Tag: oregon
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All candidates for Oregon House of Representatives District 12 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 12 — Michelle Emmons (D) and Charlie Conrad (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Eighty-eight of the country’s…
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All candidates for Oregon House of Representatives District 49 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 49 — incumbent Zach Hudson (D) and Randy Lauer (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Eighty-eight of the…
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All candidates for Oregon House of Representatives District 48 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon House of Representatives District 48 — Hoa Nguyen (D) and John Masterman (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Eighty-eight of the country’s…
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All candidates for Oregon House of Representatives District 24 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon House of Representative District 24 — Victoria Ernst (D) and Lucetta Elmer (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Eighty-eight of the country’s…
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Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Lori Chavez-DeRemer are running for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District
Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Lori Chavez-DeRemer are running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. Incumbent Kurt Schrader (D), who was first elected in 2008, ran for re-election. He lost to McLeod-Skinner in the Democratic primary on May 17, 2022. FiveThirtyEight’s Geoffrey Skelley and Ryan Best said, “[Democratic primary voters] ousted longtime…
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Measures to repeal constitutional language on slavery and indentured servitude as criminal punishments are on the ballot in five states this November
On November 8, 2022, voters in five states—Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont—will decide on amending their state constitutions to repeal language regarding the use of slavery or indentured servitude as punishment for a crime, or, in the case of Vermont, for the payments of debts, damages, fines, costs. The ballot questions are below: Alabama…
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Both candidates for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 3 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Oregon Court of Appeals Position 3 —incumbent Darleen Ortega and Vance Day — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. The Oregon Court of Appeals, established by…
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Tina Kotek (D), Christine Drazan (R), and Betsy Johnson (I) lead field in Oregon gubernatorial race
Tina Kotek (D), Christine Drazan (R), Betsy Johnson (I), and R. Leon Noble (L) are running in the Oregon gubernatorial election on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Governor Kate Brown (D) is term-limited and cannot run for re-election. Kotek, Drazan, and Johnson have led the field in fundraising and media coverage. Kotek is the former speaker…
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Oregon voters to decide on a ballot initiative enacting changes to firearm purchases
On July 18, the Oregon secretary of state reported that a ballot initiative proposing changes to firearm purchases and ammunition magazine limits qualified for a place on the November ballot. Lift Every Voice Oregon, the campaign behind the initiative, filed a total of 160,498 signatures, of which 131,671 were valid. In Oregon, the number of…
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Campaign behind an Oregon firearm initiative submits signatures
The ballot initiative signature deadline was July 8 in Oregon. Lift Every Voice Oregon, the campaign behind an initiative related to firearm regulation, filed 159,565 signatures with the secretary of state. The initiative would enact a law outlining a procedure to apply for a permit to purchase a firearm. Permits would be issued by local…