In last Tuesday’s election, Brady Fuller won the election for Position One on Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) with 4,081 votes. That is hardly a big number of votes—actually only four percent of the total number of eligible voters. Yet, Fuller won by a landslide, thumping incumbent Dan Fishkin, who only earned 2,305 votes, […]
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Congratulations! You’re (probably) registered to vote.
Oregon’s newly-minted Gov. Kate Brown just made history by signing a bill to register all voting-age Oregonians with DMV-issued IDs to vote. The legislation, which Brown had initiated while still Secretary of State, allows residents to opt-out of voter registration, instead of requiring them to opt in. The move is expected to add about 300,000 […]
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Independent Party of Oregon achieves major party status
The Independent Party of Oregon has become the first major party in the state, outside of the Democratic and Republican parties, Secretary of State Kate Brown announced today. As of February 2, the state determined that the party had reached the necessary threshold to qualify—membership exceeding 5 percent of the state’s population. As a major […]
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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Electing Bend’s Mayor
As you may or may not know, Bend’s mayor is not elected by voters, but rather appointed by his or her fellow city councilors. We’ll be exploring the question of how we elect the Mayor in the upcoming issue, but in the meantime, we want to know: What do you think? Are you content with […]
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District 54 Candidates Knute Buehler and Craig Wilhelm Face Off Tuesday in Bend Chamber Debate
One way or another, voters will be getting a new representative for House District 54. Rep. Jason Conger (R), who currently fills that seat, will be returning to his law practice following his defeat to Monica Wehby in the Oregon Senate primary election. District 54 candidates Republican Knute Buehler and Democrat Craig Wilhelm will debate […]
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Mark Capell Says He’ll Run for a Third City Council Term
Mark Capell announced today that he will run for a third term on the Bend City Council. He was first elected to council in 2006 and made headlines in 2012 when he bucked tradition and publicly declared his interested in serving as mayor. Capell currently serves as chair of the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Bend Urban Renewal Agency and is […]
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You Could Be 1/7 Boss of the City
This could be you. Three seats on City Council will be coming vacant at the end of this year—Jodie Barram, Mark Capell and Scott Ramsay are currently keeping them warm—and you could be just the guy/gal to fill them. Do you make bold, colorful fashion statements?Do you know you want to be the mayor?Do you […]
