Jeff Duyck

As the August 26 deadline to find candidates for the November ballot, the Washington county GOP is losing quite a few good opportunities to take on Democrats this fall.

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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.

Our favorite liberal blogger, Kari Chisholm over at BlueOregon, wrote yesterday that it was GOP Oregon house candidate Jeff Duyck's own fault for not knowing better what district in which he was legally allowed to run for office.

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.

NW Republican blogs with intense disdain on the decision by Democrat Secretary of State Bill Bradbury to force Republican state house candidate Jeff Duyck to withdraw from running against state Rep. Chuck Riley for lack of residency requirements, while folks over at Blue Oregon cheer on House Dems' likely retention of control.