Yearly Archives: 2006
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Tonight is Festivus Eve, the Seinfeld created holiday. Do you have your Festivus pole? You can get one here it shows the cultural reach of television that this holiday hit such a nerve. Here is the classic dialogue when the world was introduced to Festivus.
Frank Costanza: Many… >> More Updates
Want to limit the influence of money on campaigns?
Then fix this trend. According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s NewsLab in the month before the November 7, 2006 elections television stations in 7 Midwest markets aired an average of 4 minutes 24 seconds of political advertisements and 1 minute 43 seconds of election news during the typical 30… >> More Updates
Winning helps
SurveyUSA is out with its monthly survey of job approval numbers for Governors. My client Governor Ted Kulongoski had a nearly ten point jump in his job approval numbers since the election.
Defining moments in a campaign
The Republican political consultant Lee Atwater believed that every campaign has its defining moment. Governor Kulongoski’s campaign had many moments that ended up defining the race.
The Special Session. In one day the Governor put $42 million in new money into schools, passed Jessica’s Law and protections against predatory lending.… >> More Updates
The results are in
San Francisco’s election finally ended yesterday afternoon. The Department of Elections ran the Ranked Choice Voting process for Supervisor districts 4 & 6 I had a few observations.
This system of voting continues to make it even more difficult to beat an incumbent. The District 6 race… >> More Updates
Final Results and wrap-up story
Oregon Governor Results by County
Joe Keating (Pacific Green) 18,719 1.43%
Ted Kulongoski (Democrat) 664,002 50.67%
Richard Morley (Libertarian) 15,861 1.21%
Ron Saxton (Republican) 562,009 42.89%
Mary Starrett (Constitution) 47,564 3.63%
Write-in Votes 2,269 .17%
Total 1,310,424
The Oregonian had a very nice wrap up story about the race.
A Great Night
Last night was pretty much all sweet and no bitter. In Oregon, my client Governor Ted Kulongoski earned a second term. Nationally, Democrats racked up win after win.
It was a great night.
Thank you to everyone that made it possible.
I am a Republican but…
Ron Saxton is up with his 17th ad of the election cycle. In this ad he says he is a Republican but will oppose his party when they are wrong. Here is the question of the day, when are they wrong?
Were they wrong when they decided to invade… >> More Updates
It is about people
At our rally with Howard Dean this week, it occurred to me, this campaign is coming down to people. Everyday, the pundits, press and polls become less important and people either activists or voters become the vital force in this race.
On Saturday, more than 500 people came to our… >> More Updates
A bad week for Ron
Anyway you slice it this was a bad week for Ron Saxton. His advertisement on illegal immigration opened him up to charges of hypocrisy, Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo panned his new education spot and he gave a poor performance at the City Club Debate.
Is the pressure getting… >> More Updates