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The primary is over, the final ballots are being counted, and we're on our way to 2010's general election. We'll see a race to become the state's next Governor between John Kitzhaber and Chris Dudley; Ted Wheeler will face off against Republican Chris Telfer to be the state treasurer; Republican Jim Huffman will run against Senator Ron Wyden; and Scott Bruun will race against Congressman Kurt Schrader.
On the morning after the election we'll talk to candidates heading to the primary and get analysis from people who have watched the results come in. Did anything surprise you? Did your favorite candidate win, or lose? And what are you looking forward to as we head to November?
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Agreed. The bank idea is a good one that us as citizens should encourage the State legislator to pursue.
As for the results, shocking to see Castillo get a run for her money.
Dudley winning sets up an interesting contrast in style for the Governor race. I think Alley would be a better choice as Governor but Dudley got the votes and obviously the voters like something about him. I'm dissapointed in the choice, personally. Kitz will get my vote. Stability is a good thing at this point in time.
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Well, I for one am pleased to see from my morning R-G (that's Register-Guard for those of you oustide Lane County) that Oregon Scofflaw and Tax Evasionist Bill Sizemore didn't even get out of single digits as far as percent of votes is concerned.
Can someone give me a refresher on what Chris Dudley's qualifications for office are, aside from his time as a professional basketball player?
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It really doesn't matter who we send to Washington D.C. Once they shake the dust of home off their boots, buy some cool threads, and get that $150 haircut...they are open for business! Or should I say they are open to the lobbies and THEIR business. The most challenging job of a new representative is deciding among competing lobbyists which ones to represent! Usually it simply boils down to which one(s) offers the least tracible bribes.
Once a newcomer to DC has his snout firmly wedged in the public trough his major concern is NOT the peoples' business, but rather how he can stay in DC feeding at that trough. This mean preparing for the next election. That will take up most of his time and energy.
Which is just as well- it leaves them less time to enact ever more invasive laws with which to pound down the troublesome masses.
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I am one of the 75% of voters that did not vote. I am not registered as a democrat or a republican. Because of this, I was not able to vote on all of the races that I cared about (senator, governor, state representative, etc.)
I am considering registering for one of the parties just so that I can have more of a say in primaries, but I find myself agreeing with one side half the time, and with the other side the other half of the time. It will be hard to choose which party to register for. -
I too could not vote for the partisan portion of this election. It's rather irritating because I would vote for someone. Maybe not from one party or the other. I think it's time that the state of Oregon change the excusionary rule of not allowing citizens to vote in primaries unless they choose one party over the others. Seem rather un-democratic eh?
Emily, you should have a show about this topic, especially with the upcoming mid-terms.
As far as the anti-incumbent fever goes, I think it's ludicrous. If someone is doing a good job, even a decent job, it should matter and not whether they are an "insider".
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Party Primary elections are for members of that Party! If you choose not to be a member of that party you don't get to voice your opinion. If you would like to participate, claim a Party. If you don't feel any allegence to any party... Why are you complaining?
They don't let me into the club... Why? cuz I ain't a member!
To have an open primary (as many advocate) just removes the whole purpose of the Primary. If there was an open ballot, that would just mean having two elections. An open ballot would look like the Iraqi ballot.... Hundreds of names that mean nothing, my the candidates with the most money win.
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As an Independent and non-PDX resident (yes both my choice) this election was a complete non-event, went down as predicted, and did not need my participation, nor would my vote have any impact, as with most non Valley citizens I am effectively not represented in Salem.
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The races for Washington County Commissioners and the race for Metro Council President will provide a unique view on the status of agricultural lands policy in Oregon for the next decade. The races pitting Malinowski vs. Niehauser, Mecklum vs. Terry and Stacy vs. Hughes will decide whether the metro area goes the route of sprawl or compact urban development with protection of rural open space and agriculture.
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We're not limited them at all! I fear that our server crashed while you were writing the comments. My apologies.
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Why do all of these candidates promise to fix things that they have absolutely Nothing to do with.... They are promising to bring jobs to Oregon. They Can't Do That!
They just wanna cut taxes for themselves and their rich buddies. Oregonians are closing schools, and the rich folks are to cheap to pay their taxes.
These people are promising to cut services, and acting like this is a good thing.
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Dudley is a Joke... that's it!
Oh... His ideology is that He Doesn't Like Paying Taxes!
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Is it required that we have primary elections? I know the major parties want them, but is there any other reason for them. As an independent voter, the primaries pretty much make me feel left out of the process. Seems like we might be able to condense the election process by just allowing everybody to run in a general election.
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By having primary elections, we give the major parties (Democrats & GOP) the chance to narrow their field down to one candidate for each race, allowing them to concentrate their spending for each race on a single "horse."
It also allows the legislature to wimp out and refer to the voters any and all changes to the law or (state) constitution that they think might cost one of them a re-election next time around. (I thought we elected them based on their willingness to take on the tough issues...at least that's what their campaign ads say.)
Personally, I disagree with the first reason for publicly funded elections...after all the Democratic and Republican parties are private organizations, so they should be paying for their own primaries...shouldn't they?
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Whether Bill Bradbury wins of loses, he raised an important issue -- having a state bank that could float bond measures where the interest would go to the state rather than a commercial bank.
This would save the taxpayers a lot of money.
North Dakota has had a state bank for ninety years, and it works for the people rather than the Wall Street money men.