As I've already said, I'm supporting Rob Milesnick for the District 3 seat on the Multnomah County Commission. Of all the candidates, he was the one who understands the strife that has been happening between the County and east county, and he has ideas on how to repair the broken relationship between the County and the cities in east county.

Last month, The Oregonian endorsed my pick of Milesnick for the seat.

From their endorsement:

The toughest choice, by far, faces voters in District 3, covering Southeast Portland, where there are five serious candidates.

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But the polished Milesnick would bring new energy and a fresh approach. It's telling that he earned endorsements from former county Chair Bev Stein and former Gov. Barbara Roberts.

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I haven't seen anythingonline about this yet but I just got home from school and all morning there were guys in suits walking around our gym (robertson gym) with some black police cars.

 My other firend also noticed a lot of SUVs from out of state with Obama bumper stickers parked in the main lot.

 When I heard Obama was coming back to Oregon i flipped out -- when i realized he was coming to my high school I almost died!

 I can't wait to meet him -- so happy he cares so much about us he is willing to spend his time here!!!

OLMC opens doors to opportunity for minority candidates!  

The Oregon League of Minority Candidates will host its kickoff gala on the evening of May 12, at the Oregon Convention Center.  

I was over at Wikipedia looking up the dates for the last remaining primary dates when I found some interesting maps looking at how Obama and Clinton have done state-by-state in regards to the popular vote and delegate count.

Pledged delegate map

• Obama has won 27 states, DC, Virgin Islands, and Democrats Abroad.
• Senator Clinton has won 12 states and American Samoa.
• The candidates tied in two states.

Popular vote map

• Obama won 26 states plus DC, Virgin Islands, and Democrats Abroad.
• Clinton has won 15 states plus American Samoa.

These maps were made before the weekend's caucuses in Guam, where the pledged delegate total was tied (2-2), and Obama pulled in an extremely slim win in votes (he won by 7 votes, 2,264 to 2,257).

I thought these maps were pretty interesting to look at how the candidates have done across the country.

Just a little while ago I went out to the mailbox to see if our mail had come. I open the box, and to my delight our ballots had arrived. Sometimes we're lucky enough to get ours on the first day, but more often than not they arrive on Saturday instead.

But to my surprise, what else arrived in the mail? A letter from the Oregon Republican Party addressed to our family. Now, my husband has been a registered Republican, but recently switched parties so he could vote for Steve Novick in the primary (he's planning to go non-affiliated after the primary). But I've always been a registered Democrat. There is another voter registered in our household (my sister, who has a different last name), and she was not addressed on this letter - she is a Democrat. Apparently they think that the husband controls the vote in the family?

Since it was addressed to both of us instead of just my husband, I opened it.

It reads as follows (I had to type this in because the OCR on my scanner isn't working correctly... I tried to type it exactly as written, including grammatical errors):

Dear Fellow Republican,

As I am sure you are aware since you recently received your ballot, there is no candidate standing for the Republican nomination in State Senate District 25. Without a candidate, the Democrat incumbent will be uncontested and assured a lock on the seat in November.

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My picks for candidates on the Multnomah County ballot:

U.S. President
Barack Obama
You can read why I support Obama here and here

U.S. Senator
Steve Novick
You can read why I support Steve Novick here

U.S. Rep, Dist 1
David Wu

U.S. Rep, Dist 3*
Earl Blumenauer

U.S. Rep, Dist 5
I do not know enough about any candidates in this race

Secretary of State
Kate Brown
This was a hard race to choose a candidate for - I really liked both State Senators Kate Brown and Brad Avakian. Earlier this year, Labor Commissioner Dan Gardner resigned his seat for a position in DC, and Avakian was appointed to replace him. Now that Avakian is Labor Commissioner and will be running for election for that position, it made the decision a lot easier. I met State Senator Brown not too long after moving to Oregon, and I've long been a suppoter of hers. As someone who won her first race literally by a small number of votes (6), she really does understand the importance of every vote being counted. And her commitment to civic education is a huge plus for me - it's something that I've advocated for ever since I was a 6th grader attending school board meetings.

State Treasurer
Ben Westlund

Attorney General
John Kroger
You can read why I support John Kroger here

Early last year I began looking to see who was going to run for president and who I would support. I like making my decision early so I can get to work talking to voters and doing what I can to gather support for my candidate.

After looking at Al Gore and Bill Richardson, I started looking at the three candidates that were most likely to win - Clinton, Edwards, and Obama.

After going through their issues, speeches, policy ideas, etc., I selected Edwards. Of the three candidates, he was the one who understood poverty the most, had plans for attacking the problem, and didn't just use it as a line in his speech. As many may know, poverty and the issues that go along with it (such as lack of food, health and wellness care, a safe place to live, etc.) probably ranks number one on my list of issues.