Southern Oregon native, Simon Hare has recently returned home after more than 6 years of living and working on the east coast in the Washington, DC area. Having been born and raised here in Josephine County, he has always had a heart of service for the people of his community. Guided by faith and conservative convictions Hare has the skills and experience to lead our county in a new direction... the right direction.

Hare began his career as a legislative intern in Senator Gordon Smith's Washington, DC office and then was hired by the national service organization representing electric cooperative utilities, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). As a member of Government Relations for NRECA he worked on both state and federal legislation that focused on improving the lives of rural electric cooperative consumers.