Dudley News -
PORTLAND- Governors Chris Christie and Haley Barbour made an appearance in Portland Saturday morning as part of a “Get Out the Vote Rally” for gubernatorial hopeful Chris Dudley.
The event, which was held in Northeast Portland at Parkrose High School, drew hundreds of supporters to see the three Republicans.
Watch Statesman's Journal Board Interview on October 6th - Dudley-Kitzhaber
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Dudley: Tax cut could boost Oregon business climate
GOP candidate for governor does not stray very far from his familiar script
By Steve Law – Portland Tribune - Pamplin Media Group, Oct 6, 2010
GOP gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley shakes hands with supporters at this year's Oregon State Fair in Salem. Dudley stuck to his familiar message of a capital gains tax cut and reductions in government pensions during a meeting with the Portland Tribune editorial board. Chris Dudley is proving more adept at staying “on message” in his campaign for Oregon governor than he was at shooting free throws for the Portland Trail Blazers.
The GOP gubernatorial candidate demonstrated that skill once again Monday, spending more than an hour with the Portland Tribune’s editorial board, answering questions on a wide range of topics. Read More....
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Click here to read Dudley's 26 point plan and visit his web site.
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Dudley, Kitzhaber tangle over taxes, experience at Eugene forum
Published: Saturday, September 25, 2010, 4:12 PM
Harry Esteve, The Oregonian
EUGENE – Democrat John Kitzhaber today blasted Republican opponent Chris Dudley for proposing tax cuts and other expensive ideas without explaining how he would pay for them.
Dudley responded that his ideas would lead to faster job growth in Oregon, while Kitzhaber’s would continue to hold the state back. Read More.......
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Dudley, Kitzhaber air their proposals - Experience vs. change is the theme
in a joint appearance by the governor candidates - Debate Sepember 25th - Eugene
By David Steves The Register-Guard Sunday, Sep 26, 2010
Oregon’s top two gubernatorial candidates tangled on stage together for the first time Saturday, when Republican Chris Dudley offered to break from the state’s failed policies of the past, and Democratic former Gov. John Kitzhaber said Oregon’s challenges Read More.....
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Chris Dudley and John Kitzhaber woo business group, clash over taxes
Published: Friday, September 24, 2010 Jeff Mapes The Oregonian
In separate appearances before a business group Thursday, Republican Chris Dudley and Democrat John Kitzhaber
argued about whether Oregon needs fresh leadership or an experienced hand at the helm of state government.
Kitzhaber, running again for his old job as governor, said that it is not "an entry-level position" while Dudley warned that
the state would get the "same old, same old" record of failure if his rival got a third term in office. Read More....
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Union launches ad attacking Dudley | A public employees group says the GOP gubernatorial candidate
will cater primarily to the wealthy...
By David Steves - The Register-Guard - Appeared in print: Thursday, Sep 23, 2010
The state’s largest public employees union Wednesday launched a statewide TV ad campaign attacking Republican Chris Dudley as a “wealth strategist” out to cut taxes for the rich at the expense of education, health care and public safety programs.
The ads are supported by a group calling itself the “Who is Chris Dudley? Committee,” which was formed and is being financed by the Service Employees International Union, said the union’s Oregon political director, Arthur Towers.
The ad is the first in the gubernatorial campaign to be run by an outside group, rather than by the campaigns of Dudley or his opponent, Democrat John Kitzhaber. Read More......
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John Kitzhaber home loan, Jerry Bidwell appointment to OIC questioned
Published: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 9:00 PM Jeff Manning, The Oregonian
When then-Gov. John Kitzhaber nominated Jerry Bidwell to the Oregon Investment Council in early 2002, was he tapping the knowledge and skills of an industry-savvy investment professional? Or was he returning a favor?
That's the question raised by disclosures that Bidwell & Co., the Portland stock brokerage Bidwell founded and led, lent $306,000 to Kitzhaber and his then-wife Sharon in June 1999. The Kitzhabers used the money to buy a bungalow on the eastern flank of Sylvan Hill in Southwest Portland. Read More....
