Political Desk

Published: April 24, 2008

Clinton: Will campaign in Mac Saturday

By STARLA POINTER
Of the News-Register
McMinnville High School history and government teacher Larry Saunders is scrambling to rearrange his weekend plans so he can be at school on Saturday, when former President Bill Clinton makes a campaign stop there.
“To miss a president coming to Mac High? There’s no [...]

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Published: March 13, 2008

Jim Bunn (left) will seek the Republican nomination in House District 24; Democrat Kevin Nortness files to run in Senate District 12.

By DAVID BATES
Of the News-Register
Jim Bunn spiced up the Republican primary in Yamhill County’s House District 24 with an eleventh-hour filing Tuesday in Salem. The former congressman thus became the third [...]

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Published: March 13, 2008

Kris Bledsoe (left) is a photography artist and chaplain. Curt Johnston is a Dayton farmer.

By DAVID BATES
Of the News-Register
The race for Position 1 on the Yamhill County Board of Commissioners got crowded Tuesday.
Previously, incumbent Leslie Lewis faced a single challenger - Yamhill County’s representative in the Oregon House, Donna Nelson. But two [...]

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Mac man files for Wu’s congressional seat
Published: March 1, 2008

Chappell: Seeks Republican bid

By DAVID BATES
Of the News-Register
A 31-year-old McMinnville man has filed to seek the Republican nomination in the First Congressional District in the May primary.
Claude William Chappell IV, who’s backing the long-shot presidential campaign of conservative Texas Congressman Ron Paul, is the first Republican [...]

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By NICOLE MONTESANO
Of the News-Register
McMinnville City Councilor Rick Olson announced plans Tuesday to run for mayor in the November general election.
Mayor Ed Gormley, who has led the city for 24 years, recently confirmed that he won’t be seeking a seventh term. Olson is the first candidate to declare for the position.
Olson, a lifelong friend of [...]

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