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 Dear Friends,

Thank you for visiting my website.  I’m Bill Kennemer and I’m running for State Representative in House District 39.  The district includes Oregon City, Canby, Barlow, Beavercreek, Mulino, Carus, and French Prairie.  I look forward to getting better acquainted and earning your support during the campaign.

When friends and neighbors talk to me about state government, they tell me over and over how tired they are of the constant bickering and petty partisanship coming from our leaders in Salem.  With over two decades of community and public service working successfully with people of all political affiliations, I have a proven record of getting results for the common good! 

As your State Representative, I look forward to finding solutions to the biggest challenges facing Oregonians today.  I will work to attract new jobs to our community, promote a sustainable environment and development of clean energy technology, and improve our transportation network so people and goods can move around the state more efficiently.  I also will focus on investing in and building a stronger education system and expanding families’ access to health care.

For the last 11 years, I have served you as a Clackamas County Commissioner.  Working together, we’ve achieved some impressive results.  We’ve implemented rigorous performance audits that saved taxpayer dollars.  We’ve successfully tackled major transportation projects like widening Sunnyside Road, I-205 Light Rail, and many local traffic improvements.  And we’ve made your County government more open, accountable and accessible through award-winning cable television programming and a new eco-friendly County office campus.

Before joining the Clackamas County Commission, I was a PhD psychologist in private practice in our community for over 25 years.  I also served in the Oregon State Senate for 10 years, from 1987-1996.  I left the Legislature due to my first wife’s terminal illness, but now the time is right for me to return to Salem to work for you.  As I return to Salem, I carry a wealth of much needed local experience, supplemented by ten years as a State Senator – that means hitting the Legislature ready to work effectively. 

If you have questions or comments or to learn more about our campaign, you are invited to call me at home at (503) 263-8628 or email me at kennemer4rep@aol.com.  I look forward to hearing from you - perhaps I’ll meet you at your door or at an event in our community.  I would appreciate your vote and the opportunity to serve you in the Oregon House of Representatives in 2009! 

Sincerely, 

Bill