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Oregon: Meredith Wood Smith

Mon, 12/08/2008 - 14:03

Democratic Party of Oregon elects new committee members

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Democratic Party of Oregon elected two new committee members on Sunday to serve as Oregon’s representatives to the Democratic National Committee.

Oregon Dems voted in Lupita Mauer, the former chair of the Washington County Democrats, as one of the newest members of Oregon’s national committee. Mauer lives in Aloha.

Mike Radway, the treasurer for the DPO, also won election to represent the state at the national level. Radway lives in Portland.

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Thu, 11/20/2008 - 16:03

DPO reorganizes grassroots network to holiday canned food drive

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Democratic Party of Oregon is re-mobilizing its general election grassroots campaign network into a holiday food drive, according to a release from the party on Thursday.

“The Democratic Party’s 2008 success wasn’t a movement just to win an election,” DPO Chair Meredith Wood Smith said. “It’s a call to restore our country. That restoration starts by helping our communities in need.”

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Thu, 11/13/2008 - 15:41

Wood Smith set to run for re-election in 2009

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Democratic Party of Oregon Chair Meredith Wood Smith will run for re-election in 2009, DPO spokesman Marc Siegel said Thursday.

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Thu, 11/06/2008 - 16:50

Wood Smith: ‘Obama brings smart people to work with him’

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Oregon Democratic Party Chair Meredith Wood Smith had a mixed reaction to rumors Thursday that two Oregon Democratic politicians are being considered for posts in President-elect Barack Obama’s administration.

Political junkies throughout the country have been theorizing that Obama is considering former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber for Secretary of the Interior, and Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Portland) as Transportation Secretary.

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Tue, 09/30/2008 - 19:00

Wood Smith gets out the vote for presidential, congressional and state races

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

PORTLAND – The deadline for Oregonians to register to vote is two weeks away, so the chairwoman of the state Democratic Party, Meredith Wood Smith, took to the streets Tuesday to sign up as many voters as possible.

“It’s the feet on the street that make the difference,” Wood Smith said, clutching a clipboard of voter registration cards in Pioneer Square in Portland. “There is an opportunity this year to get people involved.”

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Tue, 09/30/2008 - 17:26

Wood Smith on Smith: ‘The blush is off Mr. Nice Guy’

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

PORTLAND -- State Democratic Party Chairwoman Meredith Wood Smith said Friday that U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith’s (R-Pendleton) approval ratings have plummeted recently because people have started to take a closer look at his record.

“He’s gotten a free ride,” Wood Smith told PolitickerOR.com Tuesday afternoon as she registered voters in Pioneer Square in Portland. “When the lens is on you, you get examined more closely. The blush is off Mr. Nice Guy.”

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Mon, 08/25/2008 - 11:58

Obama delegate, videographer, excited about Biden pick

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

DENVER -- Barack Obama delegate Enrique Arias spoke highly of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), Obama’s vice presidential pick, on Monday at before the premier of his video “We the People” at the Oregon delegation breakfast.

“I think he’s a great choice,” said Arias, executive producer of Progressive Media Agency, and mastermind behind the video that was meant to inspire Oregon Democrats to stand up for traditional Democratic values.

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Fri, 08/08/2008 - 17:19

Dems rally against McCain social security policy

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

PORTLAND -- Twenty-five Democrats gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square Friday afternoon to tell their fellow Oregonians that presidential candidate John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) policy of privatizing social security would be disastrous for their families and state.

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Tue, 08/05/2008 - 19:02

Erickson fights off DPO allegations of misrepresenting endorsements

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Democratic Party of Oregon accused 5th Congressional District candidate Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego) of repeatedly misrepresenting his endorsements, releasing a list of incidents involving what it believed to be Erickson’s misleading statements about support he has received from political officials in the state.

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Wed, 05/28/2008 - 10:29

Wood Smith endorses Obama

By Lauren Lafaro

Obama won 31 of Oregon's pledged delegates in the primary (Clinton took 21) but it looks like the win is also helping his superdelegate count.

Meredith Wood Smith, chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Oregon, is the second of Oregon's 12 superdelegates to get on the Obama boat since the primary.

She announced her decision in a column published in today's Oregonian.

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