News U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley does not face his first re-election race until 2014, but there's already a lot of speculation about who Republicans will field to challenge him. Merkley, who narrowly defeated GOP incumbent U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith in 2008, has made a lot of powerful enemies in Washington, ripping Wall Street and big oil, among other well-heeled interest groups. Some Republicans had hoped ...   More

News The Democratic Party of Oregon today filed a federal elections complaint [PDF] against Jim Huffman, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. Earlier this week, The Oregonian noted that loans Huffman recently disclosed to his campaign appeared to exceed the value of assets Huffman disclosed [PDF] as part of his candidacy. Huffman—running against U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)—declined to answer ...   More

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News There's been word among the chattering classes for a couple of days that U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Portland), who is up for re-election this year, might draw something more than the token fringe opponents who are often the only ones willing to challenge a well-entrenched incumbent. Today the NW Republican blog produced a name for that mythical potential opponent: Lewis & Clark Law School ...   More

News Now that Lewis & Clark law prof Jim Huffman is in the discussion as a potential Republican contender for the seat of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), there's a survey out testing how Huffman would do in a race against Wyden — if Huffman were to run in the May GOP primary and advance to the general election in November. The Rasmussen Reports telephone poll Feb. 16 of 500 likely Oregon ...   More

News Lewis & Clark Law Professor Jim Huffman will enter the U.S. Senate Race tonight at a kickoff event at Halton Tractor Company on Columbia Boulevard at 5 pm. Huffman, a Republican hopes to challenge incumbent Democrat Ron Wyden, Oregon's senior senator. Huffman's interest in the race has been in the news for a couple of weeks — which gave the Democratic Party of Oregon plenty of time ...   More

News Unsatisfied with reading our endorsements? Dying to be a fly on the wall during our interviews? You're in luck! All of our endorsement interviews are posted online here. Part Charlie Rose, part Gong Show, the videos promise hours and hours of pure, unadulterated political wonkery. Here are a few highlights: U.S. Senate Republican hopeful Jim Huffman, recalling with a smile what it was ...   More

News See anything missing from this sign? When the first signs supporting Republican Jim Huffman's candidacy in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate hit lawns recently, they lacked an important detail: a disclaimer stating who authorized and paid for the ad. The disclaimer is required for all political ads that are public communications, which includes yard signs, according to federal elections law. "For ...   More

News Republican Jim Huffman unveiled the first TV ad today of his challenge to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Huffman's 30-second ad in the Nov. 2 general election comes about one month after the better-financed Wyden went on TV with his first ad. And befitting the fact that Huffman is a challenger who trails in the polls, Huffman goes right on the attack without taking a moment to introduce himself ...   More