OLCV Victories

Overall the exciting and historic 2008 Primary Election was a success. OLCV targeted eight races -- races we invested volunteer resources into and we had positive results in all but two.

We are celebrating huge victories three hotly contested Democratic primaries for the Legislature and three local races where our candidates are heading into run-offs in November with the lead.

We waged tough fights in two local races but lost.  Both were up-hill battles to begin with against candidates with far greater name recognition. But we are pleased with the energy and excitement of voters and volunteers despite the outcome.

The victory of Jules Kopel-Bailey in southeast Portland was a particularly sweet victory for voters as well as the environmental community. This was a tough 4 way primary, with two other strong candidates. Jules distinguished himself as an environmental leader, which helped carry him to victory. OLCV and Climate PAC were by far the largest supporters of Jules and his efforts to win and OLCV provided a huge portion of the grassroots contact in the campaign.

Eugene looks like it will have two high-profile local government races this fall, with both the Mayor's race and Lane County Commission race heading to run-offs.  In both cases, it will feel like a do-over. Both of our candidates (Kitty Piercy and Rob Handy) are ahead slightly, but not enough to overcome the fact that in both races there were third and fourth candidates filed who didn't campaign, but garnered just enough of the vote to prevent either of the two main candidates from getting beyond 50%.

Visit www.olcv.org/county_chapters to learn more about our local work.

Keep track of what's going on in Oregon environmental politics, sign up for OLCV's e-bulletin, a twice per month email newsletter.

OLCV's Election break-down:

House District 38 D Primary Chris Garrett  Winner 53%-47%

House District 42 D Primary Jules Kopel-Bailey Winner 41%-30%-27%

House District 49 D Primary  Nick Kahl  Winner 53%-47%

Portland City Council Pos. 2  Jim Middaugh Losing 62%-22% to Nick Fish, with three other candidates getting the remaining vote.  Fish wins it outright in the primary.

Multnomah County Commission # 4: Carla Piluso Winning with 48%-28% in a 4-way non-partisan primary.  Headed to run-off.

Salem Mayor  Lloyd Chapman    Losing 45%-55% to incumbent mayor Janet Taylor in a two-way non-partisan primary.  Taylor wins it outright in the primary.

Eugene Mayor  Kitty Piercy   Leading 48.3%-47.8% in a 4-way non-partisan primary.  Heading to a run-off.

Lane County Comm. (North)  Rob Handy Leading 48.7%-44.9% in a 4-way non-partisan primary.  Heading to run-off.

 

Overall the exciting and historic 2008 Primary Election was a success. OLCV targeted eight races -- races we invested volunteer resources into and we had positive results in all but two.

We are celebrating huge victories three hotly contested Democratic primaries for the Legislature and three local races where our candidates are heading into run-offs in November with the lead.

We waged tough fights in two local races but lost.  Both were up-hill battles to begin with against candidates with far greater name recognition. But we are pleased with the energy and excitement of voters and volunteers despite the outcome.

The victory of Jules Kopel-Bailey in southeast Portland was a particularly sweet victory for voters as well as the environmental community. This was a tough 4 way primary, with two other strong candidates. Jules distinguished himself as an environmental leader, which helped carry him to victory. OLCV and Climate PAC were by far the largest supporters of Jules and his efforts to win and OLCV provided a huge portion of the grassroots contact in the campaign.

Eugene looks like it will have two high-profile local government races this fall, with both the Mayor's race and Lane County Commission race heading to run-offs.  In both cases, it will feel like a do-over. Both of our candidates (Kitty Piercy and Rob Handy) are ahead slightly, but not enough to overcome the fact that in both races there were third and fourth candidates filed who didn't campaign, but garnered just enough of the vote to prevent either of the two main candidates from getting beyond 50%.

Visit www.olcv.org/county_chapters to learn more about our local work.

Keep track of what's going on in Oregon environmental politics, sign up for OLCV's e-bulletin, a twice per month email newsletter.

OLCV's Election break-down:

House District 38 D Primary Chris Garrett  Winner 53%-47%

House District 42 D Primary Jules Kopel-Bailey Winner 41%-30%-27%

House District 49 D Primary  Nick Kahl  Winner 53%-47%

Portland City Council Pos. 2  Jim Middaugh Losing 62%-22% to Nick Fish, with three other candidates getting the remaining vote.  Fish wins it outright in the primary.

Multnomah County Commission # 4: Carla Piluso Winning with 48%-28% in a 4-way non-partisan primary.  Headed to run-off.

Salem Mayor  Lloyd Chapman    Losing 45%-55% to incumbent mayor Janet Taylor in a two-way non-partisan primary.  Taylor wins it outright in the primary.

Eugene Mayor  Kitty Piercy   Leading 48.3%-47.8% in a 4-way non-partisan primary.  Heading to a run-off.

Lane County Comm. (North)  Rob Handy Leading 48.7%-44.9% in a 4-way non-partisan primary.  Heading to run-off.

 

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