Derrick Kitts

Derrick Kitts
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 30th district
In office 2003–2007
Preceded by	Jim Hill
Succeeded by	David Edwards
Personal details
Born	c. 1973 (age 43–44)
Political party	Republican
Residence	Hillsboro, Oregon
Alma mater	Portland State University
Religion	Baptist

Derrick Kitts (born c. 1973) is a Republican politician from Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. A native of Washington, he served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives before giving up his seat in an unsuccessful bid for Congress in 2006.

Kitts grew up in Puyallup, Washington, near Tacoma where he wrestled and played water polo in high school. He then attended Portland State University where he wrestled for the school. During the summer breaks he worked at the Port of Tacoma as a longshoreman . Kitts studied political science at Portland State and graduated in 1997 with a bachelor's degree. In 2001, he returned to Oregon and settled in Hillsboro where he planned to run for political office.

In November 2001, Kitts announced he would run for Oregon House District 30, which covered primarily Hillsboro. Prior experience in politics included serving as Joe Scarborough’s political director and as field director for U.S. Representative Rick White’s 1998 re-election campaign. At the time he owned his own one-person landscaping business in Hillsboro, Kitts Executive Landscaping, and was a wrestling coach at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro. Kitts faced Dawn Phillips in the May 2002 Republican primary with the chance to run against Aron Carleson in the November general election, as Democrat Carleson was running unopposed in her primary. The incumbent, Bruce Starr, ran for a seat in the Oregon State Senate.

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