Trump And Vance Missing From Oregon’s Online Candidate List, Voter Pamphlets
SUMMARY
In Oregon, former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, are notably absent from the state's online list of presidential candidates and county voter pamphlets, as reported by the Oregon Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade. While candidates like Kamala Harris, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Jill Stein are included on the website, Trump and Vance are not listed among presidential candidates, with only a brief mention in small print on page 26 of the voter pamphlets. The Secretary of State's office clarified that this omission is not an error, asserting that the Trump campaign chose not to submit the necessary $3,500 fee to appear in the pamphlet, which is confirmed by the Oregon Republican Party. Republican state Senator Dennis Linthicum characterized the situation as "political maneuvering," and Clackamas County Commissioner Ben West called the absence of Trump and Vance "highly irregular" and "bizarre."
