While Portlanders may have preferred Merkley, Portland voters preferred Novick in May of 2008. Multnomah County overall voted for Novick by about 76,000 to 59,000; I don't have the precincts or time to do the analysis on Portland alone.
Oregonians overall preferred Merkley, who's turned out to be a fabulous Senator.
@Evan: I'm stealing these posts from the print version, and that got gunked up in the editing process after it was written and sent to production. Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't catch it when I pasted it in.
Indeed, Novick was preferred over Merkley in Portland, if not the rest of Oregon.
Oregonians overall preferred Merkley, who's turned out to be a fabulous Senator.
Go Novick!
"KEEP CYBORGS OUT OF GOVERNMENT!"
He's also taken a boatload of money from polluters to get him to pick the cheapest option (same thing he did in Love Canal).
Indeed, Novick was preferred over Merkley in Portland, if not the rest of Oregon.