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Oregon’s Democratic electorate picks Tina Kotek as the party’s nominee for Governor

Excerpt: Oregon's former Democratic Speaker of the House Tina Kotek has secured the party's 2022 gubernatorial nomination and will attempt to keep the state's top position in Democratic hands this autumn, initial returns show.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Today is Primary Election Day 2022 in Oregon and Idaho: Be sure to vote!

Excerpt: Readers, if you live in the Beaver State or the Gem State, it’s very, very important you exercise your civic duty today and vote.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Bernie Sanders wins Oregon’s Democratic primary, completes sweep of Pacific NW

Excerpt: Ini­tial results in Ore­gon’s 2016 pri­ma­ry elec­tion are in, and they show that Bernie Sanders has won the Beaver State as expect­ed, although not by a huge margin. Of Ore­gon’s 2,293,928 vot­ers, 954,125 cast bal­lots, for a total turnout of 41%. In Ore­gon, vot­ers reg­is­ter by par­ty, so we can also com­pare turnout among vot­ers iden­ti­fy­ing with a […]
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Oregon Republicans choose Monica Wehby as Jeff Merkley’s November opponent; Dennis Richardson to face Governor John Kitzhaber

Excerpt: As in sev­er­al states on the East Coast, tonight is pri­ma­ry night in two of the three states in the Pacif­ic North­west: Ore­gon and Ida­ho. Vot­ers belong­ing to or iden­ti­fy­ing with the coun­try’s major polit­i­cal par­ties are choos­ing the nom­i­nees who will go on to the autumn gen­er­al elec­tion as the par­ties’ stan­dard bearers. In […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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