Tag ELECTIONS
CITY ELECTIONS: Mayor lists Salem’s housing assistance program as need in his bid for a third term
Current Mayor Chuck Bennett (left) is running against Brooke Jackson (right) in the upcoming election. Salem Reporter wanted to know what issues were top of mind for this year’s crop of candidates for Salem City Council. We provided each candidate written questions intended to elicit…
CITY ELECTIONS: In south Salem ward, candidates list economic recovery from COVID as defining issue
Reid Sund (left) and Vanessa Nordyke (right) are running to represent Ward 7 in south Salem. Salem Reporter wanted to know what issues were top of mind for this year’s crop of candidates for Salem City Council. We provided each candidate written questions intended to…
CITY ELECTIONS: In northeast Salem ward, candidates want stronger voice for constituents
Hollie Oakes-Miller (left) is running against Jose Gonzalez (right) to represent Ward 5 on Salem City Council. Salem Reporter wanted to know what issues were top of mind for this year’s crop of candidates for Salem City Council. We provided each candidate written questions intended…
CITY ELECTIONS: In southeast Salem ward, council candidates want improved infrastructure
Trevor Phillips (left) is running against incumbent Brad Nanke (right) to represent southeast Salem. Salem Reporter wanted to know what issues were top of mind for this year’s crop of candidates for Salem City Council. We provided each candidate written questions intended to elicit their…
CITY ELECTIONS: In downtown Salem ward, council candidates cite homelessness as defining issue
Virginia Stapleton (left) and Jan Kailuweit (right) are running to represent Ward 1, which encompasses downtown Salem and parts of west Salem. Salem Reporter wanted to know what issues were top of mind for this year’s crop of candidates for Salem City Council. We provided…
As filing deadline nears, ten candidates are chasing city council seats and five are running for commission seats in Marion and Polk Counties
Five of nine seats on the Salem City Council are up for grabs in the May election as the filing deadline approaches. Candidates must file by 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 10. Three Marion County jobs are open, with incumbents seeking re-election as county clerk and…
Selma Pierce takes another run at House seat held by Paul Evans
Selma Pierce, candidate for House District 20. (Courtesy of Selma Pierce). Republican Selma Pierce has announced that she’s seeking a rematch against state Rep. Paul Evans, a Monmouth Democrat. The 2018 race between Pierce and Evans to represent the House District 20 seat, which includes…
Why does a diverse group of Oregon’s political interests want to take redistricting out of the legislature’s hands?
Oregon State Capitol, Legislature (Salem Reporter/file) After years of trying, Norman Turrill of Portland thought he had finally made some progress in preventing Oregon politicians from picking their voters. In 2017, then-Secretary of State Dennis Richardson invited Turrill to serve on a task force aimed…