Oregon House District 26 has a new representative.

Sue Rieke Smith was appointed to fill the vacancy Friday night at a joint session of the Washington, Clackamas and Yamhill boards of county commissioners.

The seat had been vacant since then-Rep. Courtney Neron, a Wilsonville Democrat, was appointed in early May to fill the remainder of Sen. Aaron Wood’s term after he died from cancer in April .

Rieke Smith was one of three nominees for the position. The other two were Chelsea King, a former chair of the West Linn-Wilsonville School Board, and Mary Pettenger, a political science professor at Western Oregon University.

Rieke Smith was the superintendent of Tigard-Tualatin Public Schools . She retired from that position last year.

Speaking to the county commissioners Friday, Rieke

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