News   Based on his Oregon legislative salary of $1,801 per month, Senate Majority Leader Richard Devlin would need more than 46 years to earn the $1 million or so of contributor cash he will spend on his race against Republican challenger Mary Kremer. With one day to go before ballots are counted, state filings show the Democratic incumbent in Senate District 19 (Lake Oswego, Tualatin, West Linn ...   More

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News Democrats are trying to make sure that what is expected to be a marquee legislative race in 2010 is no race at all. When Senate District 26 incumbent Rick Metsger (D-Welches) announced he would not seek re-election earlier this year, Republicans looked at the seat (which represents Hood River and parts of Clackamas and Multnomah Counties) as a potential pick-up. (As of October, Democrats outnumbered ...   More

News State Sen. Rick Metsger (D-Welches) entered the race today for state treasurer, just ahead of tomorrow's 5 pm filing deadline for all candidates in Oregon. The treasurer's position opened yesterday with the death of incumbent Treasurer Ben Westlund, who died of cancer at the age of 60. Metsger, a 59-year-old former sports anchor at KOIN, has served in the Senate since 1999, chairing the Transportation ...   More