Springfield, Ore., Mayor Sid Leiken, one of the GOP’s first strong recruits for the 2010 cycle, is dropping a bid against Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.). The district, which includes Eugene and runs down the state’s coastline, has a mere D+2 Cook rating — it split 49-49 for Kerry More…
By a surprisingly clear 53-47 and 54-46 margins, voters in Oregon have approved ballot measures raising taxes on wealthier residents. It’s the sort of story you’d hear more about if it went the other way. As Fox News reported yesterday:
The No campaign is also getting a boost
The Associated Press reports:
OLYMPIA, Wash. – A 66-year-old woman with terminal cancer has become the first person to die under Washington state’s new assisted suicide law, an advocacy group said Friday. Linda Fleming, of Sequim,
For example, this is not happening.
Andrew Lee Patterson identifies himself as the state leader of the National Socialist Movement, Oregon Unit, and said he has been a “storm trooper, first class” with the movement for about six months. Other unit leaders from around the state selected
A controversial proposal to shore up federal transportation funds has set off a firestorm in Washington, with a high-profile disagreement between the transportation secretary and the White House leaving the nation’s strategy for combating an impending highway budget shortfall in doubt.
In an More…
Following up on Aaron Wiener‘s post about GOP Sen. Gordon Smith’s defeat in Oregon by his Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley:
As I wrote in August, Smith, a blue-state Republican incumbent in a tight race, adopted a bizarre and risky strategy — More…
NPR and NBC have just called the Oregon Senate race for Democrat Jeff Merkley.
Merkley trailed Republican Gordon Smith before early and absentee ballots were tallied. Most of these ballots came from Portland and other Democratic strongholds.
According to NPR, Merkley leads 48 percent to 46 percent, with More…
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