In Oregon, Democrat John Kitzhaber looked to join Jerry Brown as another former West Coast governor to reclaim an office he held years before. Standing in his way early Wednesday was the formidable 6-foot-11 frame of former NBA center and Republican challenger Chris Dudley. At 12:30 a.m., with 81 percent of the state reporting, Dudley [...]
Oregon, one of the nation’s most Democratic states, has not elected a Republican governor since Victor Atiyeh won re-election in 1982. But political newcomer and former NBA journeyman Chris Dudley is making a competitive bid to break that losing streak in a close race with Democrat John Kitzhaber, who held the office for two terms [...]
Republican Chris Dudley, a political newcomer best known for his days in the NBA, is leading Democrat John Kitzhaber, a former two-term governor, in Oregon’s gubernatorial race by 49 percent to 43 percent with 5 percent preferring other candidates and 3 percent undecided, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted Sept. 12-14 for Portland’s KATU-TV. The [...]
Earlier this month, the New York Times ran a profile of a gubernatorial candidate that had this difference from others: if you look it up on the web, you’ll find it in the Sports section with “N.B.A.” at the top of the page. That’s because the subject was 45-year-old Chris Dudley, a journeyman basketball player [...]
The embattled Tony Hayward is out and Mississippi native Robert Dudley is in at BP.The company, which has stopped oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico but has far to go to finish the job and clean up its mess, announced the expected change at the top early Tuesday. It also reported a $17 [...]
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