the south of Hillsboro where he attended Groner Elementary before graduating from Hillsboro High School in 1986 . That year he completed high school in independent study in order to work for the campaign of Joe Lutz who was running against Bob Packwood . Lutz lost in the Republican primary for Packwood 's United States Senate seat . After high school he attended Portland State University ( PSU ) and worked as a legislative intern for Oregon Senator Bob Kintigh during the 1987 and 1989 legislatures . In 1988 , he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention held in New Orleans , Louisiana
Republican National Convention
1988 Republican National Convention
Bruce Starr