May 7, 2008 - 2:50pm
Walker gains support of Independent Party, Oregon Voter Rights Coalition
By Lauren LafaroSecretary of State candidate state Sen. Vicki Walker has based her campaign around her goal of integrity in the election process and protecting the ballot measure system, even distributing a campaign pamphlet that details her plans.
That goal recently earned Walker the endorsements of the Oregon Voter Rights Coalition and the Independent Party of Oregon.
"Walker has shown a genuine belief in the importance of election integrity and has demonstrated a superior, objective understanding of Oregon's election system," their endorsement indicated," noted the Oregon Voter Rights Coalition's endorsement.
The Independent Party of Oregon is the third largest party in the state, but as of yet only has one statewide candidate: John Frohnmayer, who is running for U.S. Senate. The Party website notes that they decided to endorse a candidate for Secretary of State because the “office is central to the key platform items of the Independent Party, including campaign finance reform, voting integrity, and protecting the initiative and referendum processes.”
According to their press release, Walker was therefore the Independent Party’s candidate of choice because she has a record of "standing up to powerful interests, including those within her own party." "We would like the Secretary of State [to] be even-handed and nonpartisan in the role of the state's chief election officer."
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Independent Candidates
To clarify, in addition to Frohnmayer there is:
Jim Torrey, who broke a fundraising record in his bid to become Mayor of Eugene, is a member of the Independent Party.
Terry Rilling, who is running for a legislative seat in Hillsboro that he had previously run for as a Republican is an Independent.
So is Keith Wangle, who is running against Dennis Richardson in Central Point.
We also have two county commissioner candidates running in southern and eastern Oregon.
The goal of the party is to set up as many two-candidate races against uncontested major party candidates around th state.
The primary criteria for these candidates is that they be credible, and that they support reducing special interest control over our political process.
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