Jeff Merkley: The best candidate to defeat the Republican establishment in November!
Posted by Carla Axtman on March 12, 2008
With the endorsement of SEIU on Monday, Jeff Merkley now counts the largest and most progressive union in Oregon among our campaign supporters.
SEIU is 52,300 members strong. They include home care workers, nursing home workers, university staff, child care providers, and state employees from all across Oregon among their members. Their support is invaluable to any statewide campaign!
SEIU Political Director Arthur Towers said it best: Jeff Merkley and Barack Obama are the best candidates to defeat the Republican establishment and win in November.
As we continue to build this incredible grassroots movement, SEIU along with all those who've endorsed Jeff Merkley will be spreading the word about why Jeff is the change we need.
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Jeff Merkley was born in the small town of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, the son of a sawmill worker. He's fought hard for working families in Oregon and he's ready to help lead America.
As Oregon's Speaker of the House, Jeff Merkley led one of the most effective, efficient and progressive legislative sessions in Oregon's history - with big achievements for schools, ethics, health care, jobs, alternative energy, and protections for working families.
Discover why Jeff Merkley is ready to lead.
From the Oregonian:
Merkley raced [quarter-midget cars] as a child, and once owned -- and crashed -- a Harley. He roomed with an impoverished family in Ghana as a teen, hitchhiked across Israel as a young man and went on, as he puts it, to help shut down one of Portland's worst crack alleys.
"I've lived," he says, "a pretty unconventional life."
Read the Oregonian profile of Jeff Merkley's life before politics.
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