Oregon Primary

The Oregon primary election is over and Obama won by a strong margin. Hurray!

I voted for Steve Novick for the U.S. Senate. As an environmental attorney from Harvard, I believed he was the best candidate to fight for Oregon. Jeff Merkley won the democratic nomination to run against Senator Gordon Smith in the general election. Jeff Merkley was the candidate chosen by Oregon voters so he needs to win. We need change to start protecting Oregon.

A couple of years ago, I was invited to sit in the auditorium at Newport to hear Senator Gordon Smith. I heard him tell this fishing community on the Oregon coast that he would protect fishing and the commercial fishing industry. Now there are no fish and the fishing industry is drowning. There is a dead zone off the coast of Newport. All commercial salmon fishing has been shut down.

It's interesting that Senator Smith's commercials run on television as if he is not the incumbent and says that he is the candidate for change. I have to laugh. How easy it is to spin the facts. Oregon is known as having a smart voting electorate so I certainly hope that Oregon votes to change the person for U.S. Senator.