A handful of union members are running for office on Oregon’s May 19 primary ballot, and thanks to the Oregon Labor Candidate School, they know how to campaign.
Oregon’s nonpartisan school board and special district elections tend to have very low turnout — as low as 34 percent. That means even more than usual, union voters can make a difference.
The application deadline is Sept. 14 for the next session of the Oregon Labor Candidate School, a free one-Saturday-a-month course in the mechanics of political campaigns.
