Murmurs Katie Riley, a Democrat making her second run at the House District 29 seat, currently held by Rep. Katie Eyre (R-Hillsboro), learned an important lesson this week: If you are going to misrepres   More

News Two years ago, then-Secretary of State Bill Bradbury disqualified Jeff Duyck, a GOP candidate in House District 29 (Hillsboro and parts of Washington County) after an investigation by elections officials determined Duyck lived just outside the district boundaries. Fast forward to 2010 and Oregon's Secretary of State, now Kate Brown, has once again been called upon to determine whether a GOP ...   More

News The Oregon Beverage Political Action Committee, a formidable lobbying operation run by Paul Romain (above) and his daughter Danelle, has made large donations to the Republican candidates in two of the most closely-watched state House races. The Romains killed a Democratic attempt in the last legislative session to raise beer taxes. And given the state's economic distress, they will probably ...   More