Monthly Archive for August, 2011

13 Candidates File for 1st Congressional District Special Primary

Published on August 16, 2011 in Elections, Headlines, Press Releases, Secretary Brown, Special Elections and Special Primary. 0 Comments

The Oregon Secretary of State reports that thirteen candidates filed by the Monday, August 15 deadline to run in the First Congressional District Special Primary. The candidates of record are eight Democrats – Saba Ahmed, Brad Avakian, Suzanne Bonamici, Dominic Hammon, Robert E. Lettin, Todd Lee Ritter, Dan Strite and Brad Witt, and five Republicans – Rob Cornilles, Pavel Goberman, Jim Greenfield, Lisa Michaels, DR Delgado-Morgan,

Candidate filing information is available online. Please check the Candidate Filing Search Results in the ORESTAR database on the Oregon Secretary of State website.

For more information, please contact

Andrea L. Cantu-Schomus
Communications Director, Oregon Secretary of State

andrea.l.cantu-schomus@state.or.us

503-986-2368
503-507-0082

 

Secretary of State Kate Brown on Special Elections in First Congressional District

Published on August 4, 2011 in Elections, Headlines and Secretary Brown. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

I am pleased that the Governor has selected a date for the special general election in the First Congressional District which allows sufficient time for me to conduct a primary election. Giving voters direct say over who replaces Congressman Wu is vitally important to the democracy of Oregon.

I will be coordinating with our partners, the county clerks in the district, as well as the major and minor political parties. Please visit www.oregonvotes.org for information about election timelines.

In the meantime, voters in the First Congressional District should be assured they will participate in a fair, accurate, secure, and efficient election.

For more information, please contact:

Gina Mattioda
Director of Communications
gina.mattioda@state.or.us
503-986-2368

Oregon Secretary of State releases Special Education Design Lab report

Published on August 1, 2011 in Headlines and Secretary Brown. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Secretary of State Kate Brown recently sponsored a Design Lab for Special Education in Oregon, aimed at creating breakthrough ideas for the future of that system.  Over seventy stakeholders met to identify desired outcomes, and then a team of twelve people used those goals to craft proposals to transform Special Education.  The original stakeholders were then given the opportunity to provide input and commentary on the ideas, resulting in the attached report that we hope will be part of the conversation and deliberations of the new Oregon Education Investment Board.  Click here to read the report.