Experienced. Accountable. Focused on results.
Casey Miller has served as Lincoln County Commissioner since 2023, after spending 14 years as the Board of Commissioners’ Public Information Officer.
He believes county government should be understandable, accountable and focused on delivering the services people depend on. Vote by November 3, 2026
Experience Starts Here
Casey was born in Newport and has spent much of his life connected to Lincoln County and its communities.
Before becoming a commissioner, he spent 14 years helping residents understand county government as the Board’s Public Information Officer. Since taking office in 2023, he has worked on housing, public safety, emergency preparedness, parks, behavioral health, county services and making government more accessible to the people it serves.
Casey believes good government starts with listening, understanding the facts and making decisions openly.
A Record of Getting Things Done
1. Modernizing Public Access to County Government
Helped lead the transition to a redesigned County website and CivicClerk/CivicPlus meeting tools, creating a stronger foundation for searchable agendas, packets, livestream access and public records.
2. A New Lincoln County Animal Shelter
Helped move a long-discussed shelter from design and site planning into a purpose-built County facility in Waldport.
3. A Dedicated Funding Source for County Parks
Moved the ordinance and referral that put Measure 21-220 before voters, who approved a visitor-funded 2% lodging-tax increase dedicated to County parks.
4. Housing Partnerships: Helping Viable Projects Move
Supported County funding and Board actions that helped partner-led housing projects move forward, including a completed 12-home wildfire-recovery project in Lincoln City and additional housing efforts in Toledo.
5. Building a Countywide Homelessness Response System
Helped carry forward a countywide five-year homelessness strategy built with cities, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, housing providers and service partners.
6. Winter Shelter and Housing Navigation
Joined the Board in launching and funding winter shelter and resource-navigation services that provided immediate safety and pathways toward housing.
7. Behavioral Health Deflection: Treatment Instead of a Revolving Door
Participated actively in building Lincoln County’s collaborative deflection program connecting eligible low-level drug-possession cases with treatment and recovery services.
8. Broadband: Building the Foundation
Supported broadband planning, partnerships, engineering and grant-readiness work designed to position Lincoln County communities for major outside investment.
9. Building a More Prepared Lincoln County
Supported emergency planning, exercises, local preparedness grants, communications investments and the updated 2026 Emergency Operations Plan.
10. Supporting Community Ideas with County Investment
Supported more than $1.2 million in documented community/economic-development and nonprofit social-service investment, with emergency-preparedness grants in addition.
A County that Listens and Plans
1. Reliable Essential Services
Protect the County services and core operating capacity Lincoln County needs to function.
2. A Stable, Well-Run County Organization
Establish a capable, clearly defined administrative structure for Lincoln County – with written rules, understandable authority, strong professional management and clear accountability to the Board.
3. A Countywide Strategic Plan with Measurable Goals
Develop a public strategic plan for Lincoln County that establishes a manageable set of countywide priorities, assigns responsibility, connects those priorities to the budget and measures whether the work is actually getting done.
4. Public Money People Can Follow
Make Lincoln County’s major financial decisions easier to trace from original authorization through actual spending and results.
5. Government People Can See and Have a Voice In
Build a governing process where the people affected by County decisions and the people who understand the work have a meaningful opportunity to contribute before major decisions are made.
6. A County Where People Can Build a Life
Use the tools Lincoln County actually has – services, policy, partnerships, advocacy and convening power – to help people build and sustain a life here.
7. Protect the Working Coast and Strengthen Our Coastal Economy
Build economic policy around the economy Lincoln County actually has – and protect the assets that make it possible.
8. Infrastructure, Transportation and Connectivity
Make sure Lincoln County has the physical infrastructure people, communities and businesses need – and plan for it before systems become barriers or emergencies.
9. A Prepared and Resilient Lincoln County
Treat emergency readiness as year-round work – strengthening the people, plans, equipment, infrastructure, communications and partnerships Lincoln County will depend on when something goes wrong.
Trusted by People Who Know
I’m honored to have received the endorsement of our County’s employees’ union: the Lincoln County Employees Association.
“Casey is honest about where he stands. He asks tough questions and does not simply follow the crowd. I trust him to keep working for all of Lincoln County.”
Dru Earls, PhD
Casey is supported by county employees, community leaders, health-care professionals, former candidates and Lincoln County residents from throughout the community.
Service Extends Beyond the Boardroom
A county commissioner’s work extends well beyond regular Board meetings. Learn about my current service. From county advisory committees to regional partnerships, see how I move community priorities forward.
Lincoln County is connected to cities, Tribal government, other counties, state agencies, regional organizations and community partners. Part of my job is representing the County in those relationships, staying informed and bringing useful information, resources and opportunities back home.
These are some of the places I have served and participated during my term.
Latest News
Recent stories and updates from the campaign website. Visit News for the full collection.
- Great Oregon ShakeOut: Let’s Be More Ready Than LessPractice earthquake safety with the Great Oregon ShakeOut, and revisit the Japan–Oregon dock story and Commissioner Terry Thompson’s connection to preparedness.
- Lincoln County Commissioners Forum — October 10, 2026Watch the October 10, 2026 Lincoln County Commissioners Forum, posted by Lincoln County News Source. The recording is available below.
- League of Women Voters Candidate ForumThank you to the League of Women Voters and Oregon Coast Community College for helping candidates and voters connect. Watch the forum and hear…
Public Service = Community Forward
I am currently serving as your Lincoln County Commissioner and am also participating in the November 2026 election.
I am seeking another term because important work remains: protecting essential services, strengthening county finances, supporting housing and local opportunity, improving emergency preparedness and making county government more transparent, stable and accountable.
I am not running to add to the noise. I am asking for the opportunity to continue doing the work.
Thank you,
Casey Miller
County Commissioner