With a 500 vote lead in the 45th District Democratic State Representative primary, the Michael Dembrow camp is confident and excited at their election night party in Hollywood.
An hour and a half after the ballots were due, Dembrow carried his small lead over Cyreena Boston and Jon Coney in the northeast Portland district.
The Oregonian has endorsed GOP State Rep. John Lim for re-election, and wants Democrat Suzanne Van Orman to replace retiring Republican Patti Smith's seat. The newspaper is backing ... >
"Gordon Smith has not been a leader on this issue. The only time he led was when it was time to take credit."
- Matt Canter, spokesman for Democratic senatorial candidate Jeff Merkley, on why the campaign doesn't believe U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R) deserves as much credit as U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D) and U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D) for reauthorization of county timber payments.