{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jerry Krummel | image = | state_house = Oregon | state = Oregon | district = 26th | term_start = January 2001 | term_end = August 1, 2008 | preceded = | succeeded = Matt Wingard | party = Republican | birth_date = | birth_place = Walla Walla, Washington | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Utah, Lewis & Clark College | occupation = Educator | spouse = Gerri }}
'''Gerald A. "Jerry" Krummel''' is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Washington, he served as mayor of Wilsonville, Oregon in the 1990s. An educator and athletic trainer, he is a former member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing Wilsonville and parts of Washington and Clackamas counties.
==Early life== Gerald A. Krummel was born in Walla Walla, Washington, and later earned a degree at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.<ref name="statebio">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/krummel/ |title=Biography|work=Jerry Krummel|publisher=Oregon Legislature|accessdate=2008-08-20 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080103193243/http://www.leg.state.or.us/krummel/ |archivedate = 2008-01-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Discover! Portland Area Guidebook: Government|date=June 12, 1994|work=The Oregonian|pages=5}}</ref> He then graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon with a masters in teaching degree.<ref name="statebio"/> Following college he began working as a school athletic trainer, first for the Portland Public Schools and then at Lewis & Clark.<ref name="statebio"/> Krummel then became the head of the training program at Western Oregon State College (now Western Oregon University) in Monmouth before starting his own athletic training business in 1990.<ref name="statebio"/>
==Political career== In 1989, Krummel started his political career when he was appointed to a Wilsonville, Oregon, city committee.<ref name="statebio"/> The following year he was elected to the city council followed by election as mayor, serving six years as mayor.<ref name="statebio"/> In 1998, he was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives to District 27 representing parts of Clackamas and Washington counties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785356|title=1999 Regular Session (70th): January 13-July 5|publisher=Oregon State Archives|accessdate=2008-08-20|archive-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001204636/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785356|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Krummel won re-election in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, but redistricting changed the constituency to District 26.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785359|title=2003 Regular Session (72nd): January 13-August 27|publisher=Oregon State Archives|accessdate=2008-08-20|archive-date=2019-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001202700/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6785359|url-status=dead}}</ref> He collaborated closely with a community group known as Friends of Bull Mountain who have advocated changes to Oregon land use laws.<ref>[http://www.leg.state.or.us/krummel/press/pr_080806.pdf Jerry Krummel News Release 08/08/2006]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On August 4, 2007, Krummel announced that he would not seek re-election to the Oregon House of Representatives.<ref>[http://www.oregoncatalyst.com/index.php?/archives/754-Rep-Krummel-to-retire.html Rep Krummel to retire – The Oregon Catalyst<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He resigned his office on August 1, 2008, and moved to Reno, Nevada.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2008/08/wingard_is_appointed_to_legisl.html|title=Wingard is appointed to legislative seat|last=Paul|first=Corey|date=August 19, 2008|work=The Oregonian|accessdate=2008-08-20}}</ref>
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