BEND, OR -- Bend City Councilor Nathan Boddie announced Wednesday he plans to run for Bend State Representative Knute Buehler’s House seat.

Buehler (R-Bend) was elected to the post in 2014, but said earlier this summer he would not seek re-election to District 54 so he can run against Governor Kate Brown in 2018.

Boddie, like Buehler, is a physician. He’s served on the City Council since 2014.