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Under the current timeline, the next
representative for House District 25 will
be sworn into office on Monday, Dec. 13.
“While Republicans technically
have 30 days to fill the seat, they don’t
want the district unrepresented for 30
days especially with the special ses-
sion,” Post said in an interview with the
Keizertimes on Dec. 3. Oregon lawmak-
ers are set to meet on Dec. 13 to discuss
eviction protections and the state’s rent
assistance program, which has run out
of funds.
According to a spokesperson with
the Marion County Republicans, the
candidates who had filed for the seat
as of Wednesday morning were Jessica
Davidson, Jessica George, Scott Guptill,
and Erin Bryant.
Republican precinct committee per-
sons in Marion and Yamhill counties,
the two counties represented by House
District 25, met on Thursday, Dec. 9 to
decide how many, and which, candi-
dates they would send on to Yamhill
and Marion county commissioners for
a final vote.
The precinct committee persons are
required to nominate between three
and five candidates for the county com-
missioners to vote on. With only four
candidates, Post estimated that they
would choose three.
At the nominating convention,
which took place at the City of Keizer
Community Center, candidates intro-
duced themselves and answered ques-
tions from approximately 75 Republican
precinct committee persons.
The Oregon Republican Party denied
the Keizertimes request to attend the
nominating convention on Thursday.
After being selected at the nomi-
nating convention, the final candidates
will then be interviewed and voted on
by Marion and Yamhill county commis-
sioners on Friday, Dec. 10.
“I made it very public at the last
Marion County meeting that I am
in support of three candidates and
would be thrilled if Jessica George,
Jessica Davidson or Scott Guptill were
selected,” Post said.
Davidson is a resident of Keizer
and has served on the City of Keizer’s
Volunteer Coordinating Committee
since 2020.
The chosen candidate will serve until
Post’s term is set to expire sometime in
January 2022 — unless they choose to
run in the 2022 midterms.
House District 25 will be split up into
three different district’s next year due
to the redistricting that occurred earlier
this year. Keizer will move into District
21 along with a larger portion of north
and east Salem.
According to multiple Republican
Photo courtesy of Bill Post's social media.
sources, Kevin Mannix, a former
Republican state representative and
Salem-resident, is preparing to run for
the District 21 seat in 2022.
Mannix is one of the more prominent
Republican names in Oregon and lost
to Ted Kulongoski in the 2002 Oregon
governor’s race by three percent.
Updates on county commissioners
vote Friday will be available on the
Keizertimes website and social media
pages.
I made it very public at the
last Marion County meeting
that I am in support of three
candidates and would be
thrilled if Jessica George,
Jessica Davidson or Scott
Guptill were selected,
— BILL POST
Former District 25 Represenative,
2013-2021