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Dorchester Gubernatorial Straw Poll Results

by In the news Sunday, March 7. 2010

Since the beginning of the Dorchester Conference, delegates have had an opportunity to vote for their favorite candidate in a straw poll on the last day of the conference. The results have not always predicted the state primary election results, but encourages supporters to continue to work for their choice for governor. Will that tradition continue, or will this year break the pattern?

The debates are over, the votes are in and the winner of the 2010 Gubernatorial Straw Poll is:
Allen Alley with 225 votes.

Chris Dudley received 165 votes, and John Lim received 47 votes.

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  • Sizemore will Veto any Tax Increase

    Are you _serious_ OR-GOP? Surely you’re not talking about the same Allen “don’t call me Carbon-Credit, CO2-neutral” Alley that talks out of both sides of his “moderate” mouth…are you??
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/26494738/Allen-Hamoud-Alley-DOB-54

    If so, I can clearly see that Oregon’s GOP is headed for yet another train wreck this year, UNLESS the independent thinking Republicans regain control from the party leadership that’s destroyed it.

    The fact that Bill Sizemore (a) is registered as a Republican candidate for Governor, (b) attended Dorchester, and (c) was excluded from the candidate debate was a clear enough indication that he’s posing a serious threat to be the leading GOP candidate in early May. Why else would the Multnomah media all but dismiss him to dissuade Republicans from choosing the BEST, rather than going along with the newspaper polls and straw polls to “choose” the Least-Worst?

    http://www.billsizemore.com/philosophy.htm – Ya can’t keep a good man down, even though that’s exactly what Portland’s media moguls want to do. This primary election will NOT be yours to manipulate this time, but it will be _ours_ to lose.

    • Damocles

      Look, Bill Sizemore is dead to us. He’s radioactive, his name to most folks = corruption.

      Bill Sizemore just needs to retire from politics and focus on being a great parent like he’s always been.

  • Bob Clark

    I smell to much RINO in Allen Alley. Maybe Chris Dudley’s big war chest can hammer his GOP and Demo competition. I hope so. I am also glad to see polls showing Bill Badberry running well behind Kitzhaber. Would be best to have Dudley run against Kitzhaber and win.

    • Anonymous

      If Alley is too RINO, then what is Dudley? Some sort of extinct pleistocene wooly mammoth RINO?

      I don’t think Alley is my ideal guy – but he ain’t bad. He is no RINO and can beat Kitzhaber. If he won, he’d be a big improvement over the last 28 years or so.

      • Anonymous

        Dudley is openly pro-choice. If he is the nominee, then at least 1/3 of Republicans don’t vote for him the general.

        Alley can win this race. Dudley can not.

        Dudley should drop out and take on Blumenauer.

  • Jack

    Governor Bill Sizemore

  • Jack

    One other thing “Dorchester Republicans” can we at least have a Candidate that is PRO-LIFE, PRO-BUSINESS, and stands for One Man One Woman and not someone who just became a Republican Last week.

    :-(

    • Anonymous

      Don’t blame Dorchester Republicans. There is no viable candidate running who meets your description – and not because Dorchester Republicans got in the way. Only person who meets your description who is running is Sizemore – and he is toxic.

      If we lose this time around, maybe next time we can field a primary of Bob Tiernan, Jason Atkinson, Sid Leiken and maybe a fresh face or two. This time, however, none of them ran. So don’t blame Dorchester Republicans, ok?

  • The Bill Post Radio Show

    If you were not able to hear the debate, you can hear the top two candidates being very candid with me on my radio show. Go to http://www.thebillpostradioshow.com and click on Pocasts then 03-04-10 for Dudley and 02-23-10 for Alley.
    As for Mr. Sizemore, I have said it many times, great guy, wish he could have been in this election, but his legal battles (right or wrong) will suck too much time during a campaign. He needs to take care of business first.
    It’s not the 90′s, we don’t need retreads in either party, so good luck Allen Alley I think he showed his ability to lead this weekend. Dudley has a huge money advantage so we’ll see.

