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Oregon AFL-CIO issues November endorsements The Oregon AFL-CIO’s Committee on Political Education (COPE) issued its endorsements for the general elec- tion Nov. 7. Endorsed in statewide races are Kate Brown for secretary of state; Brad Avakian for labor commissioner; Ted Wheeler for treasurer; Ellen Rosen- blum for attorney general; Richard Baldwin for Oregon Supreme Court; and Jim Egan for the Oregon Court of Appeals. In Congressional races, the labor federation is backing incumbent De- mocrats Suzanne Bonamici in CD 1; Peter DeFazio in CD 4; and Kurt Schrader in CD 5. An endorsement for Earl Blumenauer in CD 3 is pending his submission of a candidate’s ques- tionnaire, which is required by the AFL-CIO. The Oregon AFL-CIO COPE dele- gates took action on a pair of initiative petitions that qualified for the Novem- ber ballot. The state labor federation will support a measure to amend the state Constitution to eliminate the cor- porate income tax “kicker,” and instruct the Legislature to spend those funds in- stead on K-12 education. It will oppose a measure seeking to eliminate Ore- gon’s estate and inheritance taxes. Ore- gon’s estate tax applies only to estates worth more than $1 million. At press time, qualifying initiative petitions had yet to be assigned ballot measure num- bers. In the Oregon Senate, endorsements went to incumbent Democrats Mark Gradine Storms, Principal Broker RE/MAX equity group Cell/Text 503-495-4932 grady@gradystorms.com 7LUHG RI 3$,1" 0RVW,QVXUDQFH 3ODQV$FFHSWHG 3 528'/< 6 (59,1* 3 257/$1' : 25.(56 ) 25 2 9(5 < ($56 PAGE 12 recommendations for the aug . U.S. President Barack OBAMA U.S. Senate Maria CANTWELL Governor Jay INSLEE Lt. Governor Brad OWENS Attorney General Bob FERGUSON Secretary of State Kathleen DREW or Greg NICKELS Treasurer Jim McINTYRE Insurance Commissioner Mike KREIDLER Commissioner of Public Lands Peter GOLDMARK State Supreme Court Susan OWENS, Pos. 2; Steven GONZALEZ, Pos. 8 Sheryl McCLOUD, Pos. 9 BALLOT MEASURES: NO on Initiative 1185 NO on Initiative 1191 7 washington primary : Washington Legislature District 17: Tim PROBST, Senate; Monica STONIER, Rep., Pos. 1 James GIZZI, Rep., Pos. 2 District 18: Ralph SCHMIDT, Senate; David SHEHORN, Rep., Pos. 2 District 19: Brian HATFIELD, Senate; Dean TAKKO, Rep., Pos. 1 Brian E. BLAKE, Rep., Pos. 2 District 49: Annette CLEVELAND, Senate; Sharon WYLIE, Rep., Pos. 1 Jim MOELLER, Rep., Pos. 2 Clark County Joe TANNER, Commissioner, Pos. 1 Roman BATTAN, Commissioner Pos. 2 Philip A. PARKER, PUD Commissioner Cowlitz County Mark McCRADY, PUD Commissioner Paid for by SW Washington Electricians PAC #48 %HHVRQ&KLURSUDFWLF :RUNLQJ LQ Hass in Dist. 14; Elizabeth Steiner Haward in Dist. 17; Diane Rosenbaum in Dist. 21; Chip Shields in Dist. 22; Jackie Dingfelder in SD 23; and Laurie Monnes Anderson in SD 25. The AFL-CIO also endorsed Arnie Roblan, a Democrat who is leaving the House of Representatives to run for an open seat in Senate District 5. In the Oregon House, the AFL-CIO endorsed: Peter Buckley, Dist. 5; Paul Holvey, Dist. 8; Caddy McKeown, Dist. 9; David Gomberg, Dist. 10; Phil Barnhart, Dist. 11; John Lively, Dist. 12; Nancy Nathanson, Dist. 13; Val Hoyle, Dist. 14; Sara Gelser, Dist. 16; Claudia Kyle, Dist. 19; Brian Clem, Dist. 21; Wynne Wakkila, Dist. 26; To- bias Read, Dist. 27; Jeff Barker, Dist. 28; Ben Unger, Dist. 29; Brad Witt, Dist. 31; Margaret Doherty, Dist. 35; Jennifer Williamson, Dist. 36; Carl Ho- sticka, Dist. 37; Chris Garrett, Dist. 38; Brent Barton, Dist. 40; Carolyn Tomei, Dist. 41; Jules Bailey, Dist. 42; Lew Frederick, Dist. 43; Tina Kotek, Dist. 44; Michael Dembrow, Dist. 45; Alissa Keny-Guyer, Dist. 46; Jessica Vega Pederson, Dist. 47; Jeff Reardon, Dist. 48; Chris Gorsek, Dist. 49; Greg Matthews, Dist. 50; Shemia Fagan, Dist. 51; Peter Nordbye, Dist. 52; Nathan Hovekamp, Dist. 54; and Bob Jenson, Dist. 58. All are Democrats ex- cept Jenson. Several House races are awaiting completed questionnaires before en- dorsements are issued. Last session the House was split 30- 30 between Democrats and Republi- cans. Six incumbent Democrats and two incumbent Republicans aren’t run- ning for re-election, so control of the chamber is wide open. Lastly, the AFL-CIO has endorsed the re-election of Democrat Barack Obama for president. Southwest Washington Electricians PAC #48 KHOSVEULQJWKH UHOLHI\RXQHHG 7UHDWPHQWIRUSDLQGXHWR RYHUXVHDQGUHSHWLWLYHPRWLRQ &KLURSUDFWLFDGMXVWPHQWV 7UHDWPHQWIRUDFFLGHQWDQG VSRUWVUHODWHGLQMXULHV 5HKDELOLWDWLRQH[HUFLVHV 7KHUDSHXWLFPDVVDJH ,QWHUQDOGLDJQRVLVDQGWUHDWPHQW /DEWHVWVDQG[UD\V 'U'DQ%HHVRQ&KLURSUDFWRU 6(7KLUWHHQWK$YHLQ6HOOZRRG &$// NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS AUGUST 3, 2012
