Ben Westlund

U.S. Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-West Linn) announced Thursday she would be endorsing state Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) in Oregon’s State Treasurer’s race.

Oregon Republicans should be able to pick up outgoing state Sen. Ben Westlund’s (D-Tumalo) seat in the November election, Dennis Tooley said Thursday.

MINNEAPOLIS -- State Treasurer candidates Allen Alley (R-Lake Oswego) and state Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) spent Tuesday and Wednesday fighting over who’s tax violations had been more egregious.

DENVER -- State Treasurer candidate and State Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) said Monday that one of the results of his meetings with the Democratic National Convention Rules Committee was a commission that will be reviewing the current primary and caucus nomination process.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Portland) addressed the Oregon delegation at the Democratic National Convention Monday urging them to rally Oregonians behind Obama and promising them he would be out stumping for Obama throughout the Beaver State.

DENVER -- The youth movement may have propelled U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to the Democratic presidential nomination, but when he is officially given the party’s nomination on Thursday night, most of the delegates casting their vote are far removed from their youth.

DENVER — State Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) spoke optimistically of Obama’s vice presidential choice, U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), saying he believed the choice of Biden would help to draw out more voters that would also vote for a Democratic treasurer, he said Monday.

Perhaps the most eye-catching policy proposal in state Treasurer candidate Allen Alley’s (R-Lake Oswego) “Oregon 2020” plan, released on Tuesday, is his goal of increasing the federalCorporate Average Fuel Economy standard to 100 miles per gallon.

The Planned Parenthood PAC of Oregon, the political arm of Planned Parenthood, announced Wednesday it will be endorsing State Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) in the Oregon State Treasurer’s race.

Secretary of State Bill BradburyThe Oregon Independent Party and Secretary of State Bill Bradbury are headed to court to resolve their differences on how many parties can be listed next to a candidate’s name on the ballot, according to Oregon Independent Party Secretary Sal Peralta.

"We had hoped that the Secretary of State's Elections Division would recognize their mistake, correct it, and allow us to move on," Peralta said Tuesday.  "The opinion of our legal advisors is that the state's actions are inconsistent with Oregon law, and we need the court to step in and make a determination."