Oregon Essay

When the 2002 elections came about and John Kitzhaber’s terms as governor of Oregon were a thing of the past, it left a wide open office to be claimed. This statement, yet true, may not hold up as far as the office being left open. Oregon as a state has elected a Democratic governor for the past twenty years, this would mean that any Democrat wanting to run for the governor of Oregon already had a good step on the other candidates as far as history would show. This definitely was one thing taken into consideration in our choice of Democrat Ted Kulongoski as the new governor of Oregon. Ted’s strongest opposition would come from Tom Cox, the Republican.

Ted Kulongoski, the Democratic parties candidate for the position of governor of Oregon just turned 42 on November 5th. Ted was born in St. Louis where he was raised by Catholic nuns after his father died. He served in the US Marines and then attended the University of Missouri by way of the GI Bill. T...