State Treasurer race

State Treasurer candidate Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) criticized Allen Alley’s (R-Lake Oswego) business practices in a new ad released Tuesday.

State Treasurer candidate Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) has a double-digit lead over Allen Alley (R-Lake Oswego) in a new poll released Wednesday.

State treasurer candidate Allen Alley (R-Lake Oswego) racked up two more editorial board endorsements from the Statesman Journal in Salem and The Bulletin in Bend on Saturday.

The Statesman Journal touted Alley’s business experience, saying his leadership in the financial world was experience the state’s next financial steward would need as Oregon heads toward a more uncertain economic future.

State Treasurer candidate Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) picked up an endorsement from former Gov. John Kitzhaber Friday, who said that he backed the state senator because of his long-term views on reducing Oregon’s energy dependence.

The state’s largest paper endorsed Allen Alley (R-Lake Oswego) in the state treasurer race on Friday.

The Oregonian wrote that Alley’s extensive business experience and Wall Street prowess are what the Beaver State is going to need as the country faces increasingly complicated economic times.

State treasurer candidate Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) picked up endorsements from the Medford Mail Tribune and the Yamhill Valley News Register.

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Springfield) announced Friday that he was endorsing Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) in the state treasurer’s race.

State treasurer candidate Allen Alley (R-Lake Oswego) released an ad Monday that touts his business record and implies that his campaign rival, state Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo), does not have the experience to navigate Oregon through the country’s current economic crisis.

State Treasurer candidate Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) released the first television ad in this statewide race Friday.

PORTLAND -- State Treasurer candidates Allen Alley (R-Lake Oswego) and State Sen. Ben Westlund (D-Tumalo) used their first debate Friday to lay out their logic as to whether business experience or legislative experience would be better for leading Oregon through troubled economic times.