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Statewide Dems rally SEIU workersBy Britten Chase, PolitickerOR.com Reporter Several Democratic candidates appeared
to rally Service Employees International
Union volunteers at the SEIU Local 49 hall
in southeast Portland before they headed off
to canvass Washington County neighborhoods
on Saturday morning.Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian, attorney general candidate John Kroger, secretary of state candidate Kate Brown and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Merkley each took their turn thanking the volunteers and urging them to reach out to as many voters as possible. The statewide candidates especially urged the 75 volunteers gathered to promote Merkley’s candidacy. The Oregon House Speaker has been in a dead-heat with U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton), and his fellow Democrats were determined to see him oust the west coast's last Republican senator. “The nation is looking to Oregon to make this man the 60th vote in the Senate,” Avakian told the fired up crowd. “It’s time for Smith to go,” Kroger said. When Merkley took the microphone, the standing-room only crowd cheered as he promised changes in policies ranging from health care to trade to the war in Iraq. He said that by working to create more jobs the American economy could get back on track. “There is no government program of any kind that equals a living-wage job,” Merkley said. After Merkley spoke, the crowd went to go knock on doors in nearby Washington County to make sure that voters, who only have three days left, were turning in their ballots. According to SEIU officials, SEIU volunteers have already knocked on 25,000 doors this week.
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