By Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call

More than 200,000 people voted in this week’s special election in Oregon’s 1st district, and none of them had to show photo identification before they cast their ballot.

As the voter ID battle rages on in states …

By ALEX ISENSTADT | Politico

House members from both parties are pouring cash into this month’s Oregon special election, newly released contribution reports show.

Democrat Suzanne Bonamici, the frontrunner in the race to replace former Rep. David Wu, raked in checks from …

By Nathan L. Gonzales, Roll Call

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Several thousand miles away from Des Moines, Iowa, and 3,000 from Manchester, N.H., Democrats and Republicans are battling for attention in the first general election contest of 2012.

Ballots go out in Oregon’s …

By Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian 

The socioeconomic gulf separating Portland-area school districts widened from 2009 to 2010 as childhood poverty rates surged in already-poor districts but remained low or even fell in districts where poverty touches few children, new census figures …

By Helen Jung, The Oregonian

SALEM — Twice, Gov. John Kitzhaber has found himself torn between his physician’s oath to do no harm and his governor’s oath to uphold the state constitution.

Twice, he chose to swallow his well-known revulsion to the …

By Teresa Carson and Dan Cook

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov 13 (Reuters) – Occupy Portland protesters and police confronted one another in the streets on Sunday, as authorities around the United States tried to close down encampments occupied by demonstrators for weeks.

Up …

By Kyle Trygstad, Roll Call Staff

What happened in New York’s 9th district Tuesday likely won’t be re-created across the country in coastal Oregon’s 1st district, which is strongly Democratic and next in line for a special election.

But in this political environment, …

By SARAH SKIDMORE

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz changed how America drinks coffee. Now, he wants to change the political system.

The leader of the coffee giant says U.S. political leaders have created a “crisis of confidence” with their political …

By DAN HIRSCHHORN |Politico

Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.) made his resignation official Wednesday, clearing the way for a special election to succeed him.

“Serving as a U.S. congressman has been the greatest honor of my life. There is no other job …

By Kyle Trygstad, Roll Call

State Sen. Suzanne Bonamici (D) appears set to enter the special election to replace outgoing Oregon Rep. David Wu (D), who is resigning after the debt limit deal is voted on.

Bonamici has launched a campaign website, …