{"id":18927,"date":"2025-09-19T17:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=18927"},"modified":"2025-09-19T17:30:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:30:44","slug":"wilhour-to-seek-re-election-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/18927-wilhour-to-seek-re-election-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilhour to Seek Re-Election in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>110th District State Representative Blaine Wilhour will be running for re-election next year.<\/p>\n<p>Wilhour made the announcement while participating in the Marion County Republican Party\u2019s petition signing event in Salem Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of work to be done down here, and the fight in Springfield is still going on,\u201d Wilhour said. \u201cThe radical left is still pushing, pushing, pushing, and we need strong leaders to push back. I said in 2018 when I ran, we\u2019d give this thing ten years max. This should be the final time doing it, then we\u2019ll do what we\u2019re supposed to do: go back to living and turn it over to somebody else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilhour says being in the Super Minority keeps him from moving a lot of legislation, but he feels there have been accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019ve done a pretty darn good job of raising awareness of the things that are going on,\u201d Wilhour said. \u201cThat\u2019s where change starts. People get informed, get engaged, get involved. We\u2019ve seen especially down here in Marion County, there\u2019s so many new people that are stepping up and getting involved. I think that\u2019s the first step to righting things, is figuring out where the problems are and making sure people know about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilhour says one of his biggest accomplishments is working to overturn and limit the Governor\u2019s action to shutdown businesses during COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Wilhour is the first announced candidate for the office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>110th District State Representative Blaine Wilhour will be running for re-election next year. 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