State positions 3| Attorney General Hardy Myers (100%) k Hardy Myers (D), the current Oregon At* 1 torney Genera I, grad uated from the Uni f versity of Mississippi and the University of ! Oregon Law School. His governmental ex || perience includes state representative and chair on the Oregon Criminal justice || Council. Myers advocates increasing ■ school safety, campaign finance reform H and more funds for orosecutors. m MYERS MANNIX Kevin Mannix (100%) Hardy Myers (D), the current Oregon At torney General, graduated from the Uni versity of Mississippi and the University of Oregon law School. His governmental ex perience includes state representative and chair on the Oregon Criminal justice Council. Myers advocates increasing school safety, campaign finance reform and more funds for prosecutors. Treasurer Randall Edwards (54.3%) Randall Edwards (D), a graduate of George Washington University, has served both on the Oregon State Debt Advisory Commission and as an Oregon state rep resentative. He advocates better-funded schools, lower property taxesand invest ment of state pension money in a safe and prudent manner. Jon Kvistad (100%) John Kvistad (R) graduated from Oregon State University and has served as metro councilor since 1992. In addition to being president of AKA Political Services, he is a partner in the Village Coffee Company. He supports creation of family-wage jobs, affordable education for Oregon families and investment in Oregon family farms. Peter DeFazio (100%) Currently Oregon’s 4th District Represen tative in the United States Congress, Peter DeFazio (D) graduated from Tufts Univer sity and received his masters from the University of Oregon. DeFazio advocates bolstering Social Security, protection of the environment and placing money into state scholarship funds. John Lindsey (71.3%) John Lindsey (R), currently a Linn County Commissioner, attended Oregon State University and graduated from the Naval School of Cryogenics. He advocates local control of education, abolishing the Death Tax and a strong military designed for national defense and not intemation 1 Secretary of State BRADBURY Bill Bradbury (100%) Bringing his 14 years of legislative experience to bear, Secretary of State Bill Bradbury (D) will push for responsible land management and promoting efficiency in state govern ment. As a member of the State lands Board, Bradbury will help schools find extra funding through transactions of state lands and finan cial management of state investments. Lynn Snodgrass (47.6%) Lynn Snodgrass (R), Oregon House Speaker and state representative from Portland, wants to ensure fair and fraud-free elections, reform the audit processes when dealing with state agencies and dramatically increase school funding. Snodgrass hopes to use her roles of mother, small business owner and teacher to utilize the full potential of the sec retary's office. I State Rep* District 4 Vicki Walker (100%) Vicki Walker (D), a University graduate, and the current District 41 representative. She sup ports further consumer protection, increasing school funding, making higher education more affordable and stricter gun control. No republican ^ If we had gotten one point over 50 percent, we would have been very excited. Jim Torrey Eugene Mayor National position I President of the United States BUSH Al Gore Al Gore (D) built on his experience as a United States senator and representative from Tennessee by serving as the vice-president under Bill Clinton from 1992 to the present. His presidential campaign focuses on paying off the national debt by 2013, increasing funding for the nation’s schools, expanding health care for work ing parents and children, and protecting the environment. If elected, Gore would also work to expand technological access to lower-income Americans and to strengthen the nation’s defense. George W. Bush beorge w. Bush (R), the current governor of Texas, is hoping to reform welfare, protect Social Security for future generations, pay down the national debt and strengthen national defense if he is elected. Other issues important to Bush include tax cuts and lim its on governmental spending. A key issue central to his campaign is less federal government control and more power to state and local governments. State measures Measure 77 Failing (53.1% no) Amends the Oregon Constitution to move por* tions of current tax rate authorities from tempo rary to permanent status in Deschutes and Linn counties and the city of Sweet Home. Measure 78 Passing (62.7% yes) Amends the Oregon Constitution to allow the sec retary of state’s office more time to count and verify the signatures on initiatives and referen dum petitions for election ballots This amend ment would give the office 30 days as opposed to the current limit of 15 days. Measure 79 Failing (52.4% no) Currently, initiatives that propose constitutional amendments need signatures from 8 percent of the voting population before they can be placed on the ballot. This constitutional amendment would raise the numberto 12 percent.