State Rep. Bill Post of Keizer will retire at end of term in 2022
Rep. Bill Post, R-Keizer
State Rep. Bill Post, R-Keizer, said Thursday he will not seek re-election to the Oregon House of Representatives next year and will retire at the end of his term in 2022.
Post since 2015 has represented House District 25, which includes Keizer, St. Paul and Newberg. He plans to complete his term and “looks forward to completing the redistricting process,” his office said in a prepared statement.
“When I was a radio talk show host, I often spoke of my desire for term limits on elected persons but always as ‘self-imposed’ by those officials,” Post said in the statement. “I don’t believe the writers of our Oregon Constitution intended for “citizen legislators” to stay in office for years and years but rather, to let the next citizen step up and serve. I look forward to the next chapter in my own family’s life and in the future of this state.”
Post is currently the assistant deputy leader in the House Republican Caucus and serves on committees for Agriculture and Land Use, Energy and Natural Resources, Business and Labor, Wildfire and the Joint Committee on Information Management and Technology.
He previously told Salem Reporter his biggest accomplishment of the 2021 legislative session was a bill legalizing over-the-counter sales of pseudoephedrine products.
“It will make one aspect of health care a heck of a lot less expensive for anyone in the Salem-Keizer area as well as all of Oregon,” Post said following the session. “No more going to a doctor, no more expensive prescription versions.”
“I still feel there is much work to be done at the legislature, so it is with mixed emotions that I make this announcement,” Post said in his statement. “I am very grateful for the support I’ve received from the community and the relationships that have been built while serving Keizer, St. Paul and Newberg.”
-Ardeshir Tabrizian
