Oregon: Brent Barton

Wed, 12/10/2008 - 18:16

Oregon State House: 5 closest races

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Republicans staved off an even bigger Democratic majority in the Oregon State House by pulling out three of the closest victories in the state, according to official election results released by the Secretary of State’s office.

However, Democrats pulled out two close wins in House Districts 51 and 52, which had been Republican seats during the last cycle.

The following are the five closest State House Races in campaigns containing two major-party candidates:

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Mon, 11/10/2008 - 13:28

Hanna back to lead House Republicans

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

On Friday, Oregon House Republicans chose their caucus leaders to take them through the 2009 legislative session.

House Minority leader Bruce Hanna (R-Roseburg) is back at the leadership helm after he was re-elected during the caucus meeting.

Hanna will be joined by two new representatives in the leadership; Rep. Kevin Cameron (R-Salem) will replace Rep. Andy Olson (R-Albany) as deputy minority leader and Rep. Ron Mauer (R-Grants Pass) was elected to replace Rep. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver) as minority whip.

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Fri, 10/17/2008 - 13:11

Oregonian endorses five more Dems for State House

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Oregonian came out in favor of five Democratic candidates running in districts in or around the Portland area Friday.

The most notable endorsement went to HD-51 candidate Brent Barton (D-Clackamas) who is running against incumbent Rep. Linda Flores (R-Clackamas), a three-term representative. The paper was strongly critical of Flores; they questioned her accomplishments as they gave the nod to Barton.

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Wed, 10/15/2008 - 22:09

HD-51: FuturePAC has no plans to make Flores financial woes a campaign issue

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

FuturePAC’s executive director said Wednesday that the Oregon House Democrats’ political action committee had no plans to make Rep. Linda Flores (R-Clackamas) current financial woes a campaign issue.

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Wed, 12/12/2007 - 23:01

Barton warchest doesn't scare Flores

By Doug Daniels

State Rep. Linda Flores (R-Clackamas), isn’t worried about her well-funded, energized young Democratic opponent at this point, according to campaign aide Dawn Phillips.

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Tue, 12/11/2007 - 09:16