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Oregon: Stacey Dycus

Wed, 07/30/2008 - 12:55

State treasurer candidates debate over debates

By Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter

Shortly after the May 20 primary, Oregon state Treasurer candidates Allen Alley (R-Lake Oswego) and state Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) talked of their hopes to schedule debates around the Beaver State. First there were five debates. Then the dream grew to 10 debates. Westlund thought it would be great fun to travel to the debates together in the same car. He even invited Bob Eckstrom, the Constitution Party’s state Treasurer nominee, to come along before he dropped out of the race.

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Mon, 03/31/2008 - 12:20

Straight from Santa Monica, it's the Pollies!

By Lauren Lafaro

Two Oregonian political strategists took a trip to Santa Monica the other week, and when they returned, their bags were just a bit heavier.

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Mon, 11/26/2007 - 22:38

Candidates disagree on non-partisan Secretary of State

By Doug Daniels

Last week The Oregonian ran an editorial backing a move that would make the Secretary of State a non-partisan position, citing the erosion in public confidence prompted by the 2000 recount fiasco in Florida, in which then Secretary of State Katherine Harris, a known Bush ally, was at the core of the election results, as well as Ohio in 2004, when the Secretary of State, Ken Blackwell, also served as an honorary co-chair of the Bush-Cheney reelection

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