Bill Bradbury

Secretary of State Bill BradburyDENVER--Secretary of State Bill Bradbury warned Oregon’s Democratic delegates that he would probably get emotional Thursday night when he witnessed the first African American man accept the Democratic nomination for president of the United States.

Bradbury attended Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on the National Mall in 1963, which occurred 45 years ago to this day, and he said the possibility of seeing King’s dream come true was very powerful for him.

“I’m sure you will see tears in my eyes,” Bradbury told the Oregon delegation Thursday morning. “This is pretty emotional because things have finally come full circle.”

The first Democrat to throw his hat in the race for Oregon governor in two years is current Secretary of State Bill Bradbury.

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."

The Independent Party released a statement Friday morning saying that 1st Congressional District candidate Joel Haugen (R-Scappoose) should not have to give up his Republican nomination to take up the Independent nomination, and that both parties should be listed on the ballot next to his name.

Hillsboro retired farmer and businessman Jeff Duyck was forced to drop his candidacy for House District 29 because it turns out elections officials have been mistakenly telling him for years that he lives in the district.

We can all exhale now that Governor Ted Kulongoski is back from his gallbladder surgery.

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Now, could someone explain why Secretary of State Bill Bradbury has suddenly had a change of heart on Duyck's residency?  Winning fair and square usually means playing the game until the very end.