Rick Dancer

SALEM -- Secretary of state candidates focused on creating a fair election process during their first debate hosted by the Salem City Club at Chemteka Community College Thursday night.

Candidates Rick Dancer (R-Springfield) and Kate Brown (D-Portland), as well as Pacific Green Party candidate Seth Woolley, stressed that the main job of Oregon's secretary of state was to ensure that the voices of every Oregonian were heard in a fair election process. Each candidate also stressed why they would be the best one to uphold that process.

Aaron Larsen, campaign manager for Rick Dancer (R-Springfield), said Thursday that the journalist turned secretary of state candidate was looking forward to Thursday night’s debate so that he could convince voters that his journalistic background made him more qualified for the position than a legislative background.

Secretary of state candidates Kate Brown (D-Portland) and Rick Dancer (R-Springfield) will participate in their first debate Thursday, and look to woo the large number of undecided voters.

A spokeswoman for Secretary of State candidate Kate Brown (D-Portland) is saying new poll results have left her feeling cautiously optimistic about Brown's chances in the November election. 

Secretary of State candidate Kate Brown (D-Portland) may have a solid lead over her rival, Rick Dancer (R-Springfield), but Dancer’s campaign said it is way too early to decide this race.

DENVER--Secretary of State candidate Kate Brown’s (D-Portland) former communications director Jim Oleske weighed in on the Secretary of State’ race Tuesday, which had been a lackluster race in recent months.

Democratic Secretary of State nominee Kate Brown appears to be taking a somewhat lax attitude in her general election race against Republican nominee Rick Dancer.

Now that the primary dust is beginning to settle, many pundits are speculating which candidates will be victorious in November.  Here is the "conventional wisdom" being spread at the start of this general election season.

Rick Dancer, longtime KEZI anchor, spent Sunday preparing for a story about a Republican entering the race for Secretary of State. He wrote the lead-in and prepared himself for the candidate's interview.

Except the anchor ended up being the candidate.  read more »