Derrick Kitts | |
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Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 30th district |
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In office 2003–2007 |
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Preceded by | Jim Hill |
Succeeded by | David Edwards |
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Political party | Republican |
Residence | Hillsboro, Oregon |
Derrick Kitts is a Republican politician from Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Kitts served as a field director for U.S. Representative Rick White. In 2002, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives, representing the 30th district in Washington County.[1] He won re-election to a second two-year term in 2004, and served in the 2005 legislative session.[2] In the Oregon House he served as the Majority Whip and Chairman of the Rules committee.
Kitts gave up his House seat to run in the 2006 election for the United States House of Representatives in Oregon's 1st congressional district. He won the Republican nomination in the May primary election, but lost to incumbent Democrat David Wu in the general election. He was replaced in the House by Democrat David Edwards.