In the race for Oregon House District 18, which encompasses parts of Marion and Clackamas counties, four-term incumbent Vic Gilliam, a Republican, faces Democrat challenger Scott Mills. Vic Gilliam Gilliam says he is running for re-election because he still believes “you can make a difference in this democracy one vote at a time.” Experience, Gilliam says, has given him “important […]
There were parties for both Republican Vic Gilliam and Democrat Rodney Orr in Silverton on election night, with people in both camps crowding around laptop computers and watching large-screen televisions for announcements of early election results.
Oregon’s economy took center stage in a political debate between two Silverton residents vying to represent District 18 for the Oregon House of Representatives. The debate was organized as part of Homer Davenport Days in Silverton. Before a crowd of roughly 100 festival-goers, Republican incumbent Vic Gilliam and Democratic challenger Dr. Rodney Orr squared off Aug. 7 on a makeshift stage at Coolidge & McClaine Park.
Our Town wants to expand our readers’ familiarity with the views of candidates on the November ballot for District 18 representative in the state legistlature.
In this edition we publish the response to the last of three questions. Responses from challenger Jim Gilbert and incumbent Vic Gilliam are in the candidates’ own words. The prompt was:
What should the legislature do to retain and develop Oregon agriculture? How should we balance environmental and economic interests?
Our Town wants to expand our readers’ familiarity with the views of candidates on the November ballot for District 18 representative in the state legistlature. In this edition we publish the response to the second of three questions. Responses from challenger Jim Gilbert and incumbent Vic Gilliam are in the candidates’ own words. The question was: Aging schools across the […]
