Opinion of Oregon state senator Betsy Johnson

[greenforest32]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/07/08/2267941/betsy-johnson-kills-voting-rights-bill/

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http://www.thelundreport.org/resource/bill_banning_toxic_chemicals_in_toys_dies_in_senate

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[greenforest32]

What's her district's PVI?

(HP, of course.  But I suspect she'd have to be occupying an D +something district for a primary challenge to be fruitful.)

It was around D+3 for 2004/2008 PVI. Don't think it changed much for 2008/2012.

Map of her district: http://www.leg.state.or.us/johnson/map.htm

[greenforest32]

Maybe a primary will get rolling?

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-30413-howard_dean_calls_for_a_challenge_to_sen_betsy_johnson.html

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https://twitter.com/GovHowardDean/status/354423759530242048

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Her seat is one of the ones up in 2014 and Oregon has closed primaries.

Not sure how successful it would be though. A similar thing happened last year for a seat in the state house but that district was D+9 and included parts of Portland: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/27/1094567/-The-most-successful-netroots-primary-you-never-heard-of-and-what-we-can-learn-from-it

[greenforest32]

Maybe a primary will get rolling?

http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-30413-howard_dean_calls_for_a_challenge_to_sen_betsy_johnson.html

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http://www.oregonlive.com/mapes/index.ssf/2013/07/sen_betsy_johnson_raises_ire_o.html

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Ugh...