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REDISTRICT,
It’s the most
important issue
of 2021, period.
From a political
standpoint
Continued from page A1
District would include all of Clackamas,
most of Marion County and would
become a much more competitive district
for Republicans, according to the data
website FiveThirtyEight.
The other five districts, under the
Republican proposal, would include
two Democratic-leaning districts, one
Republican-leaning district, and two other
highly competitive districts.
Post said the current map, where
Oregon Democrats hold a four to one
advantage in Congress, isn’t representa-
tive of Oregon. He pointed to the fact that
Gov. Kate Brown only received 50.1% of
votes in the 2018 election.
“It looks different on paper, but we're
kind of a 50-50 state. So I would think the
congressional districts should reflect that
about 50-50,” said Post. “I know that that's
unrealistic, but I think four to two (con-
gressional seats) is probably more repre-
sentative of Oregon.”
The Democrat proposal, according to
FiveThirtyEight, would make the state
even more left-leaning. The proposal
would include five Democratic-leaning
seats, one Republican-leaning seat and
would eliminate two highly competitive
seats.
The 6th District, which would
include Keizer, would incorporate
parts of five counties and would be
Democratic-leaning.
Both proposals would have implications
The proposed state leg-
islative maps also included
dramatic changes to Keizer’s
House District 25 and Senate
District 13.
Post said House District
25, which he represents, most
likely won’t include St. Paul
and Newberg anymore. He
said it’s important for Keizer
residents to go to hearings
to let mapmakers know what
cities they feel should be
connected with Keizer.
The hearings, where
members of the public are
encouraged to give feedback
on the maps, are split up
based on congressional dis-
tricts. The 5th Congressional
District had its first hearing
Sept. 9 and will have its second hearing
Sept. 13 at 8 a.m.
Readers can find the proposed maps
and redistricting schedule at oregonlegis-
lature.gov/redistricting.
— STATE REP. BILL POST
File Photo
for 5th Congressional District Rep. Kurt
Schrader and Republican Amy Ryan
Courser, a Keizer-resident who chal-
lenged Schrader in the last election and
announced she will be running in the 2022
midterms.
The road to victory would be tough
for Schrader under the Republican pro-
posal and tough for Courser under the
Democratic proposal.
“It’ll be interesting,” Schrader said
when asked about redistricting in an Aug.
27 interview with the Keizertimes. “I mean,
my little old political career may hang in
the balance so it’s a lot more than interest-
ing, potentially.”
Courser said with so many unknowns,
she isn’t worrying about where she is run-
ning or who she is running against.
“There's more maps to come. The hard
part is that you can't really get too excited
over an example until they make the final
say. Now, when they make the final say, I'm
ready to run,” said Courser, adding that at
this point she’s preparing to run against
Schrader.
If lawmakers are unable to pass new
congressional maps by Sept. 27, the
responsibility would fall to a judicial
court. Courser, however, has faith that
Democrats and Republicans can come to
an agreement.
“I have the faith that it's going to work
out. Not necessarily for one party or the
other, but for the people to have better
representation,” Courser said. “And that's
what we've been lacking in my opinion”
Charles Lee passes at 72
Charles E. (Chuck) Lee, a fixture in
Salem-Keizer education, passed away on
Saturday, Sept. 4, at the age of 72.
Lee, born May 18, 1949 in Seattle,
served on the Salem-Keizer School
Board and represented Keizer from 2007
to 2019. He was the founding president
of Blanchet Catholic School in Salem
from 1997 to 2013.
Before relocating to Oregon he was
an educator in Washington state where
he was the youngest Catholic School
principal when he was hired at the age
of 25.
Lee served on the Keizer City Council
from 2001 to 2007; he ran unsuccessfully
for mayor in 2006.
In 2014 he helped found the Career
Technical Education Center in Salem,
a public-private project to prepare high
school students for high-skill jobs. Lee
served as president.
Charles Lee is survived by his wife,
Krina Lee.
CHARLES E. LEE
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