Coast legislative race highlights spending.Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard SALEM - The two candidates competing to represent coastal Lane County in the state Senate raised nearly a quarter-million dollars in combined contributions, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. campaign finance reports filed Monday. The Senate District 5 race has been billed as one of the four races that will determine which party breaks that chamber's 15-15 deadlock See deadly embrace. (parallel, programming) deadlock - A situation where two or more processes are unable to proceed because each is waiting for one of the others to do something. in the Nov. 2 election. Democrat 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. of Coos Bay Coos Bay (k  s), city (1990 pop. 15,076), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on Coos Bay; founded 1854 as Marshfield, inc. 1874, renamed 1944. , currently a state
representative, reported raising $127,883, while her rival, Republican
Al Pearn of Florence, raised $120,026.
The reports, the first ones to cover candidates' campaign finance activities since last spring's primary election, include contributions and expenditures through Sept. 16. For the first time, the Secretary of State Elections Division made the full reports available online on the day they were filed. The reports are available online at egov.sos.state.or.us/ elec_images/c&e_search.html. Here are highlights from area legislative races: Senate District 4 Sen. Floyd Prozanski, D-Eugene, raised $48,986. Top contributors: Senate Democrats PAC, $17,160; Service Employees International Union, $6,890. Republican Norm Thomas raised $74,355. Top contributors: Senate Republicans PAC: $32,411; Oregon Auto Dealers Association: $10,000. Senate District 5 Democrat Joanne Verger raised $127,883. Top contributors: Oregon Education Association The Oregon Education Association (OEA) is the largest public education employees' union in the U.S. state of Oregon, representing more than 46,000 teachers and classified personnel. (OEA OEA Organizacion de Estados Americanos (OAS in English) OEA Organização dos Estados Americanos (Portuguese: Organization of American States) OEA Office of The Employment Advocate ), $42,401; Senate Democrats PAC, $38,559. Al Pearn, Republican, raised $120,026. Top contributors: Senate Republicans PAC, $33,466; Oregon Victory Committee, $25,000; Oregon Local Grocery Committee, $10,100. House District 7 Rep. Bruce Hanna, R-Roseburg, raised $33,115. Top contributors: House Republicans PAC, $10,200; Oregon Victory Committee, $5,000. Democrat 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. raised $1,152. Top contributors: Creative Images, $298; Retired mill owner Sid Leiken of Roseburg, $100. House District 8 Rep. Paul Holvey, D-Eugene, raised $8,130. Top contributors: Oregon American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the second- or third-largest labor union in the United States and one of the fastest-growing, representing over 1. (AFSCME AFSCME American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees ), $2,000; Holvey, $1,700. Republican Bill Young raised $2,950. Top contributor: Seneca Jones Timber Co. $1,000. House District 9 Democrat Arnie Roblan raised $61,798. Top contributors: OEA, $20,205; Oregon AFSCME, $5,000. Republican Susan Massey raised $4,985. Top contributor: Umpqua Valley Republican Women PAC, $818. House District 10 Rep. Alan Brown
Jean Cowan, Democrat, raised $76,236. Top contributors: OEA, $23,827; Oregon Nurse PAC, $11,886; Home Builders Future PAC, $9,327. House District 11 Rep. Phil Barnhart, D-Eugene, raised $36,506. Top contributors: Barnhart, $8,615; Oregon State Firefighters Council, $2,125. Republican Michael Spasaro raised $53,537. Top contributors: House Republicans PAC, $24,200; Ag PAC, $4,000; Oregon Concrete and Aggregate Producers Association PAC, $2,500. House District 12 Rep. Terry Beyer, D-Springfield, raised $4,450. Top contributors: Oregon Beverage PAC, $500; Oregon Realtors PAC, $500. House District 13 Republican Gary Pierpoint raised $17,290. Top contributors: Eugene retiree Betty Roberts Betty R. Roberts (b. February 5 1923) was the 90th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. She was the first woman on Oregon’s highest court, and had also been the first woman on the Oregon Court of Appeals. , $1,000; John Alltucker, owner, Eugene Sand & Gravel, $1,000. Rep. Bob Ackerman, D-Eugene, raised $22,190. Top contributors: Credit Union Legislative Action Fund, $2,000; OEA, $2,000. House District 14 Republican Debi Farr raised $77,691.00. Top contributors: House Republicans PAC, $19,200; Oregon Victory Committee, $10,000. Democrat Bev Ficek raised $34,001. Top contributors: Eugene Ficek, spouse, $5,000; OEA, $3,559. |
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