State election rules force Binker to run as a GOP write-in candidate

Grants Pass Daily Courier, Jan. 7, 2020 - Michelle Binker, chief of staff for state Rep. Carl Wilson since 2015, announced in November she was running for her soon-to-retire boss’s former seat, covering the heart of Josephine County. But she will have to do it as a write-in candidate. Binker said Monday she missed a deadline in September to change her voting registration from Libertarian to Republican, and as a result she will not be on the Republican ballot in the May primary. (Read more)