By: Les Zaitz of Salem ReporterFor the Keizertimes Voters will have choices in all three races for the Salem-Keizer School Board and more candidates could join in before next week’s filing deadline. So far, only one incumbent is bidding for re-election. And so far, only a single candidate has filed[Read More…]
POLITICS
City Council Meeting Agenda
Keizer City Council meets on Monday, Jan. 3rd at 7 p.m. in regular session.
Library measure fails
Measure 24-468 was defeated by a 55%-45% margin in Tuesday’s election. If approved the measure would have added a $2.50 per month fee to city services bills to fund a public library.
Currently Keizer residents have the all-volunteer Keizer Community Library, housed at the Keizer Cultural Center.The $2.50 fee would have generated about $400,000 per year which would have funded a professional librarian and a children’s librarian.
Thatcher earns third term
Republican Kim Thatcher was elected to her third term as a state senator for District 11 in Tuesday’s election over challenger Democrat Richard Walsh.
Election results from the Secretary of State’s office as of Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, showed Thatcher with 53.17% (15,702 votes) to Walsh’s 46.61% (13,809 votes). There was also a handful of write-ins.
Mannix wins closer than expected race
Republican Kevin Mannix won his race for state House District 21 against Democrat Ramiro Navarro.
Returns as of Wednesday morning, Nov. 9, showed Mannix winning 51.7% (9,521 votes) against 45.6% (8,377 votes) for Navarro. Libertarian candidate Michael Morrow won 2.5% (467 votes).
Mannix narrowly leads Navarro in race for state House District 21 race
Republican Kevin Mannix may return to the Oregon legislature in January as unofficial state vote returns shows him winning 51.48% against Democrat Ramiro Navarro’s 45.93% in the District 21 state House race. Mannix previously served in both the state House and the state Senate. Navarro faced questions during the campaign[Read More…]
Thatcher leads Walsh for Senate
State Republican Senator Kim Thatcher is expected to retain her District 11 seat for another term as it appears that she defeated Democratic challenger Richard Walsh, an attorney and former Keizer city councilor. Unofficial votes at 9:15 pm Tuesday night, from the secretary of state’s office, showed Thatcher with 15,065[Read More…]
Library fee measure defeated
Measure 24-468l that would establish a library services fee is headed to defeat by a 55-45 margin. If approved the measure would have added a $2.50 per month fee to city services bills to fund a public library. Currently Keizer residents have the all-volunteer Keizer Community Library, housed at the[Read More…]
Mannix for District 21
Keizer voters will choose between two candidates for state House District 21 in the general election: the former state rep- resentative, Republican Kevin Mannix, and Democrat Ramiro Navarro.
Retain Thatcher
The race for Oregon Senate District 11 is a campaign of local titans: incumbent Kim Thatcher, the Republican candidate versus Richard Walsh, local attorney and former Keizer city councilor.