Candidate filing day passes with few surprises.Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard In an era when candidates start raising money and are trying to win over voters months before Election Day, few surprises surfaced on Tuesday's candidate filing day. Even so, hundreds of people crowded onto the floor of the state House of Representatives to gaze up at a giant reader board to see who will be running in the May primary and - if they win their parties' respective nominations - the November general elections. Among area candidates, only Rep. Terry Beyer, D-Springfield, ended up without an opponent - Democrat or Republican. "I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop," she said, still looking at the reader board 20 minutes after Secretary of State Bill Bradbury Bill Bradbury (born 1949) is the Secretary of State for the U.S. state of Oregon. Bradbury, a Democrat, previously served in the Oregon Legislative Assembly, and ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Senator Gordon Smith in 2002. pounded the gavel gavel small mallet used by judge or presiding officer to signal order. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority at 5 p.m. and declared that the deadline to file had passed. A few last-day names surfaced to fill in area races: Democratic activist Hart Williams entered the House District 8 race, joining three other Democrats. Bill Young, a veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. who has run in the past, entered the House District 8 race as the only Republican. Greg Thorne entered the House District 7 race, joining one other Democrat and one Republican. Jean Cowan, a Democrat, is challenging incumbent Republican Rep. Alan Brown
On Monday, two others entered area races: Bev Ficek, a Democrat, entered the House District 14 race and Republican Norm Thomas decided to challenge appointed incumbent Sen. Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat, in Senate District 4. Thomas said he had planned to step aside if another GOP candidate chose to get in, but he wanted to be sure he was in the race if that didn't happen. "Well, I'm in," said Thomas, who said being on hand for filing day was energizing energizing, adj giving energy to; revitalizing; rejuvenating. . For some, such as 4th Congressional District Noun 1. congressional district - a territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes GOP candidate Jim Feldkamp Jim Feldkamp is an American conservative politician. A Republican, he was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Oregon's 4th congressional district in 2004 and 2006. Both times, Feldkamp was defeated by long-term incumbent Peter DeFazio. , filing day was an important ritual, even though he'd declared his candidacy to challenge veteran incumbent Peter DeFazio Peter Anthony DeFazio (born May 27, 1947) is an American politician. He serves as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Oregon, representing the 4th Congressional District and is currently serving his 11th term. , a Democrat, months ago. "I understand the fight I'm in. You've got to be able to go out and meet people and introduce yourself," he said. In the four statewide races for attorney general, treasurer, secretary of state and the U.S. Senate, no big names surfaced on the Republican side to challenge the Democratic incumbents who hold those seats. Nor had any big names appeared among GOP candidates to pose a serious challenge to the Democratic state office holders, said the party's Oregon director, Neel Pender. "The Republican just can't find credible viable statewide candidates who are willing to carry around the party's conservative moniker (1) A name, title or alias. See alias. (2) A COM object that is used to create instances of other objects. Monikers save programmers time when coding various types of COM-based functions such as linking one document to another (OLE). See COM and OLE. ," he said. But Kevin Mannix Kevin Mannix is a politician, business attorney, and former chairman of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Oregon. Mannix has served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, as a Democrat and, later, a Republican. , state Republican Party chairman, said his statewide candidates were viable, if not well known. The Democrats are "running retread re·tread tr.v. re·tread·ed, re·tread·ing, re·treads 1. To fit (a worn automotive tire) with a new tread. 2. incumbents," he said. "We've got fresh faces who will provide a fresh perspective." Closer to home, in a last-minute filing flurry, the slate of candidates for the East Lane County commissioner position swelled to six. In addition to retired dentist Cedric Hayden, Marcola business consultant Mark Herbert and Cottage Grove businessman Faye Stewart, incumbent Don Hampton of Oakridge now faces two more challengers. Ross Johnson, owner of Coast Two Data Recovery, will appear on the May 18 ballot, as will Jim Gillette, who describes himself as self-employed with previous experience as an auctioneer, logger, firefighter, truck driver and motorcycle dealer. Both men give Eugene as their residential addresses. Although south Eugene Commissioner Peter Sorenson remains unopposed, north Eugene Commissioner Bobby Green picked up a challenger in his quest for re-election. Greg Ringer, an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. and an international tourism consultant, filed his candidacy Tuesday. STATE AND FEDERAL MATCHUPS Here are the area legislative, congressional and statewide candidates, as of Tuesday's filing deadline. Senate District 4: Floyd Prozanski, Democrat*; Norm Thomas, Republican Senate District 5: Joanne Verger verg·er n. Chiefly British 1. One who carries the verge or other emblem of authority before a scholastic, legal, or religious dignitary in a procession. 2. , Democrat; Al Pearn, Republican House District 7: Shirley Cairns Cairns, city (1991 pop. 64,463), Queensland, NE Australia, on Trinity Bay. It is a principal sugar port of Australia; lumber and other agricultural products are also exported. The city's proximity to the Great Barrier Reef has made it a tourist center. , Greg Thorne, Democrats; Bruce Hanna, Republican House District 8: Paul Holvey*, Mike Bonner, Mitzi Colbath, Democrats; Bill Young, Republican House District 9:Susan Massey, Republican; Arnie Roblan, Democrat House District 10: Rep. Alan Brown, Republican*; Jean Cowan, Democrat House District 11: Rep. Phil Barnhart, Democrat*; Michael Spasaro, Republican House District 12 Rep. Terry Beyer, Democrat* House District 13: Rep. Robert Ackerman, Democrat*; Gary Pierpoint, Republican House District 14: Debi Farr, Republican; Rich Cunningham, Bev Ficek, Democrats 4th Congressional District: Rep. Peter DeFazio, Democrat*; Jim Feldkamp, Republican U.S. Senate: Sen. Ron Wyden, Democrat*; Pavel Goberman, Bruce Broussard, E. Bowerman, Thomas Lee Abshie, Philip Petrie, Al King, Republicans Secretary of state: Bill Bradbury*, Paul Damian Wells Democrats; Betsy Close, Fred Granum granum [L.] grain; very small particles. , Republicans Attorney general: Hardy Myers, Democrat*; Alia Breitwieser, Paul Connolly, Republicans. Treasurer: Randall Edwards, Democrat*; Drew Evans, Jeff Caton, Republicans LANE COUNTY RACES East Lane County commissioner: Don Hampton*, Jim Gillette, Cedric Hayden, Mark Herbert, Ross Johnson and Faye Stewart North Lane County commissioner: Bobby Green Sr.*, challenger Greg Ringer South Lane County commissioner: Peter Sorenson* (unopposed) Lane County sheriff: Russel Burger, Louis Gomez, Steven Mackey *Incumbent |
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