House District 7 — Democratic Primary
On May 7 Springfield City Club, in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Lane County, will hold a candidate forum for the three candidates in the Democrat primary for House District 7, serving Springfield. The seat is presently held by John Lively, who is retiring. The candidates at the forum will include Ky Fireside, an archeologist, KC Huffman, a local attorney, and Kori Rodley, currently member of the Springfield City Council. The winner of the primary will likely face, in the general election, Adam Wilson, who is unopposed in the Republican primary and the only other candidate to file with the Secretary of State.
The forum will be held at noon on May 7, in person at Roaring Rapids Pizza, 4006 Franklin Boulevard in Glenwood and will be livestreamed on Zoom as well as being posted on the Springfield City Club You Tube site. Lunch will be available for purchase starting at 11:30 a.m.
Each candidate has, at the request of the sponsors, submitted a brief statement describing their candidacy. Those statements are available at these links: Ky Fireside, KC Huffman, Kori Rodley.
Ms. Fireside says she is fighting for human rights, an umbrella of protections for everyone here. That means universal healthcare, so we don’t have to worry if we’re covered. It means tax fairness, making giant corporations pay their share. And it means protection from fascism, because the people who already have power aren’t using that power to help us. The system is broken, and we need someone who can dive in, ask hard questions, and solve these problems.
KC Huffman is a husband, father of four, community volunteer, baseball coach, attorney, and 23-year resident of Springfield. He says he is running for the Oregon House seat John Lively has admirably held for the last 14 years because I have a lot of respect for what John has done – and how he’s done it – and I would like to continue John’s hard work.
Kori Rodley is a life-long Oregonian, raised in a logging family, and having spent the majority of her adult life living and working in Lane County. Kori attended the University of Oregon, Portland Community College, and Lane Community College; and has spent more than twenty-five years working in nonprofit management and local government. She currently lives in Springfield, Oregon and is part of the management team at Lane County Development Disabilities–working in equity, strategic planning, and human resources.