Aug. 14 - SALEM - "I'll be disappointed if the GOP runs a last-minute spoiler candidate in House District 29," said Independent Party Secretary, Sal Peralta. "Terry Rilling was the Republican nominee in 2006, and the Republicans should now get behind him as the Independent in the race in 2008. He is a true and loyal conservative who was passed over by some of the folks in power because he doesn't fit the right profile."

Rilling is a deputy in the Washington County Sheriff's office and is former Mayor of Cornelius.