U.S. House of
Representatives
The U.S. House of Representatives 4th Congressional District: This seat represents
the University area along with Lane, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Linn, the northern part of
Josephine and most of Benton counties.
Peter DeFazio
Democrat
DeFazio was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1986 and has
served seven consecutive terms since then. He recently
helped pass legislation to protect the Steens Mountains in
Southeastern Oregon and to establish an expansive
wilderness area. As a member of the Progressive Caucus,
DeFazio said he has invested more in education and
transportation and moved away from overfunding Cold
War weapons.
Next year, DeFazio said he would fight for the national
surplus to be spent funding education and health care. He also said he would
continue his work to get Eugene a high-speed rail line, contact: 485-1622
John Lindsey
Republican
Lindsey is currently a Linn County Commissioner. He be
lieves major reform is needed for Social Security and fa
vors the plan George W. Bush supports. Lindsey also
thinks government-supported health-care programs need
reform. Lindsey believes Title One schools, or failing
schools receiving federal money, are abusing the money
they receive. He therefore supports giving vouchers to stu
dents in these failing schools so they may receive a better
education. Lindsey would also like to localize crime con
trol and focus on working together with the public, businesses and workers
unions, contact: 926-2096
David Duemler
Socialist
Duemler is a member of Eugene Peace Works and Citizens
for Animal Rights, Eugene. He feels his activism with these
groups, as well as not being a major party candidate,
helps him to talk about issues other candidates won’t ad
dress. These issues include a person’s right to impart infor
mation through the mass media and the elimination of
nuclear weapons. Duemler is a big supporter of the Global
Action Plan to prevent war and wants to reduce invest
ments in national security. If elected, he will continue to
fight for animal rights, contact: 484-0621
Judge of the Supreme Court,
Position 2
Greg Byrne
Byrne is a business attorney and a Vietnam War veteran
with degrees from Harvard Law School and South Carolina
University. He has been a lawyer for 29 years and has ar
gued dozens of cases before the Supreme Court. Byrne is
endorsed by Adult Care Providers of Oregon, Crime Vic
tims United of Oregon and state Sen. Majority Leader
Gene Derfler.
Contact: www.Byrne4SC.org
Paul J. DeMuniz
DeMuniz is a judge for the Oregon Court of Appeals,
where he has served since 1990. He holds degrees from
Willamette University and Portland State University and is
a Vietnam veteran. Demuniz has been endorsed by for
mer Oregon Gov. Neil Goldschmidt, University President
Dave Frohnmayer, Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Noelle
and several current judges.
contact: www.demuniz.com
State House of Representatives 41st District
This seat represents the University area and much of Eugene.
Vicki L Walker
Democrat
Walker became interested in government workings as a high school student. She earned a degree from
the University in political science. She currently owns her own business as a court reporter and waited to
pursue a career in politics until her children were grown. She was elected to the 41st District Seat in 1998
and served her two-year term. During her term she served on the Transportation, Trade and Economic
Development, and Legislative Counsel committees. Walker said she wants to stop travel agencies from
promising high school and college students quality trips and then ripping them off. Other issues Walker
focused on included controlling the use of pesticides, making youth suicide prevention a priority of the
state, increasing funding for secondary and higher education and cracking down on car title loans that
target and take advantage of lower-income families. Walker said she worked well with both Republicans
and Democrats, contact: 465-9720, www.continet.com/walker
Jeff Miller
Republican
Miller served on the Eugene City Council and was mayor from 1989 to 1993. As mayor, Miller said he fo
cused on human rights issues. Miller has owned a small insurance business in Eugene, Pacific Benefit Con
sultants/Eugene Insurance, for four years. Miller said he wants to improve Oregon’s health insurance by
testing different methods that work in the private sector. He said he also wants to give power back to the
iocal school districts, start prevention programs to help keep children from becoming criminals and cir
cumvent partisan politics, contact: 343-6979, www.friendsofjeffmiller.org
State Treasurer
The State Treasurer works as the state’s chief banker, manages the state’s pension fund, issues state debt and oversees the use of
state-owned lands along with the governor and secretary of state.
Randall Edwards
Democrat
Edwards is currently a state representa
tive from Portland. Edwards also spent
four years working as a senior adviser
for the Oregon State Treasury. He now
owns his own management and market
ing consulting business.
He recently iaunched the College Sav
ings Plan, which allows parents to cre
ate a tax-free savings account for their
children’s college education. Edwards said his work in the Trea
sury has helped him gain the respect and trust of the Treasury
staff, contact: (503) 255-1245, www.edwardsfortreasurer.com
Mitchell T. Shults
Libertarian
Shults has spent the last 20 years at Intel
as director of business development for
the fabric components division. He also
worked on the staff of the House Com
mittee on the Oversight of the Interior,
which helped force the resignation of
Jim Watt.
Shults said he would open all state lands
sales to the public, would end all taxa
tion on investment income, begin an investment in a retire
ment plan and allow Oregonians to opt out of receiving federal
ly funded social security and instead receive state-funded social
security. (800) 631-8292, www.shults2000.com
Jon Kvistad
Republican
Kvistad has owned and operated his
own management and marketing con
sulting business for the past 16 years.
He has also served on the Portland
Metro Government since 1992 and has
been elected presiding officer three
times.
Kvistad said he would focus on looking
out for Oregon’s environment while overseeing state-owned
lands, contact: (503) 590-3282, www.kvistad.com
Carlos Lucero
Constitution Party
Lucero currently owns his own soft
ware contracting business. He hopes to
be the voice for Hispanic people living
in Oregon. Lucero said his goal would
be to create a more clean, efficient
and accountable state government. He
would also like to increase education
funding and eliminate juvenile crime.
(503) 644-9338
www.starluc3@home.com
Leonard Zack
Reform Party
Zack said he will focus on the environment through the development of renewable, safe, non-polluting
energy sources. He also said he wants to invest in preventive health care rather than in what he called the
current “disease-care plan.”
Zack said his main focus as treasurer would be to invest in industry that is profitable and sustainable.
(503) 788-5868, www.lezac@juno.com
This Oregon election is the nation’s first exclusively
vote-by-mail general election. Those who wait un
til the last second to return their ballots could use
the handful of drop-off points in Eugene.
University of Oregon
EMU East Wing
Lower Level Lobby, outside ASUO Executive Office
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday
8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day
Lane County Elections office
135 East 6th Ave.
drop slot by office door
24 hours every day until 8 p.m. on Election Day
Amazon Community Center
2700 Hilyard St.
9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day
Drive-by ballot drop boxes:
East side of Pearl Street between East 7th and 8th avenues between
City Hall and County Service Building.
24 hours every day until 8 p.m. on Election Day
Parting lot behind State of Oregon Building
165 East 7th Ave.
24 hours every day until 8 p.m. on Election Day
City of Eugene-Bethel Library
Echo Hollow Plaza
1990 Echo Hollow Road
For more information, see the Lane County Elections Web site:
www.co.lane.or.us/elections, or call 682-4234.