News It’s way too early to call the Oregon governor’s race. But since we are sitting around, bored of Wolf Blitzer, we’ll offer this bit of analysis: Despite the Republican wave rolling over America, supporters of Democratic candidate John Kitzhaber have reason to be cautiously optimistic. Why? As of 30 minutes ago, almost 100,000 more Democrats than Republicans had voted in Oregon. ...   More

News Over the past couple of weeks, an election-year dispute between the Democratic Party of Oregon and the Independent Party of Oregon has played out in a complaint to the Secretary of State and a response from the Independent Party. On May 21, Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown issued a "cease and desist letter" [PDF] to Sal Peralta of the Independent Party (Oregon's third-largest party and one ...   More

News With the days until the Nov. 2 election dwindling, campaign signs for Oregon's gubernatorial candidates are sprouting up all over the state. But in at least one case in Portland, those signs are being ripped down by vandals. Wendy Temko, a southwest Portland resident, said today that the four-foot-by-eight-foot campaign sign she put up a week ago for Democratic candidate John Kitzhaber has ...   More