March 3, 2008 - 8:13pm
Another possible open seat in Oregon
By Wally EdgeWith former Governer Vic Atiyeh anointing Rep. Greg Walden as the 2010 GOP nominee for governor at this past weekend's Dorchester Conference, it looks like Oregon will have yet another congressional seat opening up in two years.
Any potential Republican candidate who wants to run for one of the safest "crown jewels" the GOP has to offer might be wise to get a head start by running for an uncontested primary statewide seat in 2008. Such a candidate could leapfrog ahead of other sitting legislators to immediate frontrunner status by focusing a campaign entirely east of the Willamette Valley, building tremendous name recognition among Republican voters, establishing a solid fundraising network, and earning major brownie points among inner party circles by filling one of the many voids for GOP statewide candidates.
So, who could that candidate possibly be? Remember, you don't have to live in the district to run for the seat. Or perhaps its not such a far move from Lake Oswego to Hood River after all.
Stay tuned for a list of potential Walden replacements. Think you know who is most likely to run? Feel free to share (politickeror@aol.com).
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Walden will get his clocker cleaned out by Kitz in '10
especially once the FBI investigation of the NRCC fraud comes to light, of which he was responsible as the auditor.
It's too bad the Dems aren't putting anyone credible forward this time around to make inroads in that district in the future, but presumably they're content with having 4/5 Congressional districts in a 51/49 state and are willing to write that district off at the expense of the others.
This will become particularly clear come redistricting in 2010 one way or another when they likely make their other districts safer at the expense of this one.
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