Bill Bradbury

DENVER--Secretary of State Bill Bradbury warned Oregon’s Democratic delegates that he would probably get emotional Thursday night when he witnessed the first African American man accept the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.

The first Democrat to throw his hat in the race for Oregon governor in two years is current Secretary of State Bill Bradbury.

The Oregon Independent Party and Secretary of State Bill Bradbury are headed to court to resolve their differences on how many parties can be listed next to a candidate’s name on the ballot, according to Oregon Independent Party Secretary Sal Peralta.

The Independent Party released a statement Friday morning saying  that CD-1 congressional candidate Joel Haugen (R-Scappoose) should not have to give up his Republican nomination to take up the Independent nomination, and that both parties should be listed on the ballot next to his name.

Hillsboro retired farmer and businessman Jeff Duyck was forced to drop his candidacy for House District 29 because it turns out elections officials have been mistakenly telling him for years that he lives in the district.

We can all exhale now that Governor Ted Kulongoski is back from his gallbladder surgery.

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Now, could someone explain why Secretary of State Bill Bradbury has suddenly had a change of heart on Duyck's residency?  Winning fair and square usually means playing the game until the very end.

NW Republican blogs with intense disdain on the decision by Democrat Secretary of State Bill Bradbury to force Republican state house candidate Jeff Duyck to withdraw from running against state Rep. Chuck Riley for lack of residency requirements, while folks over at Blue Oregon cheer on House Dems' likely retention of control.

No surprise here. Oregon’s last two superdelegates have finally weighed in and are standing behind nominee Sen. Barack Obama. 

What comes as a bit more of a surprise is what was contained in the endorsement statement issued by Sen. Ron Wyden, who took the opportunity to slam the concept of the superdelegate. 

“When voters in Oregon and around the country hear the word 'superdelegate,' people start hissing. I never asked to be a superdelegate, and always thought it preposterous that my vote would be accorded greater weight than the vote of the very people who make my public service possible,” Wyden said in a statement.