Jo Rae Perkins

Night of the Purge: Council fires 5 volunteers

Written January 27th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

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Wednesday was the night of the purge in three of the volunteer commissions that advise the Albany City Council, something that I can’t remember happening before.

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Tags: Albany City Council, Ann Ketter, Human Relations Commission, Jo Rae Perkins, Planning commission

Senate hopeful pays Albany a visit

Written December 2nd, 2013 by Hasso Hering

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Here, state Rep. Jason Conger of Bend talks about why he’s hoping to become a United States senator and his chances in the elections of 2014.

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Tags: Jason Conger, Jeff Merkley, Jo Rae Perkins, Knute Buhler, Oregon House, U.S. Senate

Jo Rae Perkins’ uphill run

Written August 16th, 2013 by

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The candidacy of Albany’s Jo Rae Perkins for the U.S. Senate is a long shot, to put it mildly. There are likely to be other candidates for the Republican Senate nomination next year with more experience in elected office, better financing and more statewide name recognition. In the unlikely event she prevails over all of […]

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Tags: Jo Rae Perkins, Oregon Republican primary, U.S. Senate