Chuck Keplar (Clark County Council District 3, Washington, candidate 2024)
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Chuck Keplar ran for election to the Clark County Council District 3 in Washington. He was on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024.[source]
Keplar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Chuck Keplar provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2024:
- Birth date: May 9, 1977
- Birth place: Oregon City, Oregon
- High school: Oregon City High School
- Bachelor's: Liberty University, 2024
- Gender: Male
- Religion: Christian
- Profession: Paraprofessional
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Families First, Lower Taxes, No Tolls
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook
Elections
General election
General election for Clark County Council District 3
Wil Fuentes and Chuck Keplar ran in the general election for Clark County Council District 3 on November 5, 2024.
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Clark County Council District 3
Wil Fuentes, John Jay, and Chuck Keplar ran in the primary for Clark County Council District 3 on August 6, 2024.
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Election results
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Keplar in this election.
Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Chuck Keplar completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Keplar's responses.
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My wife and I have lived in Clark County over 24 years. This is where we have raised our 8 children, 6 who have joined our family through the foster system. Now our grandchildren are being raised here. I will represent the families of Clark County, making sure that they are heard, valued and protected.
I have a wide array of experience, including having been the owner/operator of a construction company. I have been a pastor at a church with over 600 people. I have traveled to Olympia and Washington DC to advocate for our youth and early learning, My wife and I have mentored foster and adoptive parents. For over two decades, I have volunteered in youth and high school sports. I have experience working directly with at-risk youth. I have served on the policy council for a large nonprofit organization in Clark County. I will bring common sense to the challenges our County faces. I will represent the voters of Clark County District 3 and it’s time for voters to have someone who will really listen, is present and looks to put families' needs first. Families first, lower taxes, no tolls.
- Families are over-taxed and getting less for their money. In 2015, the county expenses were about $150 million a year yet today they are $224.4 million which is a 50% increase with only a 15% population increase. County spending needs a common sense approach and our leaders should be pushing to reduce spending and lower taxes. I’m the only candidate who has committed to vote no on new taxes. Families are having to look at their budgets and make tough decisions on what expenses are most important. The County government needs to do the same thing. I will lead the way by prioritizing our budget, identifying areas of wasteful spending and lowering the County budget.
- Public safety is a high priority and the safety of our children in school is a big part of that. We need to prioritize the safety of our kids, especially in schools, and do everything we can at the county level to protect our children. The public safety tax revenue could be a good resource for these solutions. I would propose using some of those funds to get School Resource Officers back into our schools. Homelessness and drug overdoses are out of control in our county and we need to be recovery-based instead of harm-reduction-based. Every year we handout more needles than we have residents in the county. If we continue to follow Portland’s model, we will become like Portland.
- Transportation is very important. We need to act, or tolls will be in our future. That would be devastating for my district and the County. Tolls disproportionately impact the working families who must travel across the bridge every day for work. The current proposal costs have ballooned to over eight times the cost of the bridge itself. With affordable transportation solutions like Bus Rapid Transit, it makes zero sense to spend so much on a bridge that does not increase capacity across the Columbia River. We must work together for more sensible and affordable transportation solutions.
Clark County needs zoning reform. The cost to acquire land and build family homes is becoming out of reach and this needs to be addressed. We need to open more land for development and reduce the unnecessary regulation and fees to make housing affordable in Clark County.
The County government has grown disproportionately and needs to be addressed. There needs to be a higher level of accountability and transparency in the County budget. We must cut back on spending to what is necessary and essential for the County.
The County government has grown disproportionately and needs to be addressed. There needs to be a higher level of accountability and transparency in the County budget. We must cut back on spending to what is necessary and essential for the County.
Integrity is by far the most important principle for leadership, including elected officials. If leaders cannot be trusted to do what they say and say what they will do, then they should not be in a position of leadership. Too many elected officials make hollow promises to get elected. I am a person of my word. I will work to keep families safe. I will work to lower taxes. I will not approve new taxes or tolls once I am elected.
The County Council is responsible for the budget, policy, land development and have seats on various boards and commissions in the County.
My first job was a grill cook at Burgerville. I worked there from the age of 16 to the age of 19. I got the job to save up for my first car, a 1960 Chevy Belair. Soon after getting the job, I was promoted to shift manager.
Clark County Republican Party
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See also
2024 Elections
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