 After winning re-election, Democrats again filed an ethics complaint with the state in February 2005, and again the complaint was rejected by the Oregon Government Standards and Practices Commission.During the 2005 legislature Kitts was elected as majority whip in the House, and after the session ended worked on Kevin Mannix’s gubernatorial campaign.Following the session in January 2006 he announced he would not run for re-election and would instead run for Congress in the First District, facing incumbent David Wu, a Democrat.