  • Huh?

    Alley has NO chance of beating the democrat candidate, but Dudley does. Wise up people, and support Dudley!

    • Anonymous

      Seriously, how can you think Dudley can win? What credibility does he have in a general election against John Kitzhaber?

      Dudley will get NO support from the religious right. In fact, if Dudley is the nominee, you can guarantee at least 5% (maybe up to 10%) of the vote goes third party.

      Dudley does nothing to bring in tea party support. He may be an “outsider” in that he has never held office before, but his campaign is all DC insider and the tea party crowd knows this.

      Dudley may have some good name ID in Portland and among NBA fans, but Ma and Pa Oregonian outside of the I-5 corridor have no reason to know him and don’t care how tall he is or what team he played for. They care about jobs, taxes, property rights, freedom and liberty. What has Dudley ever done to differentiate himself from any other politician on these issues?

      OK, here is my serious suggestion:

      Dudley has some support in Portland. Put it to good use. Run against Earl Blumenauer. That might be a race he can win. But there is no way in hell Dudley can win a statewide election as a Republican.

      • Huh?

        You are living in a fantasyland! Dudley is the only one who has a chance to beat Kitzhaber. Alley is a joke and Lim is bat$hit crazy. The tea party? Who cares!? They are a VERY small group who just happen to be alittle vocal (and racist).

        Support Dudley or we will be looking at Kitzhaber…again.

        • Huh?

          And one more thing dummie- Dudley doean;t even live in Blumenauer’s district. Plus I hate to say this, but that seat is Earl’s for as ever long as he wants it. Liberal east side Portland loves him and thats why he is a lifer.

          • Anonymous

            Yeah, because democrat incumbents never lose. Yep. No sign of that ever happening. Anywhere. So Republicans should never even try to win in D strongholds. You know, like New Jersey or Massachusetts. Oh, wait…

            And people move into different districts all the time.

        • Anonymous

          Please enlighten us as to WHY exactly you think Dudley is a good candidate and can beat Kitzhaber.

          Can you actually articulate a position, or are you just here to insult the overwhelming majority who didn’t like Dudley?

  • eagle eye

    Interesting, John Lim has done the best in the one general-electorate poll I have seen, he was only 2% behind as I recall. Does he have a chance in the primary? Why is he so far behind in the Dorchester poll?

  • Bronch O’Humphrey

    Tallest candidate always wins.

  • Scatcat

    The small reminenant of the religious right need wake up and realize they stopped being an effective force since 2004 or earlier. Crying off and voting independent is not going to change anything. Still I do not like what I see, a lot of pandering and little principal. I just turned in my GOP PCP resignation letter I am siting out 2010.

    • Anonymous

      what a ridiculous load of crap. sounds like YOU are the one who is no longer effective if you are resigning and sitting out.

      oh, and how ineffective was the religious right when it voted in “one man one woman” for marriage? do you REALLY think values voters are just a “small reminenant” [sic]?

  • Jack

    Dudley is Pro-Choice (no abortion is not a personal decision it’s Murder Mr. Dudley) Listen to this clown at Obusmax from the Bill Post radio show. He’s a Joke and should go back to Basketball. John Lim is a Joke (tried to run for US SENATE IN 1998) OH PLEASE. Allen Ally was a Democrat until Last Week. Good God People. Looks Like a TEA PARTY candidate will have to Step up, but it’s not to late for Governor Bill Sizemore.

  • Jack

    HUH said: the tea party? Who cares!? They are a VERY small group who just happen to be alittle vocal (and racist).

    Support Dudley or we will be looking at Kitzhaber…again.
    #8.1.1 Huh? on 2010-03-08 12:57 (Reply)

    Jack said: HUH is lonely posting at Blue Oregon and thought he’d come here and stir things up
    Huh go ******************** Progressive Socialist Democrat

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