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KATU News – 9-15-2010
PORTLAND, Ore. - Republican Chris Dudley is widening the gap over his Democratic opponent, John Kitzhaber, in the race for Oregon’s governor, a new KATU News/Survey USA poll released Wednesday showed.
Dudley garnered 49 percent to Kitzhaber’s 43 percent of 562 likely voters surveyed. Seven weeks ago a KATU News/SurveyUSA poll found Dudley getting 46 percent of the vote to Kitzhaber’s 44 percent. Read More....
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Chris Dudley presents 20-point plan to create jobs in Oregon
Published: Wednesday, September 15, 2010, Bill Graves, The Oregonian
Chris Dudley, candidate for governor Benjamin Brink/The Oregonian Chris Dudley, Republican candidate for governor, on the campaign trail in Baker City. He revealed his jobs plan before the Albany Chamber of Commerce today.
Chris Dudley, Republican candidate for governor, rolled out a jobs plan today that would cut capital gains taxes, give businesses tax credits for hiring the unemployed, promote the state's natural resources and overhaul schools and universities. Read More.....
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Campaign teams hint at how Dudley, Kitzhaber would run state
Saturday, August 28, 2010, 7:50 Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
Republican Chris Dudley has surrounded himself with some of his party's top strategists - including the manager of John McCain's presidential race -- and has kept on a campaign path for Oregon governor that is as disciplined as one of the pro basketball teams on which he played.
Meanwhile, Democrat John Kitzhaber's run has more closely resembled a rolling policy seminar than a campaign. Recently, the former governor assembled a team of experienced Oregon Democratic political operatives who are scrambling to turn back perhaps the toughest challenge they've faced in their party's 24-year control of the governorship. Read More...
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Democratic poll suggests a different narrative in Kitzhaber-Dudley race
Published: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 6:24 PM Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
Published: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 6:24 PM Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
The public polling in the Oregon governor's race has showed Republican Chris
Dudley and John Kitzhaber basically tied, albeit with some suggestion that Dudley
might be ahead a bit. Read More......
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Former Gov. Atiyeh attacks Kitzhaber in radio ad backing Dudley
Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 3:53 PM - Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 3:53 PM - Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
As the last Republican governor of Oregon, Vic Atiyeh was not afraid to mix it up with
his political opponents. His 1982 reelection campaign, in fact, was famous for stripping
off the bark of a young Democratic state senator running for governor. Read More & View the Gov. Atiyeh Radio Ad
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Oregon businesses may be in for kicker tax rebates
Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 1:28 PM Harry Esteve, The Oregonian
Published: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 1:28 PM Harry Esteve, The Oregonian
SALEM – Oregon's budget problems continued to worsen today as the state economist projected
an "anemic" recovery and another $373 million drop in state revenue.
At the same time, however, corporations that pay Oregon taxes could see rebates of more than
$40 million under Oregon's "kicker" law because their profits are outpacing expectations, a
situation one lawmaker termed "absurd." Read More....
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Oregon Survey of 750 Likely Voters Conducted August 22, 2010 By Rasmussen Reports Read More...
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Oregon's money crisis: What the gubernatorial candidates say
Harry Esteve and Michelle Cole – Oregonian – August 21st
We asked the two major-party candidates for governor to list the top three things they would do to
save the state money or reduce the amount of money the state spends. We asked them to be as
specific as possible and to include estimated savings for each proposal.
Here are their responses, edited for brevity. Read More...
save the state money or reduce the amount of money the state spends. We asked them to be as
specific as possible and to include estimated savings for each proposal.
Here are their responses, edited for brevity. Read More...
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Dudley budget centers on state workers Candidate says he'll cut cost of insurance, pension
By Peter Wong • Statesman Journal • August 18, 2010
By Peter Wong • Statesman Journal • August 18, 2010
Republican Chris Dudley says that if he is elected governor, he will propose specific
steps to reduce the cost to the state of health insurance and pension benefits paid to state
workers. Read More....
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Washington Post upgrades GOP prospects in races for Oregon governor
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 2:50 PM Updated: Friday, August 13, 2010, 11:22 AM - Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian
Oregon is suddenly not looking so Blue to the political staff of the Washington Post. The newspaper's political handicappers, Dan Balz and Chris Cillizza, have moved the Oregon governor's race and the U.S. Senate contest in Washington from lean Democratic to toss-up. Read More...
