Kelley Wirth is a former member of the

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of the U.S. state of

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. She represented a District 35 (later renumbered as District 16 following the 2000 United States Census), which included the city of Corvallis. Wirth, a

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, was one of two Oregon lawmakers to resign during the

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due to separate personal issues; the other was Dan Doyle ( R–

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). She was indicted for unlawful possession of

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, and resigned from the legislature effective November 15, 2005.

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( R-

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) introduced a bill during the following session to institute mandatory

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for Oregon lawmakers, but stated the bill had nothing to do with Wirth. Wirth was born in

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. She graduated from

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, earned a Bachelor of Science in political science at

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and a Master of Science in systems management at the

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. She chaired the Corvallis Planning Commission and served on several other local commissions prior to being elected to the

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. She worked as a

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while serving as a legislator. While in the legislature, she served as the Democratic floor leader, and as a member of the government efficiency committee and the stream and restoration and species recovery committee. Wirth, who was first elected to the House in 2000, went through a divorce in 2003. She has two daughters.

Electoral history

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