“I want to create a friendly, welcoming atmosphere where things are done correctly and on time. I feel my years of experience more than qualifies me to do the job and serve the people of Blaine County with courtesy and respect. ”
Kristi Parman Campos is a candidate for Blaine County Clerk. She has lived here since she was six, attending school at Greenfield first, then at Watonga from grades 5-12, graduating in 1988. She was active in 4H and FFA, showing livestock. She is a member of the First Baptist Church of Watonga.
Campos worked at HollyTex carpet mill until her first child was born, and even then continued to work part time at the Dairy Kream where she had worked since she was 13. When Campos returned to work full time, it was to dispatch for the Blaine County Sheriff’s office before going to Diamondback Correctional facility. When her son was born, Campos stayed home for the next seven years.
She moved to Ponca City to work for Kay County Clerk’s Office before returning to Watonga in 2008.
Campos started working for Blaine County on her return, as a purchase order clerk and doing accounts payable. When Linda McPherson retired, Campos became first deputy clerk for Della Wallace and cross trained as purchasing agent. Wallace retired and Campos remained in her same position for the new clerk until August 2019, when she went to work as executive assistant for Blaine County Emergency Management.
Campos believes her experience makes her a good choice for county clerk. “It’s not something you learn overnight,” she said. “But as first deputy you have to be able to run the office in the clerk’s absence. I know I have the ability to do the job. I hope to improve the efficiency and have the office operate in an open, streamlined way.”
Some changes Campos would like to institute, if elected, include adding public viewing stations for the land records instead of having the public handle the old books, some of which are in bad condition and linking all the books so that a property can be searched from its patent at statehood through today. She also hopes to improve relationships with the public and build on the relationships between the clerk’s office and other county offices and departments.
“And I want to create a friendly, welcoming atmosphere where things are completed efficiently and in a timely fashion,” Campos said. “I feel my years of experience qualifies me to do the job and serve the people of Blaine County with courtesy and respect.”