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"Dudley Do Right"
Weekly Standard By Ethan Epstein July 5 - July 12, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 40
...the 2010 race for governor may finally give Oregon Republicans reason to cheer.
This is partly because of the personal appeal of the Republican candidate. In a fiercely contested primary, GOP voters nominated Chris Dudley, a charismatic, 6'11" former NBA center. Despite his record as one of the worst free throw shooters of all time, Dudley is fondly remembered by Oregonians as “Dudley Do-Right” for his time on the Portland Trail Blazers, where he played from 1993 to 1997, and again briefly in 2001 to 2003. His integrity and good works in the community earned him the NBA’s J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award in 1996, and USA Today’s Most Caring Athlete Award in 1997.
The formula for statewide Republican victory in Oregon is simple. Roughly 30 of the state’s 36 counties are sparsely populated and usually vote Republican. Dudley should carry them easily. He’ll also have to take a significant share of the vote in the state’s populous liberal enclaves, like Lane County, home of Eugene, and Multnomah County, home of Portland. If Dudley can capture 35 or 40 percent of the vote in these areas, he should be the next governor. The most recent statewide poll has him leading Kitzhaber 47 percent to 40 percent.
Dudley Do-Right may be set to defy Oregon’s image as just another Left Coast State. Read More....
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From Politics Daily - June 22
John Kitzhaber, Chris Dudley in Tight Race for Oregon Governor
Former Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber and Republican Chris Dudley, who played in the NBA for 16 years including two with the Portland Trail Blazers, are locked in a close contest for Oregon governor, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted June 17.
Dudley is leading Kitzhaber 47 percent to 45 percent with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 4 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. In late May, they were a point apart. Read More....
John Kitzhaber, Chris Dudley in Tight Race for Oregon Governor
Former Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber and Republican Chris Dudley, who played in the NBA for 16 years including two with the Portland Trail Blazers, are locked in a close contest for Oregon governor, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted June 17.
Dudley is leading Kitzhaber 47 percent to 45 percent with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 4 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4.5 points. In late May, they were a point apart. Read More....
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Election 2010: Oregon Governor
Oregon Governor: Dudley (R) 47%, Kitzhaber (D) 44%
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds Dudley earning 47% of the vote to Kitzhaber’s 44%. Five percent (5%) prefer another candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided.
Last month, Dudley , a former professional basketball player turned businessman, led Kitzhaber by a virtually identical 47% to 45%. After winning their respective party primaries in mid-May, Dudley earned 45% support to Kitzhaber's 44%. Read More...
Rasmussen -Monday, June 21, 2010 The race to be Oregon’s next governor is still anyone’s game at this point, with Republican Chris Dudley and Democrat John Kitzhaber virtually tied again this month.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds Dudley earning 47% of the vote to Kitzhaber’s 45%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and another four percent (4%) are undecided.
In February, however, Kitzhaber led Dudley 42% to 36%. But in the final survey before their respective party primaries in May, Dudley and Kitzhaber were tied at 41% apiece. Just after the May 18 primary, support for both candidates increased, but the race remained a tie. Read More....
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June 18th - Dudley Campaign Unveils New TV Ad
Known for overcoming obstacles and positively impacting the lives of others, Chris Dudley today released a new television ad titled “Dream Big”. The ad includes a testimonial from Chris’ nurse at Yale who witnessed him persevere through the challenge of being diagnosed with diabetes to fighting his way to the NBA. Additionally, the ad features former campers of the Chris Dudley Foundation that have been inspired by his selflessness and leadership.
To view the tv ad, please click on the following
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Rasmussen Poll - May 25th - 2010The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Oregon finds Republican Chris Dudley with 45% support to former Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber’s 44%. Four percent (4%) like some other candidate in the race, and six percent (6%) are undecided. In the final survey before the primaries, Dudley and Kitzhaber were tied at 41% apiece. In February, Kitzhaber led Dudley 42% to 36%. Read More....
