In an election that set a record for lousy turnout, it seems appropriate to start with the losers. Even in the People's Republic of Multnomah County. In low turnout elections it's supposedly the highly motivated, well-informed voters who cast ballots. He was running against John Lim, a respected two-term state senator. Yet Fitzpatrick got 28 percent in the Republican primary.
Republicans are either uninformed or necrophiliacs.
Seven well-trained pedagogues sought the superintendent of public instruction post. The seven educators combined grabbed just 27 percent of the vote. Jim Bunn was a congressman from Oregon. Then he got ousted by Democrat Darlene Hooley. Last week he couldn't even win a state representative primary, losing by a wide margin to right-winger Juley Gianella.