Former House District 75 rep. Greg DeVries, who lost the 2020 Republican primary to current state Commerce Secretary Marta Bertoglio, is seeking the legislative seat again as a Libertarian.
The 56-year-old Jefferson City-based painting contractor filed to run on Feb. 20, returning to Jefferson County politics with a bold main objective: to “almost completely eliminate state taxes, while still fully funding programs,” he said in an interview.
That goal reflects a slight shift from his previous stint. Running in 2018 on devout Christian values and limited government, DeVries beat Gregg Trude by 10 points in the primary before besting Basin lawyer Bryher Herak by a slightly larger margin in the November election.
