Brady’s and Smith’s social-media campaigns are friending voters. And @Hales? #Zzzzz.
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Jefferson Smith, Eileen Brady and Charlie Hales hope
you’ll “like” them. Brady also wants you to see pictures of her family
and eavesdrop as she says “I love you” to her son. Smith weigh
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City Commissioner Amanda Fritz says she is the champion of labor unions. So why have they abandoned her?
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A union strike, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz says, defined her commitment to public service long before she ran for office.
She recalls...
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Charlie Hales leans on big donors, and a Portland developer plays two sides.
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Political candidates like to say every vote counts. When
it comes to campaign contributions, some people clearly have a louder
voice than others.
Last week, WW gave you an analysis of special-in
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When Eileen Brady helped run New Seasons, the company equated unions with extremists.
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Eileen Brady’s association with New Seasons Market has
been the central narrative of her campaign for Portland mayor. It makes
sense that she wants to identify herself with the grocery that call
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Records raise questions about Eileen Brady’s New Seasons résumé.
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Early this month, New Seasons Market announced plans to
build its 13th store on a vacant lot in North Portland’s Eliot
neighborhood.
That’s good news for the listless economy and the u
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Our endorsement in the race for the 1st Congressional District. Election day is Jan. 31.
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Few voters in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District will miss U.S. Rep. David Wu.
First elected in
1998, Wu resigned last August after exhibiting bizarre behavior and,
ultimately, facing a
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Rob Cornilles’ pursuit of tax breaks and his shrinking company challenge his campaign image as a “Job Creator.”
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Rob Cornilles hasn’t seen his campaign message that he’s a “job creator” go quite like he’d hoped.
Cornilles is the
Republican nominee in the Jan. 31 special election to replace fo
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