The 2018 election cycle saw a host of U.S. House seats “flip” from Republicans to Democrats in the so-called “Blue Wave” that swept the country. But here in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR2) kept his seat, besting Democratic challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner by about 17 points. Walden has held the seat since 1998. […]
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Top 10 Stories of 2018
A recap of the Source’s top stories, ranked by views on Bendsource.com
No. 1 Clothing Wars 10/26 Apparel giant Under Armour sends a cease and desist to local business By Chris Miller Under Armour sent a cease and desist order to Bend-based Cascade Armory Oct. 24, claiming Cascade Armory is creating brand confusion and that Under Armour is suffering from it. Short said he and his business […]
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McLeod-Skinner’s Feat in Deschutes County
Greg Walden lost Deschutes County for the first time. A political science expert theorizes why.
Although Jamie McLeod-Skinner didn’t win the election in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, she did accomplish something that no Democrat has ever done before—getting more votes than Greg Walden in Deschutes County. According to unofficial county elections results from the Deschutes County Elections, Democrat McLeod-Skinner garnered 45,020 votes in Deschutes County, to Republican Walden’s 44,392. To […]
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Letters to the Editor
Amy Lowes For Deschutes County Amy Lowes — who is running for Deschutes Country Commissioner, Chair 1 —came here 22 years ago for the same reasons I did on my Harley from Connecticut in 1951, and many of you did earlier and later: the imagnificient beauty, wildlife and recreation recources our county offers. Farmers, ranchers, […]
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No Voting System is Perfect
On Tuesday, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reported the discovery of a batch of stolen mail on Bureau of Land Management land, including a number of unopened election ballots. For those not in support of vote-by-mail systems, this might seem like ammunition to help their cause. In this case, none of the ballots were opened, […]
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Letters to the Editor
Corrections: In our 10/18 endorsement in the Bend mayor’s race, we erroneously stated that sitting councilors running for mayor who did not win the mayor’s race would be removed from office. Should Bill Moseley or Sally Russell not win as mayor, they will fill the remainder of their term(s) as Councilor—not be removed. If one […]
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Letters to the Editor
Jamie McLeod-Skinner I was glad to learn that the Independent Party of Oregon endorsed Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner, for U.S. Congress. Now I hope Independents — and unaffiliateds — will actually turn out and vote for McLeod-Skinner and not sit out the election. Voter turnout is extremely important in this election. If you are not planning […]
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Walden, McLeod-Skinner and Roberts to Debate
Candidates for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District seat will square off Oct. 5
The three candidates in the race for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District—which includes Central and Eastern Oregon—will face off in a televised debate on Oct. 5. Democratic candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner‘s campaign announced today that she will debate Republican incumbent, Rep. Greg Walden and Independent Party candidate Mark Roberts in a one-hour debate, to be broadcast live from […]
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Party-line voting is never ideal—but this year, that’s even more apparent
As the 2018 election season begins to elevate to fever pitch, voters are being challenged, perhaps more than in other years, to truly think for themselves as they cast their votes. We’d like to say that voters should always be compelled to go beyond party-line voting and to choose candidates based on merit and position—but […]
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Letters to the Editor
Jared Rasic’s review of “Death of a Nation” and in response to…
In response to the response to “Nothing Idle About Idling,” Letters to the Editor on 8/2 Tori Pearce, you clearly live in the paradigm where someone else is going to fix this for you; where you have no agency and little things don’t count (because they’re just so darn inconvenient). I cannot fathom what you […]