Political Note #548 Andrea Salinas Oregon 06
Clearly a progressive, Andrea Salinas is on the House Agriculture and the House Science Committee so she can address the most important issues of her district and her state.
Clearly a progressive, Andrea Salinas is on the House Agriculture and the House Science Committee so she can address the most important issues of her district and her state.
2022 was a very close race for the House. Surprisingly good for the Democrats, it could have been even better. 2024 can be even better.
Electing a Republican governor of Oregon would be a surprise. So would electing a Democratic Attorney General of Idaho.
Jamie McLeod-Skinner was raised in Kenya, worked in the Balkans, went to law school, married, and made a home and a political life in Oregon.
Oregon is so Democratic it has two Democrats running for Governor – the Democratic nominee House Speaker Tina Kotek and former State Senator Betsy Johnson running as an independent. That could be a formula for electing a Republican.
Tina Kotek is struggling to be elected as governor of Oregon because the state is so Democratic another Democrat is running as an independent.
Do not accept the Republican narrative, but take the possibility that Peter DeFazio could be vulnerable seriously.
Joe Biden’s Commission should propose an expansion of the District Courts and the Circuit Courts of Appeals.
Five candidates for Secretary of State whose election would make a difference for their state and the country.
Kate Brown is a good government liberal. As Secretary of State, she scheduled tough audits that returned $8 for every dollar spent. As Governor, she ensured that medical insurance covered abortions, allowed temporary confiscation of guns from people who were a danger to themselves or others, and prohibited state agents from arresting or helping the federal government find undocumented immigrants.