- Yawning Towards The Election (October 28, 2004)
- A Slapdash Local Campaign Update (October 24, 2004)
- Candidates Pile On The Criticism Of Pro-Potter PAC (October 18, 2004)
- Potter Again Disavows Political Committee Using His Name (October 17, 2004)
- (Updated) Power Brokers, Light Rail, Backtalk, And Word From The Web (October 15, 2004)
- (Updated) Candidates To Go Wild As Editor Gets Drunk (October 15, 2004)
- Endorsement: Tom Potter For Mayor (October 11, 2004)
- An Overdue, Quick, And Dirty Campaign Round-Up (October 10, 2004)
- (Updated) Mass Confusion Among Polls In Mayoral Race (October 06, 2004)
- Just Who Is This Len Bergstein Person Anyway? (October 03, 2004)
- Mediocrity For Mayor! (October 03, 2004)
- Who Is Polling Negatives About Sam Adams? (September 29, 2004)
- Endorsements, Profiles, Fundraising, Polls, And Debates (September 28, 2004)
- (Updated) While We Fight A Cold, Go Read This Other Stuff (September 24, 2004)
- 'I'm More Confused Than When I Went In' (September 23, 2004)
- Forums, Endorsements, And Other Things (Plus A Final Word On Polls) (September 18, 2004)
- (Updated) Three Francesconi Contributors Indicted For Illegal Donations (September 15, 2004)
- A Word About The Process Of Candidate Endorsements (September 12, 2004)
- Campaign Update On Polls, Housing, And Money (September 11, 2004)
- Mayoral Poll Shows Potter With Strong Lead Over Francesconi (September 09, 2004)
- That Push-Poll, Candidate Profiles, And A Scuttled Debate (September 08, 2004)
- Mayoral Candidate Potter Speaks With East Portlanders (September 07, 2004)
- Local Candidates Talk Arts And Culture (September 03, 2004)
- (Updated) Tim Hibbitts Requests 'Retraction' And/Or 'Clarification' (September 03, 2004)
- (Updated) Some Hot Campaign Round-Up Action! (August 31, 2004)
- (Updated) Returning For A Friday Campaign Round-Up (August 27, 2004)
- Potter And Dean To 'Walk The Streets' (August 25, 2004)
- (Updated) Further Rumblings On Francesconi's Negative Campaign (August 20, 2004)
- (Updated) KOIN 6 News: Liars Or Incompetents? (August 19, 2004)
- Police Union Retracts Endorsement Of Francesconi (August 19, 2004)
- (Updated) Francesconi Fulfills Promise To Run A Different Campaign (August 18, 2004)
- Report From The Central City Concern Mayoral Debate (August 18, 2004)
- A Nice Campaign Update To Keep You Occupied (August 18, 2004)
- New Mayor Should Call A Strategic Plan Summit (August 14, 2004)
- (Updated) Francesconi Radio Ad Slams Potter's Tenure As Chief (August 11, 2004)
- Mayoral Candidate Francesconi Speaks With East Portlanders (August 06, 2004)
- Arts And Culture And Candidates (August 01, 2004)
- The Policy And Politics Of The Potter Plan (July 24, 2004)
- 'The item you've all been waiting for.' (July 22, 2004)
- Francesconi's Folly (July 21, 2004)
- On Skepticism, Politics, And 'Non-Accusation Accusations' (July 18, 2004)
- The Return Of The Friday Campaign Round-Up (July 16, 2004)
- (Updated) Yay! A Campaign Round-Up Item! (July 09, 2004)
- (Updated) Code Provision Scuttled Proposal On Police Bureau (July 09, 2004)
- (Updated) City Hall Gloves Come Off In Mayoral Campaign (July 08, 2004)
- Mayoral Campaign Tidbits (No, Really!) (July 07, 2004)
- 'Tribune' Gets Jumpstart On General Election Campaign (June 22, 2004)
- Pay Raise Quickie (June 21, 2004)
- On Pay Raises And Politics, Briefly (June 19, 2004)
- Francesconi Says He Will Donate Pay Raise (June 18, 2004)
- Phil Busse Launches Post-Election Version Of 'Me For Mayor' Campaign (June 10, 2004)
- (Updated) Francesconi Outlines New Campaign In Conference Call (June 09, 2004)
- A Requiem For The Written-In (June 06, 2004)
- (Updated) The Unreported Numbers From The Final Official Election Results (June 04, 2004)
- (Updated) Francesconi Campaign Staff Shake-Up? (June 02, 2004)
- Our Current Mayor, Our Wannabe Mayors (May 31, 2004)
- Irrelevancy, On Sale To The Highest Bidder (May 25, 2004)
- Hey, Guess What? Campaign Items! (May 24, 2004)
- (Updated) Shake-Ups, Strategies, And Apparent Confessions (May 20, 2004)
- The Mandate-Free Primary (May 19, 2004)
- (Updated) A Few Random Late-Nite Observations (May 18, 2004)
- (Updated) The Post-Primary Landscape (May 18, 2004)
- (Updated) The Polls Are Closed, Here We Go (May 18, 2004)
- (Updated) May 18 Primary Election: VOTE OR DIE! (May 18, 2004)
