 Kerans won re-election to a second term in the Oregon Senate in November 1990, but resigned in 1993, prior to completion of his four-year term, to take a job lobbying for the State System of Higher Education.He had failed to win election as Senate President during the 1993 session.Following his years in the legislature, Kerans worked as a lobbyist for the Oregon University System beginning in 1993 until 2004.