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GOP Eyes Senate Race In Blue State Oregon
breitbart.com ^ | 4/21/14 | Wynton Hall

Posted on 04/21/2014 12:59:42 PM PDT by cotton1706

In an aggressive move, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) issued a memorandum highlighting the GOP's widening 2014 Senate battle map into blue state stronghold Oregon.

The memo cited new polling that reveals first term Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley is "incredibly vulnerable, far more so than most suspected." The poll, conducted by Harper Polling, found that Merkley's favorables are just 39% and under 50% on the ballot.

Oregon has not elected a Republican to statewide office in over a decade. Republicans, however, believe the GOP primary will produce a candidate who can beat Merkley in a state whose disastrous Obamacare exchange received $305 million in taxpayer-funded federal grants yet has failed to enroll a single Oregonian online.

With over $1 million already in her campaign war chest, Dr. Monica Wehby, a pediatric brain surgeon, "continues to astound and impress in Oregon," states the NRSC memo. Wehby's almost 30 years of experience in medicine give her a powerful platform from which to hammer away at Oregon's failed Obamacare exchange.

"Doctors are trained differently," says Dr. Wehby. "We know how to look at things logically, not ideologically, and we also know how to work with other people."

"It's not brain surgery," says Dr. Wehby in her latest campaign video. "Obamacare is bad for Oregon."

Also running in the GOP primary is state Rep. Jason Conger, a lawyer with a hardscrabble life story that took him "from homeless to Harvard," as his campaign video puts it.

"I still remember what it's like to live in a trailer park," says Conger who put himself through Harvard Law School. "I believe that I have the ability to relate to people who are not rich, to express conservative solutions, a conservative approach to solving problems in a way that...has relevance for their situation."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: elections; jasonconger; jeffmerkley; monicawehby; oregon
Jason Conger for Senate!
1 posted on 04/21/2014 12:59:42 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706
More RINOs will protect the GOPe.
2 posted on 04/21/2014 1:01:43 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Carry_Okie
Having lived most of my life in Oregon I can say one thing for certain, a Ted Cruz could never be elected to statewide office there. With that being said, making sure that Jeff Merkely is not reelected should be the top priority for Oregonians.
3 posted on 04/21/2014 1:13:36 PM PDT by tatown ("So a Hispanic shoots a black and is acquitted by women, but it's still white men's fault.")
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To: tatown

Give it a try.


4 posted on 04/21/2014 1:15:44 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: cotton1706

Dr. Monica WehKillBaby does not want laws to interfere with a woman’s extinction of her baby at any time of gestation (but she’s personally opposed LOL).


5 posted on 04/21/2014 1:24:15 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture)
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To: tatown
Having lived most of my life in Oregon I can say one thing for certain, a Ted Cruz could never be elected to statewide office there.

Maybe for Oregonians, but not necessarily for conservatives. I say that as a fourth-generation Californian.

6 posted on 04/21/2014 1:24:29 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Naturally the Partisan Media Shills are pushing the pro-abort RINO instead, which means that the Demwit incombent must be in miles of trouble.
Also running in the GOP primary is state Rep. Jason Conger, a lawyer with a hardscrabble life story that took him "from homeless to Harvard," as his campaign video puts it. "I still remember what it's like to live in a trailer park," says Conger who put himself through Harvard Law School. "I believe that I have the ability to relate to people who are not rich, to express conservative solutions, a conservative approach to solving problems in a way that...has relevance for their situation."

7 posted on 04/21/2014 3:04:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: steve86

Dr. Monica WehKillBaby does not want laws to interfere with a woman’s extinction of her baby at any time of gestation (but she’s personally opposed LOL).
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That does it for me. I’m rooting for Conger. How can the GOP say that they have two “attractive” candidates in Oregon when one is a baby-killer?


8 posted on 04/21/2014 3:06:14 PM PDT by Din Maker (Rand Paul, Rick Perry endorsed McConnell over Bevin. Neither will ever get my vote in 2016.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Forget it, it’s easier to move (to TX) than to try to overcome the effects of Portland, Salem, and Eugene. If you haven’t lived there, you have no idea.


9 posted on 04/21/2014 7:18:11 PM PDT by tatown ("So a Hispanic shoots a black and is acquitted by women, but it's still white men's fault.")
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