Oregon: Phil Keisling

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...