Jesse Cornett snuck next door to the Lucky Lab to check the early returns. This is how he looked before he saw ’em: Then Markgraf, his campaign manager, came in with a sheet of paper showing the early returns, and everything changed: Saltzman: 35,469 or 55%Rudy Soto: 4,657 or 7.3%Mary Volm: 8,108 or 12.7%Jesse Cornett: […]
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Bob Stacey @ Holocene!!
Bob Stacey is the Mercury’s endorsed candidate for Metro President. His party is at Holocene, again, and I’m watching the candidate with the strong CRC stance party it up at the club with a group of… old folks and hipsters. Things are hot at Stacey central. There’s a hipster bartender wearing a Bob Stacey sticker […]
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Kitzhaber’s Room Half-Empty
According to his Facebook event page, Kitzhaber’s party has 71 confirmed guests. I’d put the number of people in the Melody Ballroom right now at roughly half that, despite a posted start time of 7:30 pm—most of the candle-lit, white-clothed tables are still empty, which means… more lanyards for me! Yes, complimentary lanyards abound. A […]
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Jesse Cornett: Someone Bought Cigars
I just saw someone whip out a bunch of cigars at Jesse Cornett’s “victory party” at Graphic Station, in a converted garage next to Roots Brewing on SE 7th and Hawthorne. There were, like, seven in a “humipouch,” all different kinds, long ones. This guy brought them over to Cornett’s campaign manager, Peter Markgraf, who […]
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Mellowing Out with Mary Volm and Friends
I paid my first visit of the night to Mary Volm’s election-night party at Madison’s Grill in inner Southeast. I was greeted at the door by Jasun Wurster, Volm’s boyfriend and leader of the original Recall-Sam-Adams Movement. He led me upstairs where Volm was sitting with her family and a couple of close friends. “I […]
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Bill Bradbury: Less Election, More Party
The Guest Of Honor Coming to you from the swank and oh-so green Leftbank building. The Pendleton whisky is being poured generously into compostable cups while volunteers and supporters mingle to music from Area 54. Bradbury’s wife, decked out in possibly the hottest purple pants suit I have ever seen, is playing social secretary. She’s […]
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Report from: Allen Alley’s Election Night Party!
Mmmmk. The party was supposed to start at 6:00 pm. I arrive to the World Forestry Center (I know I thought it was kinda of an out of the way location as well!) at 6:15. Alley is nowhere to be seen. Also, the hall the party is being hosted in reeks of fish but all […]
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How Would You Change the Voters’ Pamphlet?
BlueOregon this morning excerpts a conversation with the new State Elections Director, Stephen Trout, in the Statesman-Journal. They call out an interesting tidbit: Trout’s is willing to explore changes to the voters’ pamphlet. Currently, the newsprint book you get in the mail a few weeks before the election contains statements from each candidate, as well […]
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Donations for the Big Race
Today I accomplished my first real intern task, compiling campaign contributions for the major races for the election. I even used Excel! Here you go, buddies: Democratic GovernorKitzhaber out-raised Bradbury by $912,000, impressive because Bradbury raised only $515,000. Republican GovernorBoth of the big guys raised over a million, but Dudley raised $1.67 million compared to […]
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Predicting The Election
We’ll have Blogtown lighting up like an immolating monk tomorrow evening, with coverage of all the results and election night parties from our news team: Matt Davis, Steve Humphrey, Stefan Kamph, Sarah Mirk, and Angela Webber. Sass-minded Arts & Web Editor Alison Hallett and triply sass-minded Copy Chief Courtney Ferguson will also be reporting for […]
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Crash the Election Night Parties!
The candidates are ready to let loose. A whole slew of soon-to-be winners and losers will be bringin’ the party tomorrow night as they wait for preliminary election results around 8 pm. Sarah Mirk This is what happens when you combine politicians and parties. The Mercury editorial team will be going to a few parties, […]