Once upon a time, Bill Sizemore portrayed himself as a white knight battling unions and big government in the name of the people. He became famous in Oregon for his initiatives to cut taxes and relax land use laws. But times have changed. Now, just saying...
SACRAMENTO -- Two nonprofit groups have filed a lawsuit seeking to force the state Legislature's attorneys to release records that could be used to link lawmakers' votes to campaign contributions. The California First Amendment Coalition and MAPLight.org...
Sen.-elect Jeff Merkley says he plans to offer a bill to ensure federal timber revenue to cash-strapped Oregon counties when he takes office. The Oregon Democrat says the first goal is a sustainable timber harvest, to preserve logging jobs. To the extent...
It's nothing personal, John, but your party's old Southern Oregon flame has gone head-over-voter registration for Obama and the Democratic Party -- relatively speaking. It's taken more than two weeks to find out, but longtime Republican stronghold Jackson...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead...
More votes have been counted from last week's election, and a tight city council race in Ashland has gotten even tighter. In Ashland, incumbent Russ Silbiger leads by only 31 votes in the race for city council position five. Earlier this week he was...
In the final days of last week's election campaign, conservative Nevada millionaire Loren Parks found a new Oregon politician to favor with his fortune: Lane County Republican Rick Dancer. A political action committee almost exclusively bankrolled...
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Third-party candidate Dave Brownlow won little more than 5 percent of the vote in his bid for the U.S. Senate. And it's likely most of the Constitution Pray candidate's votes came at the expense of Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, a two-term incumbent defeated...
It's still not clear if the ban on gay marriage that was approved by California voters this week will apply to those that are already married. The amendment doesn't explicitly say. Normally, though, laws aren't applied retroactively. A law professor...
PENDLETON -- In an emotional goodbye, U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith thanked voters for allowing him to serve their interests for a dozen years and bestowed well wishes on his replacement -- Democrat Jeff Merkley. From his home in Pendleton, Smith referred...
Democratic challenger Jeff Merkley has defeated two-term incumbent Gordon Smith in a hard-fought race for the U-S Senate. Merkley, the speaker of the Oregon House, built up a substantial vote lead in the overnight count. It marks the first time in 40...
BELLINGHAM, Wash. -- A Washington state retiree is making a $1,700 bet that Barack Obama's election will lead to prosperity. Sixty-seven-year-old Thomas Baldwin bought 10,000 copies Wednesday of The Bellingham Herald's election wrap-up edition. The front...
Jackson County turnout was 82.7 percent in Tuesday's election. The results here (CONTESTED RACES) are expected to be the last unofficial results available from Jackson County: Click here for raw results.STATE HOUSEGOP incumbent state Rep. Sal Esquivel...
Voters gave a resounding "no" to two law enforcement levies on Tuesday's ballot in Josephine County. So what now? Apparently there won't be much change, at least for a couple of years. Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson says the return of...
There were some huge victories and also some nail-biters that kept Jackson County Democrats up late Tuesday night and waiting well into Wednesday. "The democrats are holding their heads up high today," says Paulie Brading, local chairperson. Carol Chappell...
California voters have adopted a constitutional amendment outlawing same-sex marriage, overturning the state Supreme Court decision that gave gay couples the right to wed just months ago. The passage of Proposition 8 represents a crushing political defeat...
Click here for live results from legislative races. Click here for live results on ballot measures and state offices. Jackson County results Josephine County results. District 1 Southwest and Coast 43 of 46 precincts - 93 percent x-Jeff...
Click here for live results from legislative races. Click here for live results on ballot measures and state offices. Jackson County results Josephine County results. OREGON VOTE TOTALS President 790 of 1,000 precincts - 79 percent x-Barack...