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Oregon: Russ Kelley

February 5, 2009 - 06:42 pm
NEWS FEED: BlueOregon

Tom Daschle, whipping boy.

By BlueOregon.com

By Russ Kelley of Portland, Oregon. Russ is a first year student at Willamette University College of Law. Before law school, Russ spent several years as a press aide to the Democratic leaders of the U.S. House and Senate, including Senator Tom Daschle. Most recently he served as spokesman for then-Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley. He speaks only for himself. Let's get one thing straight: Tom Daschle is not a tax cheat. Willie Nelson is a tax cheat. Pete Rose is a tax cheat. Al Capone was a tax cheat. Tom Daschle is not. What he is, is...

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Fri, 02/15/2008 - 18:26

Merkley Makes it a 36 County Campaign

By Lauren Lafaro

The Merkley campaign knows that in order to beat Sen. Gordon Smith in November, it will have to build the largest grassroots organization Oregon has ever seen.

With their grassroots leadership teams in place, Russ Kelley, the campaign's spokesman, believes the campaign is well on its way to that goal.

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Fri, 01/25/2008 - 10:26

AP: Merkley uninjured in accident

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley  was unhurt in a rollover accident on U.S. Highway 20 near Sisters Thursday afternoon, the AP is reporting.

Merkley was travelling with an aide, who was also uninjured.

Spokesman Russ Kelley provides a few details.

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Thu, 01/24/2008 - 17:19

East Oregonian gives Novick an edge for style in debate

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

So – who won Tuesday night’s Democratic Senate debate between Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick?

Today’s East Oregonian takes the position that Novick had an edge for style points.

“With so little difference in substance, style may influence some voters. And the edge from the first debate seemed - let's repeat that, seemed - to favor Novick.

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Mon, 01/21/2008 - 14:09

I spy Jeff Merkley

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

The AP is reporting on the Merkley campaign’s complaints about a spy.

“Russ Kelley, the campaign spokesman for U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley, said he recently spotted a young man with a video camera at a Merkley event. Kelley learned his name was Tim Lussier, who said he was a fan of the Democrat and hoped to meet him.

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Thu, 01/10/2008 - 22:00

Merkley camp weighs in on debate schedule

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

Now the Merkley campaign is responding on the debates.

"We are glad to finally have the schedule of debates set," Merkley spokesman Russ Kelley tells us. "Jeff looks forward to bringing his message of change and opportunity to voters across the state."

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Wed, 01/02/2008 - 22:35

Merkley responds to Novick on debates

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

Russ Kelley, spokesman for the Jeff Merkley U.S. Senate campaign, is responding to Democratic rival Steve Novick on the issue of debate negotiations.

“It sounds like the Novick campaign can’t take yes for an answer,” Kelley tells PolitickerOR.com Wednesday evening. “It seems, no matter how many times we agree to do the debates, we just can’t satisfy.

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Tue, 12/18/2007 - 16:25

Smith in hot water for comments on Lott

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

Republican U.S. Senator Gordon Smith is facing questions today about comments he made on the Senate floor yesterday regarding then-Republican Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott’s 2002 comments about Strom Thurmond’s 1948 Dixiecrat presidential run.

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Tue, 12/04/2007 - 16:03

Novick joins Merkley in bashing Peru trade agreement

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

Democrat Steve Novick, running for the Democratic nomination in the race for the U.S. Senate, today criticized the Senate's passage of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act.

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Tue, 11/20/2007 - 21:12

AFSCME endorses Merkley

By Doug Daniels

Jeff Merkley's Senate campaign picked up another significant labor endorsement Tuesday, as Oregon AFSCME Council 75 announced their members had voted to support him.

Merkley has already been endorsed by both the UFCW Local 555, and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

Don Loving, Public Affairs Director for AFSCME, said the union's members certainly had nothing against Steve Novick, but that a historically beneficial relationship they had enjoyed with Merkley led to the endorsement.

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