Derrick Kitts

Derrick Kitts
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 30th district
In office
2003–2007
Preceded by Jim Hill
Succeeded by David Edwards
Personal details
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.

References

  1. ^ "2003 Regular Session (72nd)". Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/legislative/recordsguides/histleg/statehood/2003reg.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "2005 Regular Session (73nd)". Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide. Oregon State Archives. http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/legislative/recordsguides/histleg/statehood/2005reg.html. Retrieved 22 December 2011. 

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