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Merkley campaign prepares negative barrage against Novick

Sal Peralta — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:10:33 -0500

After months of running a lackluster campaign and failing to gain traction, erstwhile Democratic front-runner, Jeff Merkley, is preparing a negative campaign to take down primary rival, Steve Novick.

An Open letter to Blue Oregon readers

publius — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:05:52 -0500

Editor's note: What follows is a comment written by Jake Weigler, Steve Novick's campaign manager, in response to a series of smears against Steve Novick on the Democratic blog, Blue Oregon, which is run by Merkley for Senate's online media advisor, Kari Chisolm.

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Novick wins OEA endorsement, Frohnmayer third

Sal Peralta — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:09:52 -0600

Jeff Mapes is reporting that Portland Attorney Steve Novick has won the endorsement of the Oregon Education Association, one of Oregon's most powerful labor unions.

The voting by the 337 delegates at the Salem Conference Center was weighted based on contributions made by each local to the OEA's political fund.

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Left Hook Lager

Sal Peralta — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:41:44 -0600

Chalk up another brilliant move on the part of Steve Novick's campaign to become Oregon's next US Senator. The campaign announced this morning the release of it's new "Left Hook Lager" microbrew, to be sold at campaign events on St. Ptrick's Day.

The move follows the campaign's release of a Beer with Steve commercial, that went viral, earning more than 90,000 views since being released by the campaign in late January.