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More Offices, More Support in Oregon

By Anthony from Portland, OR - Apr 7th, 2008 at 5:05 pm EDT

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Tags: beaverton, corvallis, Office Opening, Oregon City

After cutting the ribbon on our state headquarters in Portland and a satellite office in Eugene a week ago, the Obama campaign announced the opening of additional Oregon field offices in Corvallis, Beaverton, and Oregon City. Obama remains the only presidential contender to open offices in the state — now with a total of five.

To celebrate the opening of the Beaverton office, a group of high schoolers supporting Obama had a phonebanking party on Friday night to chat with voters and discuss their favorite candidate. After 1500 phone calls and a round of pizzas, the first-time voters decided to make the Friday night gathering a weekly event.

On Saturday, a group of about 70 volunteers gathered to celebrate the new Beaverton digs and canvass to spread Sen. Obama's message of change. AFSCME Executive Director Ken Allen fired up the crowd by describing his level of commitment (he plans to take a one-week vacation and help the campaign contact voters every day), after which organizer Alison Zelman led supporters in a mini-training before hitting the doors. As was the case in Portland last Saturday, a potluck awaited the returning canvassers after a long day of important work.

As seems to be the case in the leadup to Oregon's April 29th deadline, several people were re-registering as Democrats in order to vote in the primary for Obama. One woman in particular — a former Republican named Kathy — thought Barack's message of hope and unity was inspiring enough to change parties. She is joining a growing group of Obama Republicans, or as they liked to be called, "Obamacans."

Obama supporters in Corvallis and Oregon City were also excited to kickoff local campaign efforts. And five Obama offices in Oregon isn't the end, either — stay tuned for more locations in the coming days.

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