News The Libertarian Party of Oregon has a fractious recent history, featuring lots of infighting for control. And although registered Libertarians number only about 13,000 in Oregon, a little more than half of one percent of registered voters, they can play an important role in elections. In 2002, for instance, Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Tom Cox got more votes than the margin by which Democrat ...   More

News A lot of factors contributed to Democrat John Kitzhaber's winning an historic third term as Oregon's governor yesterday: a huge last-minute get-out-the-vote effort in Multnomah County; Republican Chris Dudley's relative inexperience; and Oregonians' reluctance to surf the national Republican wave, among others. But it's worth pointing out that the Constitution Party's Greg Kord got nearly 20,000 ...   More