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Oregon: Or-5

Mon, 11/17/2008 - 14:56

OR-5: Hooley waits for Senate to act before taking on her final congressional session

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

U.S. Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-West Linn) will spend Monday in Oregon as she waits for the U.S. Senate to rule on a bill to bail out the auto industry.

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Wed, 11/12/2008 - 17:19

OR-5: Schrader names Gage chief of staff

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

U.S. Representative-elect Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) made Paul Gage his chief of staff on Wednesday.

Gage was Schrader’s campaign manager during his race against businessman Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego).

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Wed, 11/05/2008 - 00:09

OR-5: Oregonian calls race for Schrader

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

PORTLAND -- Kurt Schrader will be the next representative for Oregon’s fifth congressional district, according to The Oregonian, which called the race Tuesday night.

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Mon, 11/03/2008 - 17:57

OR-5: Schrader to rally OSU students to get out the vote

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) will be on the Oregon State University campus Monday to encourage students to get their ballots turned in before the deadline Tuesday.

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Fri, 10/24/2008 - 20:51

Pelosi rallies Schrader, Obama supporters in PDX

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

PORTLAND -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a rare visit to Oregon on Friday, swinging through the state to shore up support for congressional candidate Kurt Schrader and Barack Obama.

Pelosi made an afternoon speech billed as a “Women for Obama” event, and the House Speaker focused on issues including children’s health care, equal pay and a woman’s right to choose.

“Women are going to make all the difference in the world this election,” Pelosi said. “They will turn out for Barack Obama.”

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Tue, 10/21/2008 - 15:14

OR-5: Latest Schrader ad says country needs to change direction

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) released his third campaign ad Tuesday touting his economic plan along with his blue-collar history and work ethic.

“This is a district where it’s blue collar folks that work hard,” Schrader says in the ad. “Many of them live and work on the land, just like I do with my family.”

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Mon, 10/20/2008 - 17:06

OR-5: Corvallis Gazette Times endorses Schrader

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Corvallis Gazette Times is the latest in a string of newspapers to endorse congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) in the race for Oregon's 5th Congressional District seat.

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Wed, 10/15/2008 - 16:15

OR-5: Schrader first in with 3Q numbers, collects $516K

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

U.S. Congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) reported Wednesday that he has received a total of $516,585.49 in campaign contributions during the third quarter, according to reports from the Federal Election Commission.

The Canby state senator also reported he has $232,912.42 cash on hand. The cash on hand figures indicate how large a candidates war chest will be in the final 20 days of the general election campaign

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Wed, 10/15/2008 - 15:08

OR-5: Erickson releases attack ad as Schrader racks up endorsements

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Congressional candidate Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego) released his second ad attacking congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) for not paying his taxes Wednesday.

Schrader has been collecting newspaper endorsements from papers inside and outside of the fifth congressional district because of his record in the Oregon State Senate, but the ad warns voters that Schrader has only accomplished raising more taxes for more government programs during his years in Salem.

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Sun, 10/12/2008 - 11:52

Oregonian endorses Schrader, Wu, Walden, Blumenauer, DeFazio

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

The Oregonian endorsed congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) in OR-5 Sunday, saying he was ready to serve Oregonians in Washington D.C.

“Voters in Oregon's 5th Congressional District have an easy choice to make in the November election: They should elect Kurt Schrader, the veterinarian and respected state senator from Canby,” the editorial board wrote. “Schrader is a conservative Democrat who built a reputation during his decade in the Legislature as a hard-nosed numbers cruncher and advocate for performance-based budgeting.”

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