Oregon: John Kroger

In his ongoing series of posts about potential gubernatorial candidates, Jeff Mapes takes a look at Bill Bradbury - who just completed his second term as Secretary of State. Over the last 50 years, all but two Secretaries of State have run for Governor - three of them successfully. (Howell Appling and Phil Keisling are the only exceptions.) Bradbury is the only person in Oregon history to receive more than a million votes for a state office contested by both major parties, for his re-election in 2004. (John Kroger got more votes for AG in 2008, but had no GOP...

[img_assist|nid=3241|title=Merkley with SEIU volunteer|desc=U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley meets with SEIU volunteers before they head out to canvass voters three days before the election.|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=150]Several Democratic candidates appeared to rally Service Employees International Union volunteers at the SEIU Local 49 hall in southeast Portland before they headed off to canvass Washington County neighborhoods on Saturday morning.

The Oregonian editorial board endorsed three Democratic Oregon State Senate incumbents Tuesday.

The Oregonian urged voters to re-elect state Sens. Mark Hass (D-Raleigh Hills), Ginny Burdick (D-TPortland), and Laurie Monnes Anderson (D-Gresham). The paper praised the wide range of issues the senators have worked on, as well as their experience.

Oregon House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley (D-Portland) wrapped up an endorsement from the Oregon State Police Officers Association Thursday.

"Jeff Merkley has always fought to keep our children and families safe from crime by ensuring that law enforcement have the resources they need to do their job," said Jeff Leighty, president of the OSPOA. "Oregon needs a proven public safety leader to change the way things work in Washington D.C.”