RINO to run for Oregon Attorney General

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Most times, the term RINO is thrown about purely as an epithet, but not this time.

No one filed in the Republican primary for Attorney General, so it was the write-in votes that determined who won.  The winner was John Kroger, the Democratic nominee.  Kroger has accepted the Republican nomination so as to keep the Republican Party state committee from choosing someone else to fill a vacancy.

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[Alcon]

Hahaha.

Will he be listed on the ballot twice, then?

[MarkWarner08]

This confirms a sneaking suspsiocion of mine. Even Republicans don't like Ron Saxton. Local blowhard Lars Larson had encouraged Republicans to write-in Saxton, but instead a plurality of them wrote in a Democrat! Oh, how I love Oregon Republicans.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It'll be interesting to see which counties vote for him on the Republican line. Hell, that's about as close to a true generic Republican vs. generic Democrat race as you can get.

[MarkWarner08]

It'll be interesting to see which counties vote for him on the Republican line. Hell, that's about as close to a true generic Republican vs. generic Democrat race as you can get.

That's a great point. How many Republicans will vote for a Democrat simply because of the (R) behind his name?

[Verily]

It'll be interesting to see which counties vote for him on the Republican line. Hell, that's about as close to a true generic Republican vs. generic Democrat race as you can get.

Unfortunately, they may not break down the results by party (or they may not release results at all if he has no minor party opposition). Does Oregon allow fusion voting?

[MarkWarner08]

It'll be interesting to see which counties vote for him on the Republican line. Hell, that's about as close to a true generic Republican vs. generic Democrat race as you can get.

Unfortunately, they may not break down the results by party (or they may not release results at all if he has no minor party opposition). Does Oregon allow fusion voting?

The OWFP hasn't been successful with their efforts to bring back fusion voting.

[Alcon]

It'll be interesting to see which counties vote for him on the Republican line. Hell, that's about as close to a true generic Republican vs. generic Democrat race as you can get.

Unfortunately, they may not break down the results by party (or they may not release results at all if he has no minor party opposition). Does Oregon allow fusion voting?

They will.  Oregon state law says they have to count all races.  And if the two are listed on separate tickets, we'll get Kroger (D) v. Kroger (R).

[Meeker]

Is there a law in Oregon that says you can't be on the same ballot twice? Some states have laws like that.

[MarkWarner08]

Here's a what-if to mull. What if Kroger had lost the Democratic primary? Would he still have accepted the GOP nod?

[jimrtex]

Is there a law in Oregon that says you can't be on the same ballot twice? Some states have laws like that.

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So a candidate's name may only appear once on a ballot, with only a single party designation.

A declared candidate for a major party nomination must be a member of that party.  Further he must state that he will not accept the nomination of any other party.

A major party may nominate a write-in candidate who is not a member of the party.  But that candidate must accept the nomination for it to be valid.

Kroger would have signed a statement that he would not accept the nomination of another party.  So even if he were nominated by the Republicans he could not accept that nomination, without voiding his nomination by the Democrats.

Oregon did have proposed legislation this year that would permit fusion endorsements, but it did not pass.  And the Top 2 initiative would appear to permit multiple party endorsements.

[Sensei]

Here's a what-if to mull. What if Kroger had lost the Democratic primary? Would he still have accepted the GOP nod?

would he have won the GOP nod if he had lost the Democratic nomination?

[King]

I'd be careful if I were Kroger.  When running unopposed, a third party candidate tends to get a lot of votes by default. Wouldn't it be funny if he lost like below?

Green Party Candidate (G) 35%
John Kroger (D) 34%
John Kroger (R) 31%

[minionofmidas]

So he should just officially resign as the Dem candidate and run as a "Republican"?

[jimrtex]

So he should just officially resign as the Dem candidate and run as a "Republican"?

When he filed in the Democratic primary he signed a pledge not to run as a candidate of another party.

[jimrtex]

I see where the Democratic senate candidate in South Carolina has just been kicked off a GOP county executive committee.