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IPO May Endorse Candidate for Secretary of State in Primary

The Independent Party does not yet have a candidate for Secretary of State of Oregon. We have until August 26, 2008, to nominate a candidate.

The IPO Caucus has decided to conduct a process to endorse a candidate in the primary contest for Secretary of State. This office is central to the key platform items of the Independent Party, including campaign finance reform, voting integrity, and protecting the initiative and referendum processes.

Willamette Week Notes Union Endorsement of Frohnmayer

Musicians Union Endorses Frohnmayer for U.S. Senate
March 27, 2008

But Independent candidate John Frohnmayer has the support of Funk Shui—and all the other 675 members of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 99 (a union that includes Storm Large.)

American Federation of Musicians Local 99 Endorses Frohnmayer

As noted on the John Frohnmayer Blog:

Members at a very well-attended membership meeting on Monday, March 17, voted overwhelmingly to endorse the candidacy of John Frohnmayer for US Senate. The endorsement came at the end of a long evening at which Frohnmayer, an Independent, and Democrats Steve Novick and Jeff Merkley each pitched the members for their support.