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
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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
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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
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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.
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