Salem, Oregon News
Uncategorized 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 each candidate written questions intended[Read More…]
Uncategorized 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 sheriff while a county commission[Read More…]
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 Salem’s western and southern flanks,[Read More…]
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 at reforming how the state[Read More…]
