Portland mayoral candidate Sho Dozono has a new ad out, showcasing a cross section of the smiling, happy electorate of Rose City. All the talking points boil down to one theme or variations of it: "Sho knows. He gets it. Sho gets it done."
After a bitter primary battle in the Attorney General race against State Rep. Greg Macpherson, it appears that love is in the air for Democratic (and Republican) nominee John Kroger. >
"There are some folks in the Republican Party that are perturbed with Gordon because he is independent and he’s spoken his mind," he said. "I’ve seen some people get cranky. I end up mediating, but if I think someone is out of line I will call them out on it."
– State Republican Party Chairman Vance Day on his mediation between more conservative members of the party and Republican U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, who s considered a moderate.