- (Updated) It's Election Eve, Do You Know Where Your Ballots Are? (May 17, 2004)
- Francesconi Surrogates Slam Pro-Potter PAC (May 16, 2004)
- Friday Election Campaign Update (May 14, 2004)
- (Updated) Thursday Election Campaign Update (May 13, 2004)
- (Updated) Wednesday Election Campaign Update (May 12, 2004)
- Tuesday Election Campaign Update (May 11, 2004)
- 'Tribune' Reports Old Facts As New News (May 11, 2004)
- (Updated) Time For Another Quick Campaign Update Item (May 10, 2004)
- (Updated) R.I.P. Jim Spagg (May 08, 2004)
- (Updated) Friday Election Campaign Round-Up (May 07, 2004)
- Is Francesconi Violating City Ethics Guidelines? (May 06, 2004)
- (Updated) New Poll Shows Large 'Undecided' Vote In Portland (May 06, 2004)
- Quick Catch-Up On Other Campaign Items (May 06, 2004)
- (Updated) Jim 'Help Local Business' Francesconi Outsources Campaign Tasks (May 05, 2004)
- Digging Around In Other People's Endorsements, Part II (May 05, 2004)
- Non-Partisan Election Night Events? (May 05, 2004)
- (Updated) Digging Around In Other People's Endorsements, Part I (May 05, 2004)
- (Updated) A Rare Monday Campaign Round-Up (May 03, 2004)
- Your End-Of-Week Election Campaign Round-Up (April 30, 2004)
- (Updated) Commissioner Sten To Endorse Tom Potter (April 29, 2004)
- (Updated) Open Thread On KGW Mayoral Debate (April 29, 2004)
- A Quick Interjecting Interlude For Some Politics (April 28, 2004)
- A Rare Early (In The Week) Election News Round-Up (April 27, 2004)
- Last Day To Register To Vote In May 18 Primary Election (April 27, 2004)
- (Updated) Other Francesconi Campaign Finance Reporting Errors (April 26, 2004)
- City Posts Campaign Finance Reports Online (April 26, 2004)
- Help Us Decide Which Candidate Forum To Attend (April 24, 2004)
- Submit Questions For Two Upcoming Mayoral Debates (April 24, 2004)
- (Updated) End-Of-Week Election Round-Up (April 24, 2004)
- (Updated) Politics As It Should Be (April 19, 2004)
- Two Brief Missives From The Mayoral Campaign (April 19, 2004)
- Last Friday's City Club Mayoral Forum (April 18, 2004)
- The Latest Francesconi Switcheroo? (April 18, 2004)
- The Problem With Jim (And Ed), Part II (April 15, 2004)
- The Problem With Jim (And Ed) (April 14, 2004)
- Voters' Guides And Endorsements From Elsewhere (April 14, 2004)
- Waging The Transparency Wars, Part II (April 13, 2004)
- (Updated) Exclusive: Waging The Transparency Wars (April 12, 2004)
- Potter Fans Form PAC, Newell Battles 'Willamette Week' (April 12, 2004)
- Candidates Fair, Part III: Mayor (April 09, 2004)
- (Updated) Weblog Election Coverage That Isn't Ours! (April 05, 2004)
- Random Moments From City Hall (March 31, 2004)
- Endorsement: Phil Busse For Mayor (March 29, 2004)
- A Word About Candidate Endorsements (March 27, 2004)
- Two Must-See Campaign Events Coming In April (March 26, 2004)
- (Updated) Mayoral Coverage, Mayoral Forum, And Mayoral Thoughts (March 25, 2004)
- Wanted: Someone To Organize An Election Event (March 23, 2004)
- Primary Campaign Quickies And Crabby Commentary (March 19, 2004)
- Commissioner Francesconi's Constitutional Switcheroo? (March 14, 2004)
- Oh Yeah, There Are Elections Going On, Too (March 13, 2004)
- (Updated) City Sets All-Time Record For Number of Mayoral Candidates (March 09, 2004)
- (Updated) Mayoral And Council Candidates On Same-Sex Marriage (March 03, 2004)
- Mayoral Candidates Talk Business (February 29, 2004)
- Your Weekly Tour Of Local Campaign Items (February 27, 2004)
- Mayoral Field Rises To Sixteen (And Other Local Campaign Items) (February 20, 2004)
- Another Mayoral Campaign News Round-Up (February 18, 2004)
- Mayoral Candidate Tom Potter Starts Posting To Campaign Weblog (February 16, 2004)
- Mini-Interviews (From Elsewhere) With Candidates And A Commissioner (February 12, 2004)
- (Updated) The Campaign Of One Hundreds (February 10, 2004)
- Campaign Round-Up And Whatnot (February 04, 2004)
- Greens Endorse James Posey After Holding Mayoral Candidates Forum (February 03, 2004)
- More On Francesconi Filing, And Opponent Reaction (January 27, 2004)
- (Updated) Francesconi Officially Files For Mayor's Race (January 26, 2004)
- (Updated) Busse Prediction On Francesconi Platform Plans Comes True (January 25, 2004)
- (Updated) Our Mayoral And Council Campaign Round-Up (January 25, 2004)
