The sole political beat is now following the money OregonLive.com Oregon's congressional special election, which ended last week, shows how hard it is now to write any political story that doesn't begin with a dollar sign. As The Oregonian reported, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee alone spent $1.3 ...
Millions in state cuts, but not pet project of Portland mayor candidate ... OregonLive.com Jefferson Smith, a Portland Democrat running in the mayor's race, got some help from a fellow Democrat on the state budget committee, which protected funding for a business aid program Smith championed. SALEM -- As Oregon legislators consider millions ...
100 years of American politics Los Angeles Times And although primaries were established earlier — for example, Oregon in 1910 — the first real test of them came in the presidential election of 1912. All the candidates that year — Woodrow Wilson and James Beauchamp "Champ" Clark on the Democratic...
Oregon lawmakers hope for quick, civil session that tackles budget, health ... OregonLive.com Nearly equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats, giving neither party the advantage. An election year. If this were Congress, the public could realistically expect gridlock. Here, state lawmakers are vowing to work together -- more or less -- not on ...
Abortion politics and breast cancer: Local Komen group will need heroic effort ... OregonLive.com The local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure may not recover from last week's political firestorm over Planned Parenthood, not without months of crisis control and outreach. But don't take my word for it. Listen to Sharon Hunt of McMinnville, ...
You think Romney has flaws? Look at Obama. Washington Post (blog) Gallup reported this week: Democrats have lost their solid political party affiliation advantage in 18 states since 2008, while Republicans have gained a solid advantage in 6 states. A total of 17 states were either solidly Republican or leaning ...
Build housing, Corvallis Albany Democrat Herald 1 priority as “Get Money Out of Politics — Campaign Finance Reform — Corporations Are NOT People.” Whatever you want to call it, we can no longer allow elections to be bought and sold to the highest bidder with the deepest pockets.
Oregon Politics: Thawing the hiring freeze, Cornilles as "the longshot," SEIU ... OregonLive.com CONGRESSIONAL RACE: The Weekly Standard, a conservative publication, looks at Republican Rob Cornilles and his special election race against Democrat Suzanne Bonamici in Oregon's 1st Congressional District. Labeling Cornilles as "The Longshot," the ...