April 27th, 2018

Judicial candidates to speak May 3 at Linn Dems meeting

  ALBANY – Candidates for Linn County Circuit Judge Position 3 will be the featured speakers during the Thursday, May 3, meeting of the Linn County Democrats in the Albany Public Library Meeting Room, 2450 14th Ave. S.E.
  A social time, with light refreshments, begins at 6 p.m. The meeting starts at 6:30.
The four non-partisan candidates for Position 3 are:

• Jennifer Hisey, an attorney with the Albany office of Legal Aid Services of Oregon.
• Rachel Kittson-MaQatish, a trial attorney who litigates criminal, family, and civil cases. 
• Teri Plagmann, a trial attorney who currently specializes in family law, estate planning and probates,
• Rebecca Winters, a family law and bankruptcy attorney and mediator.

  Unless one of the candidates receives more than 50 percent of the vote in the May 15 primary election, the top two vote-getters in the primary will advance to the November general election. The winner will succeed Judge Daniel Murphy, who is retiring.
  Also invited to speak and answer questions at the May 3 meeting is Democratic candidate Kimberly Koops, who was unable to attend the candidates forum held during last month’s Linn Dems’ meeting.
  Koops and Marty Wilde are seeking the Democratic nomination for state representative in House District 11. The winner will face the Republican primary winner, Mark Herbert or Joshua Powell. Phil Barnhart, the Democratic incumbent in District 11, is not seeking re-election.
  For more information about the meeting and the Linn County Democrats, contact Linn Dems Co-Chair Graham Kislingbury, 541-974-2075 or g.kislingbury@comcast.net.