- Mayoral Candidates Seek Green Endorsement (January 17, 2004)
- Robert Ball Is Out, And Other Week-Ending Campaign Items (January 16, 2004)
- Greens To Host Mayoral Candidates Forum (January 14, 2004)
- (Updated) Tom Potter Launches Community-Based Campaign Website (January 14, 2004)
- Remember That Thomas Lauderdale Rumor? (January 14, 2004)
- (Updated) Getting Back To The Mayoral And Council Campaigns (January 12, 2004)
- Busse Officially Launches Mayoral Bid (January 10, 2004)
- Robert Hinds Announces Mayoral Bid On Platform Of 'Total Quality Management' For City Hall (January 05, 2004)
- Twelve Stories To Watch For In 2004 (January 02, 2004)
- The Politics Of Campaigns, And Of Newspapers (December 25, 2003)
- Phil Busse To Open Mayoral Campaign Platform To Community Review (December 22, 2003)
- Posey Wins Mock Election, Busse Talks Bud's Ball, And Other Campaign Items (December 21, 2003)
- Tom Potter Emphasizes Strategic Planning And Performance Measurements In Speech To Rotary (December 16, 2003)
- Mayoral And Council Campaign Tidbits (December 12, 2003)
- (Updated) Mayoral Field Grows By One More (December 08, 2003)
- A Mayoral Campaign Endorsement (But Not For Mayor) (December 02, 2003)
- (Updated) Jason Newell Officially Announces Candidacy For City Council (November 20, 2003)
- (Updated) Former Police Chief Tom Potter Officially Announces Mayoral Campaign (November 17, 2003)
- The Politics Of Neighborhood Involvement (November 15, 2003)
- Mayoral And Council Candidate Tidbits From Stern and Stanford (November 14, 2003)
- (Updated) Mayoral And Council Candidates Compare Themselves To Current City Hall (November 12, 2003)
- More Filings For 2004 Municipal Elections (November 03, 2003)
- Does Getting 'Back To Basics' Mean Abandoning A Greater Vision For Portland? (October 30, 2003)
- Everyone's Smacking Down The Goldschmidt Rumor (October 24, 2003)
- Interview: Mayoral Candidate Phil Busse Discusses Small Business, Public Involvement (October 22, 2003)
- (Updated) The Black Hole Of Mayoral Campaign Email Addresses (October 19, 2003)
- (Updated) Update On 2004 City Council Race (October 17, 2003)
- (Updated) Is 'The Oregonian' Working On A Big Breaking Political Story? (October 15, 2003)
- Another Mayoral Candidate Joins The Campaign (October 07, 2003)
- (Updated) Websites For Candidates In Next Year's Local Elections? (October 05, 2003)
- (Updated) A Couple Of Tidbits From The Mayoral Race (October 03, 2003)
- (Updated) City Elections Website Now Includes Candidate Background Information (September 18, 2003)
- 'Oregon Blog' Interviews Mayoral Candidate (And 'Mercury' Editor) Phil Busse (September 16, 2003)
- Commissioner Sten Says 'No' To Possible Mayoral Campaign (September 09, 2003)
- Ron Tonkin Statement On Mayoral Possibilities (September 07, 2003)
- (Updated) Is Ron Tonkin Running For Mayor? (And Other Mayoral Tidbits) (September 05, 2003)
- (Updated) 'Portland Tribune' Reveals Former Police Chief Tom Potter To Run For Mayor (September 03, 2003)
- Blumenauer's Exit Throws Next Year's City Elections Into The Air Again (September 03, 2003)
- (Updated) Congressman Earl Blumenauer Announces He Will Not Launch Mayoral Campaign (September 02, 2003)
- (Updated) In Tuesday's Dueling News Conferences, Katz Addresses Kroeker And Blumenauer Announces Plans (September 01, 2003)
- (Updated) Francesconi Monkeywrenches Federal Construction Plans For Pioneer Courthouse (August 23, 2003)
- Blumenauer On Neighborhoods, Briefly (August 18, 2003)
- Local 2004 Election Pieces Begin To Fall Into (And Out Of) Place (August 13, 2003)
- Notes From The Mayor's News Conference (Plus Some Reaction) (July 23, 2003)
- Katz Not To Seek Re-Election As Mayor (July 23, 2003)
- (Updated) Francesconi Assumes Blumenauer Is Running As The Congressman Talks With Portlanders (July 07, 2003)
- Blumenauer Launches Series Of 'Vision For Portland' Discussions (June 29, 2003)
- (Updated) Evidence of A Blumenauer Mayoral Run Mounts As Second 'Vision For Portland' Event Is Announced (June 19, 2003)
- Blumenauer To Discuss 'A Vision For Portland' (June 17, 2003)
- Blumenauer Campaign Conducting Telephone Poll Which Includes Mayoral Race (June 12, 2003)
- (Updated) Glancing At the Prospective Field of Mayoral Candidates (June 09, 2003)
- (Updated) As Expected, Francesconi To Run for Mayor (June 07, 2003)