Bruce Hanna

State House candidate Greg Matthews (D-Portland) is demanding that state Rep. John Lim (R-Gresham) pull a television ad that accuses Matthews of violating a city rule by using photos of him in his firefighter uniform in campaign literature.

House Minority leader Bruce Hanna sent a letter to the Elections Division of the secretary of state’s office Friday with a complaint that state House candidate Judy Stiegler (D-Bend) was late in reporting campaign finance activity.

A spokesman for House Republican leader Bruce Hanna is accusing House District 26 candidate Jessica Adamson (D-Sherwood) of trying to distract voters from important issues by calling attention to Rep. Matt Wingard’s (D-Wilsonville) 2002 misdemeanor assault conviction for hitting his son over the head with a screwdriver.

Stacy Pico, mother of GOP candidate Matt Wingard's son, had shown her support of Wingard earlier, but now appears to be retracting that support because Wingard is claiming he was just fooling around with his son and no abuse took place.

If money raised is any sort of indicator on which party will hold the Speaker's gavel in Oregon's House of Representatives this coming January session it's really a no-brainer.  Democrat Majority Leader and likely next Speaker Dave Hunt is leading the charge for House Dems by raking in an enormous $1,077,710 to spend on any competitive race this election cycle.

The sudden early retirement of state Rep. Jerry Krummel (R-Wilsonville) gave Republican House District 26 candidate Matt Wingard an edge in the November election, but he still faces a tough road ahead.

State House Republican Leader Bruce Hanna (R-Roseburg) responded harshly to House Majority leader Dave Hunt’s (D-Clackamas) assertion that fundraising actions taken by state Rep. Karen Minnis (R-Wood Village) to give money out of her campaign contributions to candidates that have hired her on as a consultant were possibly unethical.

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.

Most of the targeted Oregon legislative campaigns are funded primarily through their respective caucuses, thus taking a closer look at caucus fundraising can provide insight on what we have to look forward to in the fall fights for the House and Senate.

Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Jeff Merkley gaveled the special experimental session of the Legislature to a close at 9:41 p.m on Friday.

The session was short—it ended a week before the self-imposed deadline—but according to the Democrats who control both the House and Senate, successful.  read more »