Filing Day: The Big Board, Oregon House

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One of the enduring traditions in Oregon politics is the gathering in the House chamber for the closing couple of hours of filing day. Politicians, lobbyists, hacks, and reporters gather to watch a Big Board of filings.

Well, since we're not there, I've produced a big board of our own - based on the filings reported online by the Elections Division. These are all the filings posted online through 6:20 p.m. (One caveat: Some late filings may have yet to appear online, as they can be submitted on handwritten forms - and have to be data-entered by staff.) Update, 9:20 a.m.: Nothing new online, gotta assume this is final.

This is the board for the House. Democrats on the left, Republicans on the right, incumbents in bold.

Democrats Republicans
1
Eldon Rollins Wayne Krieger
Lynn Kindred
2
Harry McDermott Tim J Freeman
3
Wally Hicks
4
Richard (Rick) Levine Dennis Richardson
5
Peter Buckley Sandra A. Abercrombie
6
Lynn Howe Sal Esquivel
7
Sara Byers Bruce Hanna
8
Paul R Holvey Simone Gordon
9
Arnie Roblan R Scott Roberts
10
Jean Cowan Becky Lemler
Edward Johnston
George Goldstein
11
Phil Barnhart Kelly R Lovelace
12
Elizabeth Terry Beyer Sean VanGordon
13
Nancy Nathanson Bill Young
14
Val Hoyle Dwight Coon
15
Bud Laurent Andy Olson
16
Sara A. Gelser Rose Cook
17
Richard Harisay Sherrie Sprenger
Bruce Cuff
18
Rodney E. Orr Vic Gilliam
19
Claudia Kyle Kevin Cameron
20
Mike Powers Vicki Berger
21
Brian Clem John Alamarez
Ken Jacobs
Marvin Sannes
22
Betty Komp Kathy LeCompte
Tom M Chereck Jr
23
Wesley W West Jim Thompson
24
Susan Sokol Blosser Jim S Weidner
25
Jim Dyer Kim Thatcher
Douglas J Heuer
26
Sandy Webb Matt Wingard
27
Tobias Read Dan Lucas
28
Jeff Barker Bill Berg
29
Katie Riley Katie Eyre Brewer
30
David Edwards Shawn Lindsay
31
Brad Witt Ed DeCoste
32
Deborah Boone Lew Barnes
33
Mitch Greenlick Michael Bieker
34
Chris Harker Tyler Hill
35
Margaret Doherty Gordon Fiddes
36
Mary Nolan Diane Schendel
37
Gerritt Rosenthal Chael Sonnen
Joelle Davis
Will Rasmussen
38
Chris Garrett Rob Gardier
39
Toby Forsberg Bill Kennemer
40
Dave Hunt Deborah J Gerritzen
41
Carolyn Tomei Hugo Schulz
42
Jules Kopel Bailey Cliff Hutchison
43
Lew Frederick
44
Tina Kotek Kitty C. Harmon
Richard Ellmyer
45
Michael Dembrow Anne Marie Gurney
46
Ben Cannon Russell Turner
47
Jefferson Smith Dee Flowers
48
Mike Schaufler Kayla Fioravanti
49
Nick Kahl Matthew Wand
50
Greg Matthews Andre Wang
51
Cheryl Myers John Swanson
Patrick Sheehan
52
Suzanne VanOrman Mark Johnson
53
John Huddle Gene Whisnant
54
Judy Stiegler Jason Conger
55
Mike McLane
Mike Wendel
56
Bill Garrard
Karl Scronce
57
Jean A. Falbo Greg Smith
Colleen MacLeod
58
Pete Wells Bob Jenson
Michael Mathisen
59
Will Boettner John E Huffman
Britt Storkson
60
Cliff Bentz

A few things worth noticing:

Republicans have candidates filed in 59 of 60 races. (Only Lew Frederick is going unchallenged.) Democrats have candidates filed candidates in 57 races.

Six incumbent House Republicans are facing primary challenges - Sprenger, Thatcher, Garrard, Smith, Jenson, Huffman. There are contested Republican primaries against three House Democratic incumbents - Clem, Cowan, Komp. And there are contested Republican primaries for two open seats (51 and 55.)

There is only one primary challenge to a Democratic incumbent - the challenge to Tina Kotek by perennial candidate Richard Ellmyer. There are only two other contested primary races, one in the open seat in HD 37, and one for the right to challenge Wayne Krieger in HD 1.

In short, the Democrats seem much more united in 2010 than do the Republicans. Interesting stuff.

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