16 Oregon county clerks raise concerns about proposed ranked-choice voting ballot measure
A group of 16 elected Oregon county clerks have launched a campaign to educate voters and raise concerns about a statewide measure on the November ballot that would enact ranked-choice voting for statewide and national races on Oregon ballots.
Looking for Trump in Oregon’s Voters’ Pamphlet? You won’t find him.
Former President Donald Trump has once again missed a chance to submit a statement for Oregon’s widely-distributed Voters’ Pamphlet, which was released Tuesday. He will still appear on the ballot.
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How Oregon's 5th congressional district could decide the fate of the House
Oregon's 5th Congressional District race is shaping up to be a key battleground in the fight for a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives next year — with Democrats hoping to flip the seat blue following a narrow GOP win in 2022 after statewide redistricting.
Oregon’s highest-profile race for Congress is a dead heat, poll finds
Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Democrat Janelle Bynum, a state lawmaker, are neck-in-neck in Oregon’s most closely-watched race for Congress, according to a new poll. The survey of 419 likely voters in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District conducted by Arizona-based polling firm Noble Predictive Insights found that 43% supported Bynum and 42% backed Chavez-DeRemer when asked to
Oregon congressperson hammers Republican opponent on abortion stance in new ad
The ad, which began airing on Eugene-area TV stations Wednesday, is the latest in a series of salvos over abortion access.
See the 7 presidential candidates who will appear on Oregon’s November ballot
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris will appear on Oregon’s ballot this November, but they won’t be the only presidential candidates Oregonians can vote for. Five other nominees will appear on the Oregon ballot, including one who has withdrawn from the race. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Independent Brett Smith on campaign for Oregon’s 5th District
Republican incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Democrat Janelle Bynum are not the only candidates looking to represent Oregon Congressional District 5.
How will Portland City Council’s first-in-the-nation voting system work?
Voters will be allowed to choose up to six council candidates in order of preference, and candidates will only need 25% of first-, second- and potentially even third- and fourth-choice votes to win.
Ballot for Alaska's U.S. House seat will include a convicted felon
Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican challenger Nick Begich will be joined on the ballot for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat by two serial candidates who received 1% of the vote combined in last month's primary election.
Trump keeps saying some states allow the execution of babies ‘after birth.’ They don’t. Here’s how that falsehood got started.
Twice in the past week alone, former President Donald Trump has pushed his often-repeated falsehood that some U.S. states, in their zeal to protect abortion rights, allow for the killing of babies after they are born.
Left-Wing Misinformation Is Having a Moment
America’s right flank remains the chief purveyor of misinformation, but this summer’s political tumult created ideal conditions for falsehoods to spread among progressives.
Is the Democratic Party a strong party?
Politicians do what they want, with little fear of official sanction, and voters often snub the preferred candidates of party leaders. As a result, voters are in thrall to individual candidates who lack guardrails that compel them to act in the best interest of the party — or the country.