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.