News Two of the Republican Party's leading national figures roll into Portland on Saturday morning to give a boost to GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley in the final run-up to the Tuesday election. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have both been mentioned as potential contenders for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012. Neither man has the high-profile of former ...   More

News Last week, Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Kitzhaber's campaign got President Obama to come to Oregon to stump for him at a rally in Portland. Today, Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley's campaign announced that GOP Govs. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Haley Barbour of Mississippi will come to Oregon for a Dudley event at 8 am this Saturday, Oct. 30 in Portland at Parkrose ...   More