Last Week in the News!
All around the state exciting things are happening in the Oregon House Races!
• Hanten Day (Democrat – HD 19) has found a unique way to celebrating his district. From his news release:
Democratic Party candidate in House District 19, Hanten Day (HD), has reserved the 19th day of every month as "House District 19 Day" (HD19 Day). He will meet constituents on those days in locations throughout District 19. The second HD19 Day will take place Sat. July 19th in Morningside Park, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm (Pringle and Ewald). HD encourages citizens from District 19 to attend and share their issues and concerns with him.
Day deeply believes that the primary job of all elected representatives is to “truly represent the people in their District” and, once elected, will continue HD19Day to facilitate contact with his constituents in HD 19.
Day emphasizes, "My top priority will always be to listen to my constituents. I have faithfully done this while serving as a school board director and I will continue to do it as a citizen representative.”
For more information on Hanten Day check out his website
• Jeff Duyck (Republican – HD 29) was removed from the ballot on Friday, July 18th due to his ineligibility to run in a district he did not live. From the Forest Grove News-Times:
Duyck had until Friday to withdraw his candidacy in the race for District 29 after a bureaucratic snafu assigned him to the wrong legislative district. Duyck didn't file a resignation with the state, leaving the Secretary of State's office to remove him from the race.
For Full Story click here
Stay tuned to find out what the Republicans will do next in their attempt to challenge Democratic incumbent Rep. Chuck Riley
For more information on Chuck Riley and to help out his campaign visit his website
• Did you here about our write-in Candidate?
Jerry Sebestyen, a Democrat from La Grande, Oregon will enter the race against Greg Smith, the Republican Incumbent in HD 57. Jerry Sebestyen is a social studies teacher at La Grande High School and led a successful write-in campaign to gain him a place in the upcoming November election. From the East Oregonian:
Republican Rep. Greg Smith will have some competition for his Oregon House seat come November. In the May primary election, a La Grande Democrat succeeded in a write-in campaign to receive the nomination and challenge the Heppner resident in the fall.
…Sebestyen said he'd debated whether or not to run against Smith as long ago as last winter, but in his deliberations he missed the primary's filing date. So instead, he ran a successful write-in campaign…
For the full story check here.
~To find out more about Jerry Sebestyen check out his website
Posted on July 23, 2008
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