Brandon Vick ultimately was elected as the state representative in the 18th District in Position 1 in the 2012 election, which Liz Pike vacated due to her concurrent successful run for Position 2.
11 Facts About Liz Pike
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Liz Pike was born on January 7,1960, and raised on a Brush Prairie, Washington dairy farm as one of 13 children.
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Liz Pike attended Battle Ground High School and graduated with honors.
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In 2003, Liz Pike ran successfully for a nonpartisan at-large position on the Camas City Council.
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In 2007, instead of running for reelection for the Camas City Council, Liz Pike challenged the incumbent Camas mayor, Paul Dennis.
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Liz Pike responded by sending a letter of complaint from her attorney to the paper and the writer of the letter.
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On January 23,2012, Liz Pike announced that she would be running for state representative in the 18th District in Position 2, vacated by Ed Orcutt who was redistricted into the 20th District.
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Liz Pike's resignation set off a chain of events, wherein Rivers was first appointed to complete Zarelli's senate term.
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Liz Pike was appointed to complete Rivers' term as state representative.
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The results of the primary were Liz Pike receiving the most votes with 61.3 percent of the vote, while Shehorn and Gomphertz received 30.1 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively.
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Liz Pike was sworn in as state representative for the 18th District in Position 2 on January 14,2013.