OR-01: Ballot returns point toward likely victory for the Democrat.
"I'm having a problem getting a solid picture of ballot returns so far in the 1st Congressional District. A worker at the Washington County Elections Department said it can't provide a partisan breakdown on returns because of problems with new machinery, but I can't get a call back from someone with the authority to explain what's going on.
What I do have are some interesting numbers from the campaign of Democrat Suzanne Bonamici. Campaign manager Carol Butler says her figures show that as of the end of the day Wednesday, 28 percent of Democrats had returned their ballot as had 27 percent of Republicans.
(Those numbers, of course, translate into a big advantage for Democrats in the number of votes cast because the Democrats have such a large registration edge in the district. Butler said her numbers show that Democrats have cast 48 percent of ballots so far, Republicans have cast 34 percent and non-affiliated voters have cast 18 percent of ballots.)"
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