{"id":5531,"date":"2011-08-05T00:22:18","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T07:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5531"},"modified":"2011-08-05T00:22:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T07:22:18","slug":"wu-resigns-election-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/05\/wu-resigns-election-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Wu Resigns: Election Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Wu, despite his recent improprieties, has been an excellent Representative.  With very few exceptions, he has consistently voted the way I wanted him to vote.  I am sorry that he had personal issues that made his behavior an unacceptable political liability.  Now that he has resigned officially, the stage is set for a primary in November and a special election in January to replace him in Oregon\u2019s 1st district.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"5Wu\"WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., formally resigned from Congress Wednesday with a phone call to Gov. John Kitzhaber, capping a day of mounting speculation over when he would finally leave…<\/p>\n

…Wu’s departure allows  Kitzhaber to start the timeline for a special election to replace him. The plan, according to spokesman Tim Raphael, is to call for a special primary election to coincide with an already scheduled election Nov. 8<\/strong>, as a way to save money. That would be followed by a special general election on Jan. 31<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

"The governor is looking for an opportunity now to give the voters in the 1st Congressional District the most input possible in picking their replacement," Raphael said…<\/p>\n

…His departure promises a no-holds battle for his replacement, and candidates from both parties are lining up. Tualatin businessman Rob Cornilles, the Republican who lost to Wu in 2010, has scheduled a news conference today to announce he’s going to run again. On the Democratic side, state Sen. Suzanne Bonamici<\/strong>, of Beaverton, also is expected to announce today that she’s in the race. <\/p>\n

Already announced candidates include state Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian<\/strong> and state Rep. Brad Witt<\/strong>, of Clatskanie, both Democrats… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <The Oregonian<\/a>><\/p>\n

On first instinct, I like Avakian, but I will need to so more investigation before making an endorsement.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Wu, despite his recent improprieties, has been an excellent Representative.  With very few exceptions, he has consistently voted the way I wanted him to vote.  I am sorry that he had personal issues that made his behavior an unacceptable political liability.  Now that he has resigned officially, the stage is set for a primary […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}