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Ed Fitch for Redmond Mayor

While also realistic about the more mundane, roads-and-sewer type of governance, Fitch has a more forward-thinking view of what Redmond could be
by The Source Editorial Board

With longtime mayor George Endicott not running again, four men have stepped up to vie for the position of Redmond mayor. Jay Patrick, a long-serving city councilor, is running to “Keep Redmond Redmond” and is focused on nuts-and-bolts issues including public safety, building a new sewer plant and the expansion of the Redmond airport. Charles […]

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Newspaper Endorsements Matter. What Matters More: Your Vote

With automatic, motor-voter registration, voters’ pamphlets and pre-stamped ballots that arrive right at your door, Oregon makes it easy for you to hold up your end of the democratic bargain. Don’t take this for granted.
by The Source Editorial Board

A lot is on the line in the election coming up Nov. 8—an election traditionally called the “midterms” because it’s the one that happens smack-dab in the middle of the current president’s term. But if you’ve been paying any kind of attention, then you know that it doesn’t take a presidential election to make an […]

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Melanie Kebler for Bend Mayor

Some will have you believe that the current council is to blame for the rise in homelessness. We see the opposite—that past councils also faced these issues and did very little.
by The Source Editorial Board

The last time Bend voted for its directly elected mayor, the candidate list was large, with two sitting city councilors among a slate of candidates vying for the job. This time, there are just two—one of whom is a current city councilor elected in 2020; the other, a former city councilor who was appointed to […]

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Ariel Mendez for Bend City Council Pos. 5

An avowed supporter of active transportation, Méndez knows more about the subject than nearly any other local we know.
by The Source Editorial Board

In a race with no incumbents for this position on the Bend City Council, we find Ariel Méndez, a current member of the Bend Park and Recreation District board and a college instructor of political science, poised to meet the moment. A regular e-biker and an avowed supporter of active transportation, Méndez knows more about […]

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Mike Riley for Bend City Council Pos. 6

Riley is a candidate who’s invested in the community and has done the work to hit the ground running on affordable housing and homelessness, growth and more.
by The Source Editorial Board

Voters have three candidates to choose from in this race, but one of them is clearly more prepared and more up to speed on the reality of the issues facing Bend: Mike Riley. As the head of The Environmental Center and a co-chair of the committee that helped to see the transportation GO bond pass […]

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Barb Campbell for Bend City Council Pos. 4

With the rest of the council members possessing less than a full term of experience, re-electing Barb Campbell just makes sense.
by The Source Editorial Board

With four candidates running in the race for Bend City Council position 4, there’s no shortage of knowledge, expertise and community spirit to choose from in the race. Among them, candidate Bill Olsen opted not to participate in our interview, so we won’t comment further on his candidacy. Among the three women in the race—Barb […]

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Zwicker, Trumble and Osborne Are Most Ready to Lead on the Redmond City Council

If you want a sign of how quickly Redmond is transforming, look no further than the candidates running for City Council.
by The Source Editorial Board

If you want a sign of how quickly Redmond is transforming, look no further than the candidates running for City Council. Three seats are up for grabs, and with five people running, a majority of the people on this slate will find themselves serving Redmond come January. When we interviewed four of the five candidates, […]

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Ron Wyden for U.S. Senate

As the chair of the Senate finance committee, he holds enormous sway in Congress. He’s pro-choice, and that’s a dealbreaker for anyone we send to Washington, D.C., right now.
by The Source Editorial Board

We have to hand it to Jo Rae Perkins; she’s nothing if not persistent. In spite of running in a number of races over the years, including for mayor and city councilor of Albany and subsequent bids for Senate and the U.S. House, winning nothing but primaries, she persists. This time around, she’s running against […]

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▶ WATCH: Bend City Council Pos 4 – Karon Johnson, Erlin Taylor & Barb Campbell

The Source editorial board interviews the candidates vying for Bend City Council pos 4
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In this video, the Source Weekly editorial board interviews  Karon Johnson, Erlin Taylor and Barb Campbell, who are vying for Bend City Council pos 4 in November ’22. Watch for our endorsements in each race on our Election 2022 web page throughout the campaign season. WATCH NOW:

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