Oregon: Ben Dupree

By Ben DuPree of Portland, Oregon. Previously, Ben worked for Jeff Merkley's U.S. Senate campaign, worked for then-Commissioner Sam Adams, consulted with the SEIU, and serves on Metro's Committee for Citizen Involvement. Ben previously blogged at Witigonen and now blogs at Preemptive Karma. Oregon needs Pete DeFazio to run for Governor. To help this along, I have started a blog devoted to the effort: Draft Pete DeFazio. From a purely political perspective, he is the strongest realistic candidate we Democrats can field. By far. Without reading any specific polling, it is fair to say that he has strong name recognition...