Talk:2016 United States Senate election in Oregon

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Perennial Candidates[edit]

If a candidate is a perennial candidate, that information is often included in articles in which said candidate is running for an office, especially when they do not at the time or have not recently held elective office. As there seems to be some confusion into whether Mark Callahan is a perennial candidate, I thought it wise to lay out the offices which he has unsuccessfully sought over the past several years:

Oregon State Senate, 2009, Democratic Party, appointment, not selected

Lane County Commission, 2010, Democratic Party, primary, lost (~2%)

Oregon House of Representatives, 2010, Pacific Green Party, general, lost (~3%)

Eugene School Board, 2011, ??? (possibly nonpartisan; I am unsure), lost (~22%)

President of the United States, 2012, Republican, NH and AZ primaries, lost (20 votes in NH, ~350 votes in AZ)

Oregon House of Representatives, 2012, Republican, general, lost (~30%)

United States Senate, 2014, Republican, primary, lost (6.76%)

Mt. Hood Community College Board of Education, 2015, ??? (possibly nonpartisan), lost (~40%)

United States Senate, 2016, Republican, primary/TBD, TBD

As can be seen, especially when compared to the list of perennial candidates from the United States mentioned in the article on perennial candidates, Mr. Callahan clearly meets the criteria. Furthermore, as was previously mentioned, this information is regularly included when such candidates are running in an election which has an article. In addition, the frequent deletion of this information, along with the source providing the information that allows for Mr. Callahan's inclusion in this article to begin with, suggests that the individual(s) behind these edits assume that the term is entirely negative, which is untrue.

ALPolitico (talk) 17:51, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's fine to identify someone as a perennial candidate if they really are one. In this case, I can easily find press coverage of Callahan declaring him a "perennial candidate" in previous elections, and it's not the sort description that goes away because he was a candidate again. I understand Mr. Callahan not liking the description, but I also see nothing wrong with it. 64.105.98.115 (talk) 02:33, 15 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I agree wholeheartedly. Since the IP user who has repeatedly removed this information without justification or evidence has, at this point, refused to present his or her evidence on this or any other talk page, once the temporary semi-protection expires on the article tomorrow, should the article be edited in this way again, I will request a more permanent solution. ALPolitico (talk) 19:51, 19 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Mark Callahan Electoral History[edit]

Placing this information here to make it more easily discernible, should disruptive editing resume.


Year Office Sought Party Election Type # Votes % Votes Result
2009 Oregon Senate Democratic Party Appointment N/A (no votes from county commissioners) N/A Not Selected
2010 Lane County Commission Democratic Party Primary 263 2.17% Lost
2010 Oregon House of Representatives Independent Party Primary 16 42.11% Lost
2010 Oregon House of Representatives Pacific Green Party General 749 3.04% Lost
2011 Eugene School Board Nonpartisan? General 6,212 21.35% Lost
2012 President of the United States Republican Party NH Primary 20 0.01% Lost
2012 President of the United States Republican Party AZ Primary 358 0.07% Lost
2012 Oregon House of Representatives Republican Party Primary 2,665 100.00% Won
2012 Oregon House of Representatives Republican Party General 8,651 31.20% Lost
2014 United States Senate Republican Party Primary 18,220 6.76% Lost
2015 Mt. Hood Community College Board of Directors Nonpartisan? General 1,653 40.76% Lost
2016 United States Senate Republican Party Primary TBD TBD TBD

Keep in mind that it's possible that Callahan has made more bids for office; for example, I was unaware that he pursued the Independent Party bid in 2010 until a few days ago. Note that the 2012 state house primary, his only victory, was uncontested. ALPolitico (talk) 23:04, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 August 2016[edit]


Mark Callahan http://callahanfororegon.com


2601:1C2:4001:B460:C8A7:23D0:72FF:9FA8 (talk) 23:26, 15 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: This is not an edit request.Topher385 (talk) 01:41, 16 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 9 October 2016[edit]

Hi, in the polling section of this page, could someone please put 'Breitbart/Gravis Marketing' instead of 'Gravis Marketing' so people know the poll was taken for Breitbart? That would be great, as the other Senate election pages like Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio & Wisconsin have the same. Thanks!!

81.141.157.76 (talk) 16:16, 9 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done EvergreenFir (talk) 17:32, 10 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 14 October 2016[edit]

New poll to be added in. Someone please put it in. Here it is from 'SurveyUSA': http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=088d0066-02dc-4faa-affe-a321d1390f73


81.141.157.11 (talk) 02:31, 14 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: It's largely preferable if you can specify a verbatim copy of the text to be put in, and exactly where. thanks — Andy W. (talk) 01:10, 4 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

better without the endorsements section[edit]

Wikipedia could benefit alot from just moving away from the endorsement sections. Ptero60 (talk) 05:55, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree alot Wyverntype (talk) 06:25, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oops my bad, im new to wiki Wyverntype (talk) 06:27, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No worries your good Ptero60 (talk) 06:29, 10 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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