Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized For the record, here are the latest counts from Election Day on races of interest to Salem residents. (i = incumbent) Marion County commission, Position 1: Kevin Cameron-i 52,128 Shelawswau Crier 44,786 Marion County commission, Position 2: Colm Willis 50,062 Bill Burgess 46,435 State representative, District 20: Paul Evans-i 15,365[Read More…]
Uncategorized New ideas to ease driving on and around Salem’s bridges have been received well by Salem city councilors but how and when those ideas get a green light remains to be seen. Councilors in work session recently discussed ideas to shave off time in traffic, ranging from delaying crosswalks to[Read More…]
Uncategorized SALEM — Voters in six Oregon cities appear to have lifted or rejected bans on recreational marijuana businesses. Ontario, Joseph, Klamath Falls, Gates, Sumpter and Clatskanie voted to allow recreational marijuana businesses within city limits, according to unofficial election results from the state Elections Division. Voters in Joseph, Clatskanie, Ontario[Read More…]
SALEM — Democrats gained key seats in the Oregon House and Senate Tuesday night, securing a long-coveted “super majority” in each chamber. That means that Democrats will hold 60 percent of the seats in each chamber when the Legislature convenes in January. That composition may make it easier for Democrats[Read More…]
Uncategorized Gov. Kate Brown celebrates her re-election at her campaign party in Portland Tuesday night. (Pamplin Media Group/Jonathan House) On Tuesday night, Kate Brown ended a record-breaking year for campaign spending and anticipating what could be her last four years in public office. The Democrat defeated Republican Knute Buehler, a surgeon[Read More…]
Uncategorized Gov. Kate Brown addresses her supporters after results showed she won re-election to another four-year term. (Pamplin Media Group/Jonathan House) Gov. Kate Brown addresses her supporters after results showed she won re-election to another four-year term. (Pamplin Media Group/Jonathan House) Gov. Kate Brown addresses her supporters after results showed she[Read More…]
Ballot measure opponents gather in anticipation of getting vote results. They soon heard that all but one measure was defeated. SALEM — On election night, Oregonians blocked attempts to overturn the state’s sanctuary status for undocumented immigrants and affirmed public funding for reproductive health care, holding onto its status as[Read More…]
Uncategorized Democrat Kate Brown appears to have won reelection to become Oregon governor, defeating Republican challenger Knute Buehler. As poll results came in shortly after 8 p.m., the Oregon Secretary of State’s office and show that with 1.3 million votes, Brown carried 50 percent of the votes, compared with Buehler’s 44[Read More…]
Opponents of Measure 105 gather Tuesday night awaiting election results. SALEM — On election night, Oregonians appeared to block attempts to overturn the state’s sanctuary status for undocumented immigrants and affirmed public funding for reproductive health care. In so doing, Oregon voters rejected socially conservative priorities by large margins. They[Read More…]
Here is the history of elections for governor in Oregon: 2014 In 2014, Democrat John Kitzhaber secured his fourth term overall as governor, and second consecutive, by beating Republican Dennis Richardson 733,230 to 648,542. Kitzhaber also served as governor from 1995 to 2003. However, he didn’t hold the office long,[Read More…]
