News HOUSE DISTRICT 29

Political consultant Ben Unger is leading Katie Riley in the Democratic scramble to face Rep. Katie Eyre (R-Hillsboro) in the general election.

Unger is ahead of Riley, a retired Oregon Health & Sciences University administrator, 65 percent to 35 percent.

House District 29 covers Cornelius, Hillsboro, Forest Grove and parts of Washington County. <...   More

Letters to the Editor This isn’t an election, this is a coronation [“Novick Unchained,” WW, May 2, 2012]. It’s really unfortunate (and sleazy) that Randy Leonard gave [Steve] Novick advance notice that he was   More

Murmurs A federal grand jury in San Diego last week indicted Yonas Fikre and two others for attempting to conceal the transfer of $75,000 from the United States to the United Arab Emirates in 2010. Fikre is t   More

News A new poll in the Portland mayor’s race shows that state Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) is surging in the campaign’s final days.

The survey suggests city commissioner Charlie Hales and Eileen Brady have gained little ground with voters since last month.
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News The race for Portland mayor is a dead heat, with a new poll showing that state Rep. Jefferson Smith is gaining late momentum, and that businesswoman Eileen Brady is making no progress with voters despite spending nearly $1 million on her campaign.The poll was conducted by DHM Research for O...   More

Letters to the Editor So you guys like [Jefferson] Smith, think he has the best ideas, and understands the needs of the city better than anyone, but you are endorsing [Charlie] Hales [for mayor]? [“Election Is Coming   More

Murmurs The Oregon Lottery generates more than $500 million a year, most of it from video gambling machines in bars and taverns. Longtime Lottery Commission Chairman Steve Ungar is stepping down and Gov.    More

Elections City of Portland Mayor: Charlie HalesCity Council Position 1: Mary NolanCity Council Position 4: Steve Novick U.S. House of Representatives Oregon’s 1st, (R): Delinda MorganOregon’s 3rd   More

News Mayoral candidate Charlie Hales has taken down a TV ad that The Oregonian’s PolitiFact today busts as "false" for Hales' claims he helped keep Portland schools open during a budget crisis while he serv...   More

Letters to the Editor If this is true, it’s very disturbing [“Sleepless in Abu Dhabi,” WW, April 18, 2012]. But there is no proof at all other than his story, which even WW says it cannot confirm. Can the FBI reall   More