Jim Torrey

Jim Torrey is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. He served eight years as mayor of Eugene. Torrey was a Republican candidate for the 2006 Oregon State Senate. He was defeated by incumbent Vicki Walker. Torrey was first elected to public office at the age of 21, when he won a seat on the Waldport city council.

Oregon Independent Party mayoral candidacy

Torrey filed for the 2008-05-20 primary race for mayor of Eugene as an Independent candidate. According to news sources that would make Torrey the first candidate of the newly formed Independent Party of Oregon to run for election in Oregon if he succeeds in getting his name on the ballot.[1]

Torrey's decision as a former two term mayor to challenge the current mayor Kitty Piercy, a first term incumbent, is seen as an "unprecedented contest" in Eugene politics.[2]

Jeff Mapes, a political analyst with The Oregonian, describes the election:

Both are smart, tough and tested politicians who I expect to sharply debate how best to nurture the economy and livability of Eugene. In other words, kind of like the debate you might get from Sam Adams and Sho Dozono in Portland.[3]

An unsubstantiated charge that Torrey donated to the re-election 2004 campaign of George W. Bush and his role on the Eugene School District school board promoting higher taxes during its recent closures and mergers [4][5] remain controversial, as both, themselves, are widely viewed as polarizing events. A search of the Federal Elections Commission website turned up no donations to President Bush, but two federal donations (one to Senator Gordon H. Smith in 2001 and one to the Oregon Republican Party in 2003) can be verified.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Torrey candidacy could be milestone for Oregon Independents KTVZ.com retrieved 2008-03-23
  2. ↑ Piercy vs. Torrey: Look beyond the labels in Eugene’s mayoral race The Register-Guard 2008-03-07 retrieved 2008-03-23
  3. ↑ Mapes, Jeff Eugene gets its own high-powered mayor's race The Oregonian 2008-03-07 retrieved 2008-03-23
  4. ↑ http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2008/05/22/news.html
  5. ↑ http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2008/03/13/news1.html
  6. ↑ http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/norindsea.shtml retrieved 2010-10-03

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