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New Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read hires top staff from treasury, Senate

Tobias Read, Oregon's newly appointed Secretary of State, has begun assembling his leadership team by hiring key staff from his previous roles in the state Treasury and the Oregon Senate. He has appointed Laura Kerns, who served as his deputy chief of staff at the Treasury, as his chief of staff in the Secretary of State's office. Additionally, Read has brought on Amanda Beitel, previously the director of communications for the Oregon Senate Democrats, as his communications director. These appointments reflect Read's strategy to leverage experienced personnel familiar with state government operations to help manage the office, which oversees elections, audits, and the state's business registry. This move comes as Read steps into his new role following the resignation of Shemia Fagan amid controversy.

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