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Oregon: John Nelsen

Mon, 12/08/2008 - 16:20

Oregon State House: The 10 biggest losers

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Rural Democrats and Portland-area Republicans were the biggest losers in Oregon’s 2008 State House races, according to official tallies released by the Oregon secretary of state on Friday.

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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 17:23

House Republicans: ‘It’s going to be difficult to have a bipartisan atmosphere’

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

A spokesman for the Oregon House Republicans said that several bitter State House campaigns would make it difficult to work together in a non-partisan fashion when the legislature reconvenes in 2009.

“It’s going to be very difficult to have a bipartisan atmosphere next session,” House Republican spokesman Nick Smith said. “It’s going to be very difficult because of the way FuturePAC ran their campaigns.”

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Thu, 10/23/2008 - 14:36

HD-49: Dems accuse Nelsen of fiscal mismanagement in campaign, school board

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

House Democrats are questioning state House candidate John Nelsen’s fiscal management skills after his campaign has run up a debt in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and the school board that he sits on reported it would have to freeze its budget.

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Sun, 10/05/2008 - 12:26

Oregonian endorses Lim, Nelsen, VanOrman

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Oregonian editorial board endorsed two Republicans and one Democrat in three of the states most competitive house races Sunday.

In all three races, the Oregonian urged readers to elect who they say as the more experienced candidate. That led to the paper giving the nod to Rep. John Lim (R-Gresham) in HD-50, to elect John Nelsen (R-Wood Village) in HD-49, and to elect Suzanne VanOrman (D-Hood River) in HD-52.

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Mon, 11/26/2007 - 15:04

Nelsen enters race for Minnis seat

By Politicker Staff

Reynolds School Board Chair John Nelsen has entered the race for State Representative in House District 49.  He is seeking the seat being vacated by Rep. Karen Minnis, who is retiring after five terms. “I am running to make sure that our community receives the resources needed to ensure effective schools and nurturing, safe neighborhoods in which our kids and families can thrive,” Nelsen said. 

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