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Old 09-13-2011, 09:35 PM
 
Location: metro Portland Oregon
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Tigard mayor, Craig Dirksen, has announced he will run for the Metro district 3 seat in May 2012. District 3 includes Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Wilsonville, Durham, King City and part of Beaverton. The current counselor, Carl Hosticka, is up against term limits and cannot run.

On Sunday, Craig told me at the party for the city of Tigard's 50th anniversary as an incorporated city, that he has already spoken with two others who had been considering this post but they will not be running so he feels fairly confident on winning. If he gets over 50% of the vote in the May election, he will avoid a subsequent run-off in November and the city of Tigard could then hold their election to replace him at that November election. An interim mayor would be appointed until then, according to the city charter. Dirksen is a Republican, but both the mayor's position and the Metro seat are non-partisan. BTW - he is a distant relative of former Illinois U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen.
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