March 20, 2024 6:00 a.m.

A lawsuit challenging State Representative Christine Goodwin’s residency is seeking to stop her run for the Oregon State Senate.

A group of Josephine County voters, led by County Commissioner John West filed the lawsuit against the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office on Friday. It asserts that Goodwin lives in Myrtle Creek, not in House District 4, her current seat, or Senate District 2, the seat that she is seeking.

In her 2024 campaign filing, Goodwin lists her address as 721 Bramblewood Lane in Canyonville. The lawsuit states that address is the tasting room for Falk Estates Vineyard. The tasting room itself burned in January of 2018, but there are other buildings on the property.

The plaintiffs are seeking a temporary restraining order that orders Secretary of State La Vonne Griffin-Valade to not place Goodwin’s name on the ballot as a candidate for Senate District 2. Due to timing issues with when ballots are printed, the group says the decision has to be made by Wednesday. They are also asking that Goodwin be disqualified from holding her State Representative District 4 position.

Documents attached to the lawsuit indicate that Goodwin and husband Lynn have owned a home in Myrtle Creek since 1991. The documents say her residential address was updated to the Canyonville location in December of 2021.

Christine Goodwin will be on the Morning Conversation Thursday at 8;30 a.m. on News Radio 93-9 FM and 1240 KQEN to respond to the lawsuit.