Judge Jared Boyd

Jared Boyd won the Union County Circuit Court seat in the May 2024 primary, defeating incumbent Judge Wes Williams. Retired Senior Judge Russ West published a public letter during the campaign noting that every former 10th Judicial District judge -- Eric Valentine (1983-2003), Brian Dretke (2012-2017), and sitting Presiding Judge Thomas Powers (2017-present) -- had endorsed Boyd. Williams retired early in October 2024.

Boyd himself previously appeared as a Director on the Mt. Emily Safe Center board in 2014. His wife, Jill Boyd, is listed as MESC Chair from 2014 to 2016 on the same 990 filings, and works for the Oregon Health Authority / Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. (GOBHI). GOBHI owns 29 percent of the Eastern Oregon Coordinated Care Organization (EOCCO).

The Valor Investigations corpus flags Boyd's position because the 10th District Circuit Court presides over guardianship cases in Union County. The combination of Boyd's MESC history, his wife's OHA/GOBHI employment, and the Dretke/Powers endorsement chain places him in a documented network of relationships with actors involved in EOCCO governance and the Bingaman-adjacent legal ecosystem. No direct disciplinary history against Boyd was surfaced in the corpus.