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CANDIDATE
DIRECTORY LEGEND:
Bold = Active Candidate
Italics = Potential Candidate
* = Incumbent
(Incumbent Party Listed First)
Filing
Deadline (Major Parties): March 11, 2008
Filing Deadline (Third Parties/Independents): August 26, 2008
Primary: May 20, 2008
This
page was last updated on September 2, 2008

STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:
Next
Elections for the Following Statewide Offices are in 2010:
GOVERNOR:
Ted Kulongoski (D)*
SUPERINTENDENT
OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
(Note:
Superintendent is officially a non-partisan post.)
Susan
Castillo (D)*
STATE
LABOR COMMISSIONER - Special Election 2008:
(Note:
Commissioner is officially a non-partisan post.)
Brad
Avakian (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Pavel Goberman
(Independent) - Fitness Instructor, Machinist & Frequent
Candidate
Mark Welyczko (Independent) - Union Worker

Next
Elections for the Following Statewide Offices are in 2008:
SECRETARY
OF STATE:
[ Bill
Bradbury (D)* - Term-Limited in 2008. ]
Kate Brown (D)
- State Senate Majority Leader, Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Rick Dancer (R) - Ex-TV News
Anchor
Seth Woolley (Pacific Green)
- State Party Co-Chair & Software Engineer
STATE
TREASURER:
[ Randall
Edwards (D)* - Term-Limited in 2008. ]
Ben Westlund (D/IP)
- State Sen., Agribusinessman, Ex-Republican & '06 Governor
Candidate
Allen Alley (R)
- Businessman & Ex-Gubernatorial Aide
Michael Marsh (Constitution) - Maintenance Worker
ATTORNEY
GENERAL:
[ Hardy
Myers (D)* - Term-Limited in 2008. ]
John Kroger (D) - Law
Professor, Ex-Assistant US Attorney, Ex-Congressional Aide &
USMC Veteran
James Leuenberger (Constitution)
- Attorney
Walt Brown (Pacific Green)
- Ex-State Sen., Attorney, Socialist Activist, World War II Veteran
& Frequent Candidate
J. Ashlee
Albies (Working Families) - Attorney & Progressive Activist
STATE
LEGISLATURE:
State
House - ( Democratic
Caucus )
State Senate -
( Democratic Caucus - Republican
Caucus )
U.S.
SENATOR:
Gordon
Smith (R)* - (Campaign
Site)
Jeff Merkley (D/IP) - State
House Speaker, Ex-Non Profit Group Executive & Ex-Congressional
Budget Analyst
Dave Brownlow (Constitution)
- State Party Vice Chair, Sales Engineer, '04 Nominee & '02
Congressional Nominee

Ron
Wyden (D)* - (Campaign
Site) - Next Election in 2010.
U.S.
CONGRESS:
District
1:
David
Wu (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Scott Semrau (Constitution) - Civil Engineer & Construction
Project Manager
Joel Haugen (IP)
- Businessman & Retired Teacher
Chris Henry (Pacific
Green) - State Party Co-Chair, Peace Activist, College Student,
& Ex-Aircraft Worker
H. Joe Tabor (Libertarian) - State Party Chair & Electronics
Consultant
District
2:
Greg Walden (R)*
- (Campaign Site)
Noah Lemas (D) - Businessman
Rick Hake (Constitution)
- Retired Security Manager & USAF Veteran
Tristin Mock (Pacific Green)
- Naturopathic Physician & Peace Activist

District
3:
Earl Blumenauer (D)*
- (Campaign Site)
Delia Lopez (R) -
Real Estate Investor & Ron Paul Campaign Activist
Michael Meo (Pacific Green)
- Teacher & Peace Activist
District
4:
Peter DeFazio (D)* - (Campaign
Site)
Jaynee Germond (Constitution)
- Businesswoman, Ex-Teacher & Ron Paul Campaign Activist
Mike
Beilstein (Pacific Green) - Ex-Corvallis City Councilman &
Peace Activist
District
5:
[ Darlene
Hooley (D)* - Retiring in 2008. ]
Kurt Schrader (D) -
State Sen., Ex-State Rep., Veterinarian & Farmer
Mike Erickson (R)
- Transportation Services Executive & '06 Nominee
Doug Patterson
(Constitution) - Sales Representative
Sean Bates (IP) - Game Technician & Ex-Customer Service Representative
Steve Milligan (Libertarian) - Monmouth City Councilman &
Store Owner
Alex Polikoff (Pacific
Green) - Electrician, Field Engineer & Peace Activist

STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES:
Constitution
Party of Oregon
Democratic Party of Oregon
Libertarian Party of Oregon
Pacific Green Party of
Oregon
Oregon Independent Party
Independent
American Party of Oregon
Oregon Patriot Party
Oregon Republican Party
Socialist
Party of Oregon
Oregon Working Families Party
STATE
ELECTION OFFICE:
Secretary of State's
Office

STATE
NEWS SOURCES:
Albany
Democrat-Herald
Ashland Daily Tidings
Bend Bulletin
Blue Oregon (Liberal)
BrainstormNW Magazine
Corvallis Gazette-Times
Curry Coastal Pilot
Curry County
Reporter
Daily Astorian
Democracy for Oregon
(Liberal)
East Oregonian (Pendleton)
Eugene Register-Guard
Eugene Weekly (Alternative)
Gresham Outlook
Hermiston Herald
KATU TV-2 (ABC - Portland)
KOTI TV-2 (NBC - Klamath Falls)
KGW TV-8 (NBC - Portland)
Klamath Falls Herald
& News
KMTR TV-16 (NBC - Eugene)
KOIN TV-6 (CBS - Portland)
KVAL TV (CBS - Eugene)
Lebanon Express
Lincoln City News-Guard
Medford Mail Tribune
McMinnville News-Register
Newport
Times-News
ORblogs
Portland Business Journal
Portland Oregonian
- (Politics
Section)
Portland Skanner (Alternative)
Portland Tribune
Roseburg News-Review
Salem Statesman-Journal
Seaside Signal
Sisters Nugget
Springfield News
Tillamook Headlight-Herald
Wallowa County Chieftain
Willamette Weekly (Alternative)
Woodburn
Independent
The World (South Coast)
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