Mary Starrett
Running for Yamhill County Commissioner – Position 3
Links
- Campaign website
- MaryStarrett.com
- Campaign finance activity
- Campaign Facebook
- “Personal” Facebook
- Wikipedia
Notes
Mary Starrett was first elected to Yamhill County Board of Commissioners in 2014, after losing a bid in 2010. She was re-elected in 2018. She ran for Governor as the Constitution Party nominee in 2006, earning less than 4% of the vote. Her brother is Kevin Starrett, executive director of Oregon Firearm Federation.
Top Donors
- Oregon Firearms Federation $5,000 (Run by brother Kevin Starrett)
- Oregonians for Affordable Housing* $2,500
- Farmers Direct+ $2,500
- Lindsay Berschauer $2,000
- COPS PAC^ $2,000
- Craig Pubols $2,000
- Meadow Ridge Farms $2,000
- Tom Hammer $2,000
*Oregonians for Affordable Housing is the PAC for Oregon Home Builders Association, who have endorsed Starrett
+Farmers Direct is an Amity business of Joel Rohde and Mark Gaibler. Gaibler also owns Meadow Ridge Farms. making his total donation $4500.
^Community Oriented Public Servants PAC was behind the campaigns of the conservative school board members in Newberg
News Coverage
Profiles
Interview, Veronica Nufer, April 27, 2015
Newberg Graphic, April 13, 2022
Articles
General
News Register editorial, Resolutions and proclamations seldom worth the investment, Feb 5, 2021
Second Amendment Sanctuary
OPB, Oregon Attorney General sues Yamhill, Harney counties to enforce new gun laws, Oct 1, 2021
Oregon Capitol Attack/Mike Nearman Replacement
KGW, County commissioners appoint Anna Scharf to replace Rep. Mike Nearman, July 6, 2021
Statesman Journal, Former legislative aide and lobbyist Anna Scharf appointed to Oregon House, July 6, 2021
Yamhelas Westsider Trail
High Country News, How a trail in rural Oregon became a target of far-right extremism, July 1, 2021
Diversity Training
The Oregonian, Oregon official objects to diversity training on white privilege, says it could be ‘shaming to Caucasians’, August 16, 2019
News Register editorial, Terms like ‘white privilege’ trigger oversensitive officials, August 15, 2019
News Register, Commissioners approve diversity training, August 15, 2019
COVID-19/Vaccines/Masks
Oregon Capital Chronicle, Yamhill County commissioner’s retreat from hard stand on Covid may reflect reality, February 2, 2022
KGW, Yamhill County commissioner tries to force health department to publish COVID vaccine misinformation, Jan 26, 2022 and June 27
News Register, Starrett declares ‘showdown” for Thursday’s commissioners’ meeting, January 25, 2022. Threatens to withhold accreditation letter for county health department.
KATU, New Oregon group calls local Republicans ‘villains’ for not supporting COVID protocols, Sept 30, 2021
The Oregonian,Yamhill Commissioner Mary Starrett miscounts breakthrough COVID-19 deaths, refuses to concede inaccurate conclusion , Sept 19, 2021
Willamette Week, Anti-Vaccine Activists Vow Resistance at Oregon’s Capitol, Joined by Republican Officials, June 12, 2021
Newberg Graphic, Commissioners spar with Park & Rec over vaccine checks, June 9, 2021
News Register Op-Ed, Hennes: Nothing local approaches the horrors of Jim Crow, May 28, 2021
KOIN, Yamhill County commissioners push back on ‘Jim Crow’ vaccination verification, May 21, 2021
KGW, Yamhill County commissioners vote to require parental consent for teens under 18 to get COVID-19 vaccine, May 20, 2021. Under Oregon law teens 15-17 do not require parental consent.
Lars Larson interview, Apr 30, 2020
WOTUS Plagiarism
In 2016, Starrett published an article in the News Register which was significantly plagiarized from a 2014 blog post on an Iowa farming website. The News Register published a correction.
Early Politics & Career
News with Views From 2003 – 2010, Starrett published regular opinion articles on this website, where they remain. Notable articles include:
- “How a Marxist came to be an American Hero”, about MLK Jr.
- “Develop a natural cancer treatment, go to jail“, promoting costly, unproven, and possibly entirely fraudulent alternative cancer therapies by Stanislav Burzynski.
Endorsements
- Taxpayers Association of Oregon
- Oregon Property Owners Association
- Oregon Family Farm Assoc.
- Yamhill County Ag PAC
- Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland
- Stand for Health Freedom
- Oregonians for Medical Freedom
- OR Sen. Kim Thatcher
- OR Sen. Brian Boquist
- Oregon Right to Life PAC
- Oregon Firearms Federation PAC
- COPS PAC
- Brian Casey, Chief of Police (Retired)
- Mark Cooke, Newberg Police Sergeant (Retired)
2014 Yamhill County Commissioner Campaign Videos
Constitution Party run for Oregon Governor
Blind CandiDATE video
Rose City Antifa, Starrett Loses in Yamhill County Commissioner Race, Nov 6, 2010
BlueOregon,In Yamhill County, Mary Starrett tries to tea-party her way onto the County Commission, 2010
Willamette Week, Hail Mary, April 4, 2007
Willamette Week, Changing Horses, March 6, 2007
Willamette Week, Mary Starrett on Sept 11, 2001, March 2, 2007
Interview with Jeff Golden, Oct 19, 2006
2006 Campaign Website for run for Governor
