Articles

• Senator Rick Santorum Endorses Jason Conger

  5/14/2014

  

  Check out the radio ad by Rick Santorum and hear why he supports Jason Conger.

• Oregon Statewide Poll

  5/12/2014

  Read the Harper Poll results here.

• 'Your Voice, Your Vote:' U.S. Senate Candidate Jason Conger

  5/05/2014

  

  Republican state Rep. Jason Conger is running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Jeff Merkley, but he first has to win the Republican nomination this May. His chief rival is Portland pediatric neurosurgeon Monica Wehby.

• Wehby wimps out on televised debate: Editorial

  5/01/2014

  

  The title of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Monica Wehby’s first TV ad, “It’s Not Brain Surgery,” refers to the conclusion that the Affordable Care Act is bad for Oregon. The title makes you wonder, though, what is brain surgery besides, well, brain surgery? Wehby’s campaign answered that question this week by refusing to debate Jason Conger, her chief opponent in this month's primary, on live television. Buying ad time on TV may not be brain surgery, but apparently debating a real, live opponent on the same medium is.

• Editorial: Give Conger the GOP nomination

  5/01/2014

  Bend attorney Jason Conger has proved himself an effective lawmaker in his two terms in the Oregon Legislature, digging into the details of complex issues and learning how to represent his constituents’ interests.
  
  Portland neurosurgeon Monica Wehby doubtless knows a lot about brain surgery, but her grasp of political issues beyond health care is limited, and she has no experience in the complex give-and-take of lawmaking.

• Don’t Piss It Away Your vote matters. Let us tell you what to do with it.

  4/30/2014

  Of the two major candidates in this race, we probably agree on more issues with Dr. Monica Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon from Portland, than we do with state Rep. Jason Conger (R-Bend), a business lawyer.

• Monica Wehby, Oregon GOP Senate Candidate, Shifts Message On Obamacare Repeal

  4/17/2014

  WASHINGTON -- Monica Wehby, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Oregon, has spent months positioning herself as the moderate, establishment candidate in the crowded GOP primary to challenge Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley.

• Oregon's GOP Senate Race Suddenly Gets Lively

  4/11/2014

  Monica Wehby is a pediatric brain surgeon running for the Republican Senate nomination in Oregon. She has never sought elected office before. But she is off to a well-financed and highly touted start. The reason: She has the support of GOP political operatives in Washington as the Republican with the best chance of unseating Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley.
  
  Jason Conger is an Oregon legislator who is also seeking to win the Republican primary on May 20. He has won two state elections, ousting an entrenched Democrat in his first race. Mr. Conger doesn't have the backing of Republican strategists in Washington and his campaign is barely heralded at all. He trails Ms. Wehby badly in fundraising.

• Inside the Numbers – Why Jason Conger is the only Republican who can beat Jeff Merkley

  4/07/2014

  

  Harper polling just released a poll that showed Jason Conger as the only candidate within striking distance of Jeff Merkley. Harper Polling is a nationally-recognized political polling company and has worked for members of Congress across the country. This has been the only national poll done on the U.S. Senate primary and is critically important to deciding who is the best candidate to take on Jeff Merkley in 2014. Here is a deeper look at the numbers and why they prove Jason Conger is the right choice.

• Oregon Senate Poll: Merkley Under 50 Percent

  4/04/2014

  Democratic senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon is polling ahead of his potential Republican opponents, but his position is weak heading into his reelection campaign, according to a new survey by a GOP polling firm. Harper Polling found Merkley is ahead of two possible Republican opponents but is still polling less than 50 percent against them. Forty-seven percent say they would vote for Merkley over GOP state representative Jason Conger, who polled 40 percent, while 12 percent say they are not sure. Meanwhile, Republican Monica Wehby, a Portland-area pediatric neurosurgeon, trails Merkley by 12 points, 46 percent to 34 percent, with 20 percent saying they are unsure. The poll was taken among likely voters in Oregon.