Those
registered Republican voters in Oregon who have
received their ballots may have noticed that no
Republican filed to run for Attorney General.
If a candidate gets enough write-in votes in a
primary election, they can still appear on the
ballot in November if they are qualified and
accept the nomination. Normally when no
candidate from one party files to run for an
office, a candidate of the other party
organizes a write-in campaign to win the
nomination for both parties. This year
however, in the Oregon Attorney General’s race
there is a tough primary between two
Democrats, Greg Macpherson a far-left
Legislator, and
Professor John Kroger who has taken
HUGE donations from unions, making it
difficult to run a write-in campaign as well.
Also, a lot of usual RINO's, who would
typically write in one of the Democrats, will
be voting in the important
Democratic Presidential primary.
All this leaves an opening for a Republican candidate. Enter Ron Saxton, a former attorney and School Board Chairman who ran for Governor in 2002 and 2006, winning the nomination, but failing to win the general, in 2006.
After the 2006 election Saxton said he was unlikely to seek public office again. However, if he is nominated by write-in votes, he would likely accept the nomination. Saxton has the qualifications, high name-recognition, and fairly moderate positions on the issues that it will take to win the general election.
Republicans should consider writing-in Ron Saxton (that's R-o-n S-a-x-t-o-n) for Attorney General as they vote in the next few weeks (don't forget to fill in the bubble as well). He will need the support of many Republicans to stave off any write-in efforts by the Democratic candidates, so anybody interested in voting for him should tell all their friends, too.