Starting tomorrow, the Oregon League of Conservation Voters is going to tell us which candidates its endorsing this year.
The names will be released Tuesday and Wednesday on the OLCV home page.
The endorsements cover about 20 state House and Senate races, county commission races for Clackamas, Jackson, Lane, Marion, Multnomah and Washington counties, city council races in Beaverton, Eugene and Portland, plus a race for the Portland area Metro Council.
But, we’re going to have to wait a little while longer for an endorsement in the Governor’s race. There’s a debate on environmental issues among the three top candidates for Governor on March 30th. OLCV is one of the groups sponsoring the debate and will hold off on making an endorsement until afterwards.
If you want to attend the debate here’s what to know.
- Starts 6:00pm on Tuesday, March 30
- Location: Third floor Ballroom at Smith Memorial Student Union, Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway Avenue, Portland.
Reservations are required. You can do that here.
Democrats Bill Bradbury and John Kitzhaber, as well as Republican Allen Alley will debate environmental issues for about 90-minutes.
The other groups sponsoring the event are: Environment Oregon, Oregon Sierra Club and the Oregon Environmental Council as well as the Portland Mercury.
So OLCV is waiting until after the Voter’s Pamphlet statements are due for a gubernatorial endorsement? Really? It’s as if they intentially want to be non-influential.