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Independent candidate invited to first debate

  • By Paris Achen, Oregon Capital Bureau
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All three major political party candidates have been invited to the first of three major gubernatorial debates before the Nov. 6 general election. Children First for Oregon, along with television station KOIN and Pamplin Media Group, will host the first major debate of the election season Oct. 2 with an atypical format: Children will pose all of the questions to the three candidates.

Starnes eyes big changes
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Starnes eyes big changes

  • Mark Gibson
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Patrick Starnes, running as an Independent for Oregon governor, thinks every political candidate should spend time on a school board. “As a school board member, you hire and fire teachers, close schools … you really learn the aches and pains of the community,” he said in a recent interview at The Dalles Chronicle.

Starnes pursues governorship
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Starnes pursues governorship

  • Patrick Mulvihill
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Patrick Starnes, an Independent Party candidate for governor, hopes to cut big money out of the campaign finance equation.