APRIL 15, 2022, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A7
State races feature
four current
Keizer residents
Ronald Noble has lived in the
Willamette Valley since 1974. He
served as a police officer for 28
years, most recently as the Chief of
Police for the City of McMinnville.
He is currently serving in the
Oregon House as the representative
for District 24.
David Russ was born in
California, and earned a bachelors
degree from Eastern Washington
University in 1986. He has since
worked as an accountant, a
consultant, a real estate broker, and
as the current mayor of Dundee, Ore.
Nate Sandvig is a West Point
graduate and former infantry
officer who served in the 101st
Airborne Division in Bosnia and
the 2nd Infantry Division in Iraq.
He currently lives in Tillamook
County and works as an executive
in the energy industry.
Angela Plowhead has multiple
academic degrees including a Psy.D.
in clinical psychology from George
Fox University, a bachelor of science
in occupational education from
Wayland Baptist University, and an
associates degree in applied science
from the Community College of
the Air Force, where she served as
a signals intelligence analyst. She
works as a clinical psychologist.
Amy Ryan Courser is the president
of A.R.C. Consulting Solutions, a sports
official for 25 years, and served on the
Keizer City Council from 2015-2018. She
is also the founder and creator of Keizer
Cares – a local program benefitting
women, the homeless and local police
– and the Salem and Keizer Chamber
Business Women’s Networking group.
BY CHARLES GLENN
Of the Keizertimes
The redistricting legislation passed
last year impacted both the federal and
local election map for Keizer voters. The
city is now situated in Oregon Senate
District 11 and Oregon House District 21.
Oregon Senate Dist. 11 - Republicans
• Kim Thatcher is a current mem-
ber of the Oregon State Senate, repre-
senting District 13 - a position she has
held since 2015. She attended Portland
State University and has been the
owner/operator of two local businesses:
Highway Specialties and KT Contracting
Company. She has also worked as an
accountant, computer lab technician,
construction projects manager, entrepre-
neur, equipment operator and software
developer.
Oregon Senate Dist. 11 - Democrats
• Anthony Rosilez is a Keizer resi-
dent who currently serves on the city’s
Community Diversity Engagement
Committee. He earned a law degree
from UCLA and has been awarded a
Congressional Medal of Achievement.
He has worked as a science teacher, a
conservationist, a school administrator,
superintendent, and instructor in teacher
education.
• Eric Swenson is an instructor at
Pacific University and a small business
owner. He received a master's degree
in public administration from Lewis &
Clark University. He was taught classes
throughout the District 11 schools includ-
ing as a bilingual instructor with the
Salem-Keizer school district. He has also
served as the mayor of Woodburn and
on boards for the Salem Public Library,
Salem Mass Transit, Woodburn Parks,
and the Woodburn Budget Committee.
• Richard Walsh is a former Keizer city
council member and a practicing attor-
ney in Oregon since 1986, who owns his
own Keizer-based law firm. Walsh served
two terms on the city council and was
elected president twice. He is credited
with spearheading the establishment of
Keizer Rapids Park.
Keizer voters will also be electing a
representative to fill the District 21 seat.
There are five candidates in this race.
Oregon House Dist. 21- Republicans
• Kevin Mannix has a law degree from
the University of Virginia and worked
as the Assistant Attorney General for
Oregon, the territory of Guam, and as an
administrative law judge. He worked as
a private insurance defense attorney in
Portland and also opened his own firm in
Salem in 1986, specializing in business
and non-profit law. Mannix served in
the Oregon House from 1986 to 1996 as
a Democrat. He switched parties in 1997.
He was appointed to serve out a par-
tial term in the Oregon Senate and was
re-elected to the Oregon House in 1998.
He was the vice-chair of the Republican
Party of Oregon from 1999-2001.
• Kyler McNaught was born in Salem
and raised in Keizer. He has worked in
construction for a roofing company and
currently works as a forklift operator.
Oregon House Dist. 21- Democrats
• Robert Husseman is a data and
financial analyst for Nike and received a
master's in business administration from
Willamette University.
• Dave McCall is a California native
who has lived in the Keizer area for 20
years, where he worked for an armored
car service until 2012. He attempted to
unseat the District 25 incumbent, Bill
Post, in 2018.
• Ramiro Navarro Jr. was born in
Keizer and served in the US Army from
2008-2011. He attended Chemeketa
Community College after his service and
has since worked as a veterans program
coordinator, peer support specialist, and
certified mechanic. He is affiliated with
Disabled American Veterans.