Filing Day: The Big Board, Oregon House
Kari Chisholm
One of the enduring traditions in Oregon politics is the gathering in the House chamber for the closing couple of hours of filing day. Politicians, lobbyists, hacks, and reporters gather to watch a Big Board of filings.
Well, since we're not there, I've produced a big board of our own - based on the filings reported online by the Elections Division. These are all the filings posted online through 6:20 p.m. (One caveat: Some late filings may have yet to appear online, as they can be submitted on handwritten forms - and have to be data-entered by staff.) Update, 9:20 a.m.: Nothing new online, gotta assume this is final.
This is the board for the House. Democrats on the left, Republicans on the right, incumbents in bold.
Democrats | Republicans | |
Eldon Rollins | Wayne Krieger | |
Lynn Kindred | ||
Harry McDermott | Tim J Freeman | |
Wally Hicks | ||
Richard (Rick) Levine | Dennis Richardson | |
Peter Buckley | Sandra A. Abercrombie | |
Lynn Howe | Sal Esquivel | |
Sara Byers | Bruce Hanna | |
Paul R Holvey | Simone Gordon | |
Arnie Roblan | R Scott Roberts | |
Jean Cowan | Becky Lemler | |
Edward Johnston | ||
George Goldstein | ||
Phil Barnhart | Kelly R Lovelace | |
Elizabeth Terry Beyer | Sean VanGordon | |
Nancy Nathanson | Bill Young | |
Val Hoyle | Dwight Coon | |
Bud Laurent | Andy Olson | |
Sara A. Gelser | Rose Cook | |
Richard Harisay | Sherrie Sprenger | |
Bruce Cuff | ||
Rodney E. Orr | Vic Gilliam | |
Claudia Kyle | Kevin Cameron | |
Mike Powers | Vicki Berger | |
Brian Clem | John Alamarez | |
Ken Jacobs | ||
Marvin Sannes | ||
Betty Komp | Kathy LeCompte | |
Tom M Chereck Jr | ||
Wesley W West | Jim Thompson | |
Susan Sokol Blosser | Jim S Weidner | |
Jim Dyer | Kim Thatcher | |
Douglas J Heuer | ||
Sandy Webb | Matt Wingard | |
Tobias Read | Dan Lucas | |
Jeff Barker | Bill Berg | |
Katie Riley | Katie Eyre Brewer | |
David Edwards | Shawn Lindsay | |
Brad Witt | Ed DeCoste | |
Deborah Boone | Lew Barnes | |
Mitch Greenlick | Michael Bieker | |
Chris Harker | Tyler Hill | |
Margaret Doherty | Gordon Fiddes | |
Mary Nolan | Diane Schendel | |
Gerritt Rosenthal | Chael Sonnen | |
Joelle Davis | ||
Will Rasmussen | ||
Chris Garrett | Rob Gardier | |
Toby Forsberg | Bill Kennemer | |
Dave Hunt | Deborah J Gerritzen | |
Carolyn Tomei | Hugo Schulz | |
Jules Kopel Bailey | Cliff Hutchison | |
Lew Frederick | ||
Tina Kotek | Kitty C. Harmon | |
Richard Ellmyer | ||
Michael Dembrow | Anne Marie Gurney | |
Ben Cannon | Russell Turner | |
Jefferson Smith | Dee Flowers | |
Mike Schaufler | Kayla Fioravanti | |
Nick Kahl | Matthew Wand | |
Greg Matthews | Andre Wang | |
Cheryl Myers | John Swanson | |
Patrick Sheehan | ||
Suzanne VanOrman | Mark Johnson | |
John Huddle | Gene Whisnant | |
Judy Stiegler | Jason Conger | |
Mike McLane | ||
Mike Wendel | ||
Bill Garrard | ||
Karl Scronce | ||
Jean A. Falbo | Greg Smith | |
Colleen MacLeod | ||
Pete Wells | Bob Jenson | |
Michael Mathisen | ||
Will Boettner | John E Huffman | |
Britt Storkson | ||
Cliff Bentz |
A few things worth noticing:
Republicans have candidates filed in 59 of 60 races. (Only Lew Frederick is going unchallenged.) Democrats have candidates filed candidates in 57 races.
Six incumbent House Republicans are facing primary challenges - Sprenger, Thatcher, Garrard, Smith, Jenson, Huffman. There are contested Republican primaries against three House Democratic incumbents - Clem, Cowan, Komp. And there are contested Republican primaries for two open seats (51 and 55.)
There is only one primary challenge to a Democratic incumbent - the challenge to Tina Kotek by perennial candidate Richard Ellmyer. There are only two other contested primary races, one in the open seat in HD 37, and one for the right to challenge Wayne Krieger in HD 1.
In short, the Democrats seem much more united in 2010 than do the Republicans. Interesting stuff.
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