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Cheri Helt (born 1970/1971) is a restaurateur, an American politician and former Republican member of the
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who was elected on November 6, 2018, to replace Republican Knute Buehler who left his legislative seat to run unsuccessfully for
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. She disagreed with fellow Republicans on issues such as mandatory vaccinations for school enrollment. Helt represented the 54th district which includes most of Bend. She previously served on the Bend-La Pine School Board from 2010–2019. Helt was defeated for reelection in 2020 by Democrat Jason Kropf. She ran for the nonpartisan office of state Commissioner of Labor and Industries in
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. She advanced from the primary to a runoff election against Christina Stephenson. Stephenson defeated Helt in the November 8 general election.


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