P.O. Box 20147
Keizer, OR 97307
503.364.0747
CD 5 Convention
Event Date:
Saturday, 23 June 2012 - 9:00am - 5:00pm
WSHS will host the 2012 CD 5 District Convention
Location:
West Salem High School — 1776 Titan Dr. NW, Salem
The first big thing on the calendar for precinct committee people (PCPs) following the May election every four years is the Congressional District Convention.
Few Differences Between CD 5 Candidates
Candidates for Congress Fred Thompson and Karen Bowerman
Feeling welcomed by the Project 9/12 Salem crowd gathered Friday evening, 11 May, the two candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Congress from CD 5 answered questions written by Project leaders and members of the audience and posed to them alternately by the moderator.
Central Committee Endorses Candidate
Channing Bennett & Don Abar candidates for Marion County Circuit Court
With nary a few choices facing partisan voters in the Primary Election coming 15 May and since county and state elections officials arbitrarily put off two non-partisan elections until the November General Election, who would have expected the race for Marion County Circuit Court, Position 11 to be the hottest race on the ballot?
Newsletter Focuses on Taxes and State Spending
State Rep. Kim Thatcher
In her April newsletter Representative Kim Thathcer (Dist. 25) appropriately draws our attention to taxes — and the state spending that consumes them. Other topics of interest concern a new memorial planned for the Capitol Mall State Park and the controversy generated by the State Department of Education's proposal to ban school mascots that reference Native American culture.
Thatcher Provides Detailed Recap of Session
State Rep. Kim Thatcher
While Rep. Jim Thompson's focus was on the Health Transformation proposals pushed forward by Gov. Kitzhaber and Rep Kevin Cameron, in his role as House Republican leader, could not afford to focus too intently on any single piece of legislation, Rep. Kim Thatcher, at the same time she was sitting on the Ways and Means Committee considering budget proposals to address the $234 million projected shortfall
