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U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, The Only Republican in Oregon’s Congressional Delegation, Will Not Seek Re-Election

GOP Fails in Effort to Gather Enough Signatures to Begin Recall of Gov. Kate Brown

Oregon GOP Chairman Bill Currier made that announcement today in an interview with KXL talk-show host Lars Larson.

Eleven Things You May Not Know About Gordon Sondland

Sondland is active in local politics—except in the most basic way.

Ethics Complaint Alleges Funding Republicans Senators’ Walkout Violates Oregon Ethics, Campaign Law

McMinnville child welfare worker claims that Senate absences and fundraising activities are unlawful — and she wants the state to investigate.

Murmurs: Governor Underlines Need for Campaign Finance Reform

In other news: Oregon Republican Party again dealing with internal dissension.

Sam Carpenter’s New Book Charts a Course for GOP Domination of Oregon. We Read It So You Won’t Have To.

Former GOP candidate for governor Sam Carpenter’s written a new book about how to make Oregon Great Again (spoiler alert: it involves putting him in charge)

WW’s 10 Most Read Stories of 2018

The most read stories on wweek.com show a year of comeuppances, closures and clobberings.

Nothing Feels Better Than Complaining! We’ve Got Gripes About Scooter Vandals, Food Carts and Knute Buehler’s Goatee.

Portland, we’ve got a bone to pick with you.

More Than a Week After Oregon Election, Gov. Kate Brown Tops 50 Percent

Kate Brown’s share of the total Nov. 6 vote inches over 50 percent as late ballots are counted.

With the Election Past, Redistricting is Next. Kevin Mannix Has a Ballot Measure For That.

Ballot measure maven and longtime GOP politician Kevin Mannix wants to change the way Oregon handles redistricting.