Ballot Quick Picks
A cheat-sheet to our endorsements for the Nov. 4 election.
November 18th, 2009
Murmurs • Going Rogue Each Week4 comments
November 18th, 2009
Dr. Know2 comments
November 18th, 2009
Letters to the Editor • Inbox1 comment
November 18th, 2009
Cover Story • Randyland, Part II | WW examines whether Randy Leonard is using his power to benefit downtown’s largest private property owner.81 comments
November 18th, 2009
Rogue of the Week • Bureau Of Transportation | One more mouth to feed.5 comments
November 18th, 2009
The Back Of The Bus | Why TriMet is carrying Anti-Fred Meyer ads. 3 comments
November 18th, 2009
Chronic Debate | Where there’s smoke, there’s a dispute.0 comments
November 18th, 2009
Making It Rain | Oregon’s most litigious stripper is out to reform the industry.14 comments
November 18th, 2009
Fire Drilled | After the blaze at Marysville School, a retired inspector sounds the alarm.12 comments
November 18th, 2009
By The Numbers | Fare Trade0 comments
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[October 29th, 2008]
Believe it or not, we're now less than a week from the Nov. 4 election (and for most of us, it can't arrive too soon). Here’s a summary of our endorsements. You can find our full endorsements, along with video of our candidate interviews, here . You can read more reader feedback on the individual endorsements and on last week's Quick Picks.
Federal
President: BARACK OBAMA
US Senate: JEFF MERKLEY
First Congressional District DAVID WU
Third Congressional District EARL BLUMENAUER
Fifth Congressional District KURT SCHRADER
State
Treasurer ALLEN ALLEYSec of State KATE BROWN
Attorney General JOHN KROGER
Labor Commissioner BRAD AVAKIAN
State measures
54 Voter eligibility in school elections YES55 Redistricting YES
56 Double majority changes YES
57 Prison sentences (legislative version) YES
58 English-language instruction limits NO
59 Increased state tax deductions NO
60 Merit pay for teachers NO
61 Prison sentences NO
62 Lottery money set-aside NO
63 Building permit exemptions NO
64 Payroll deduction restrictions NO
65 Open primary YES
City Council
AMANDA FRITZ
Multnomah County
Sheriff BOB SKIPPER
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Commissioner, District 3 MIKE DELMAN
Commissioner, District 4 CARLA PILUSO
Legislature
Senate 14 MARK HASSSenate 18 GINNY BURDICK
Senate 25 LAURIE MONNES-ANDERSON
House 26 JESSICA ADAMSON
House 27 TOBIAS READ
House 29 CHUCK RILEY
House 30 DAVID EDWARDS
House 33 MITCH GREENLICK
House 34 CHRIS HARKER
House 35 LARRY GALIZIO
House 36 MARY NOLAN
House 37 SCOTT BRUUN
House 38 STEVE GRIFFITH
House 39 TOBY FORSBERG
House 41 CAROLYN TOMEI
House 42 JULES KOPEL-BAILEY
House 45 MICHAEL DEMBROW
House 49 JOHN NELSEN
House 50 GREG MATTHEWS
House 51 BRENT BARTON
House 52 SUZANNE VANORMAN
Local initiatives
26-94 Portland children’s levy YES26-95 Portland Community College bond YES
26-96 Oregon Zoo levy NO
26-97 Centennial bond YES
RECENT COMMENTS ON “Ballot Quick Picks”
You shouldn't be endorsing any one or any measure. You should be doing your job, that's reporting the news, all sides of the issues and let the people decide!
I was actually grateful for the cheat sheet. I just finished moving and had no time to think of the issues myself so...... hopefully the WW is right.
Newspapers make a regular habit of endorsing candidates and ballot measures. It's obviously editorializing, but newspapers do that often as well. The summaries of the measures and candidates are conci...
