Oregon Sen. Rachel Armitage (D-Warren) has scheduled a town hall meeting in Rainier for Saturday, April 2. It will be held in the council chambers at Rainier City Hall from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Senator Armitage represents the beautiful State Senate District 16, which spans Columbia and Clatsop counties, as well as much of Tillamook and parts of Washington, Multnomah and Yamhill counties. She was appointed to finish the term of Senator Betsy Johnson.
Senator Armitage was raised in Southern Oregon and is the daughter of a teacher and a pastor. In her youth, she remembers packing food boxes in the church lobby for families who lost their jobs due to a local sawmill fire, and witnessing firsthand the power of community to help hurting families get their feet back on the ground. Although the community always came together, it sometimes wasn't enough.
Over the years, Senator Armitage watched as families lost their livelihoods and as funding dried up for important services like education, roads, and public safety. By the time Senator Armitage graduated high school and left for college, she knew she wanted to serve her community and make a difference by addressing policies in Salem that left rural families behind.
After graduating college, Senator Armitage was hired as a Legislative Assistant in the Oregon Legislature. While there in 2016 and 2017, she helped pass bills relating to jobs, housing, and the rights of foster youth. Senator Armitage helped shepherd a bill to the Governor's desk that kept families together as part of the Foster Youth Sibling's Bill of Rights. She now works at Reed College, and is pursuing her Master's Degree. Senator Armitage loves living in Warren, Oregon with her husband, stepdaughter, and dog. She is proud to live in a community where she sees neighbors committed to looking out for each other and considers it a privilege to serve the working families of Senate District 16 in Salem.
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