March 21, 2024 3:50 a.m.
State Representative Christine Goodwin is defending her residency in House District 4.
In a document sent to News Radio 93-9 FM and 1240 KQEN on Wednesday, Goodwin said her recent filing for Senate District 2 was again vetted and her residency was approved by the Secretary of State’s office. Goodwin claims that she has followed all legal processes.
In response to a lawsuit filed last week, Goodwin said, “I don’t live in a wine tasting room. I have a house on the Falk ranch in Canyonville. This is a real property, not a phony story as alleged. Outdated information has been offered in the complaint”.
Goodwin said the Canyonville address is her legal address where she is registered to vote. Goodwin said she has voted from this address since 2021, and it is listed on her Oregon Driver License.
Goodwins document said “Canyonville is my home community in my district. I receive mail, and have my bank, my pharmacy, my insurance office in Canyonville. I use my residence on the ranch as my home/district office”.
Goodwin said she has never denied that she owns a home in Tri City as well. She said Oregon law allows a Legislator to maintain more than one home. Goodwin said she and her husband have owned numerous residences and commercial properties in the state over many years.
Goodwin said, “This election should not be determined by lies. The voters should decide who will be their next Senator based on merits and voting records of candidates”. Goodwin said, “Noah Robinson has never been elected to anything and has no voting record”.
When she filed for Senate, Goodwin said she called 9 county commissioners in the district. She said, “All but two supported me wholeheartedly because they know of my good reputation in Salem as a solid conservative”.
Her document criticized two Josephine County Commissioners who had other plans, “…and had already decided that a Robinson, whichever one, should be Senator, regardless of their laskluster performance in Salem – the dynasty had been decided by a few in power”. One of those commissioners, John West, was the lead filer in the lawsuit against the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office.
Goodwin said lawsuits are a typical weapon when a candidate realizes they can’t win fairly. She said February polls show her beating Noah Robinson in the primary by a 2-1 margin. Goodwin has hired an attorney to fight the allegations about her residency, but she is “…confident I can expose this lawsuit as political, not legal “.
Christine Goodwin will be on News Radio 93-9- FM and 1240 KQEN’s Morning Conversation at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.