Oregon: Judy Stiegler

Mon, 12/08/2008 - 17:26

Oregon State House: The 10 biggest winners

Portland-area Democrats and rural Republicans grabbed the largest vote totals in state house races, according to numbers released by the Secretary of State on Friday.

The following is a list of the top 10 Oregon State House Representative-elects that received the most votes (major-party candidates with major-party opposition only):

1.      Rep. Mary Nolan (D-Portland) 25,939
2.      Rep. Mitch Greenlick (D-Portland) 25,277
3.      Rep. Gene Whisnant (R-Sunriver) 22,058

Wed, 11/05/2008 - 17:23

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

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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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 18:07

State House: GOP needs to save incumbents to stave off Dem supermajority

With the exception of the U.S Senate race, the talk in Oregon this election cycle has centered on just how big the Democrats will win.

The story is the same on the State House level. The Dem’s currently have a 31-29 advantage in the House, but on Tuesday they are hoping to pick up five seats, and the much coveted State House “super-majority” status.

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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 12:35

HD-54: House Republicans accuse Stiegler of violating campaign finance reporting

House Minority leader Bruce Hanna sent a letter to the Elections Division of the secretary of state’s office Friday with a complaint that state House candidate Judy Stiegler (D-Bend) was late in reporting campaign finance activity.

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