Candy Neville

After a long and close primary, Speaker Jeff Merkley ultimately won the Democratic nod to take on Sen. Gordon Smith in November.

Merkley won with 45 percent to Novick’s 41 percent, and Candy Neville garnered seven percent of the total vote.

Novick conceded with his trademark humor, saying that the last phase of the campaign reminded him of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; “a couple of outlaws against an entire army.”

Yesterday, former Gov. John Kitzhaber joined Senate candidate Steve Novick in lambasting the negativity of ‘politics as usual’ in a spot released by the Novick’s campaign. Now another, more unexpected, pol is chiming in: fellow Senate candidate Candy Neville.

Neville issued a statement urging Jeff Merkley to pull his “Believe” ad from the air, saying his negative campaign is “disappointing, misleading and misrepresentative” in its depiction of Novick.

Last night's US Senate debate between Dem candidates Jeff Merkley, Steve Novick and Candy Neville reminded us all why incumbent Senator Gordon Smith is very close to getting a free pass this election cycle.

While at times the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate has been virulent, by and large Steve Novick, Rep. Jeff Merkley and Candy Neville made nice tonight at the televised debate in Portland.  read more »

KATU’s polls have been making waves this week. The SurveyUSA poll found Rep. Jeff Merkley and Candy Neville with about the same amount of support in the U.S.  read more »

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Candy Neville is battling against the assumption that there are only two candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate.

Today, Neville called the Portland City Club’s decision to invite only Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick to its April 4 public forum “exclusionary, prejudicial and elitist.”  read more »

The Novick campaign today sighted both Sen. Gordon Smith and Rep. Jeff Merkley in its crosshairs, in response to an article in the Willamette Week on the Senator’s support of repealing restrictions on carrying loaded guns in national parks.  read more »

So – who won Tuesday night’s Democratic Senate debate between Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick?

Today’s East Oregonian takes the position that Novick had an edge for style points.

Who won the U.S. Senate debate between Jeff Merkley and Steve Novick? Considering the Merkley/Novick encounter was soft and dull, -- neither candidate threw any real punches – the winner could be Candy Neville or David Loera, relatively minor candidates got some free exposure.