Gail Whitsett is a former member of the Oregon House of Representatives representing District 56 including Klamath Falls and surrounding sections of southern Klamath County and southern Lake County, Oregon.
[1] She is married to Doug Whitsett, a veterinarian who formerly served as a member of the Oregon State Senate.
The couple owns farmland in the Klamath Basin where they raise horses.
Whitsett won the 2012 Republican nomination over Tracey Liskey.
Whitsett opposes the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement and the precedent it establishes for removing dams.