Endorsement Process
We have endorsed the following candidates for the Oregon House and Senate. We did not take a position on every race because we only endorse candidates who seek our endorsement. Over the years, fewer and fewer candidates will complete any candidate questionnaires because these surveys are increasingly used by their opponents to embarrass them or misreprent their positions. For that reason, Oregon Action does not make candidate responses to our survey public.

Oregon Action Candidate Endorsements

The Candidate Survey
Candidates were asked questions about affordable housing, living wages, health care, prescription drugs, immigrant rights, government reform, civil rights and fair taxation. They were also asked  what they believe are the obligations   of the state government to serve the public good, how they define fairness in tax policy and what their wish list of legislative priorities would be if they did not have to limit their goals based on the budget crisis or the balance of power in the legislature. Candidates positions had to agree with the majority of our positions on the issues. We followed up with candidates who left questions blank.

In endorsing Senator Ben Westlund in District 27, we based our endorsement on the extensive work he did with us in 2003 as he was recovering from major surgery at the time we were collecting the surveys.

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Updated February 25, 2007