OT - Dudley misses more than just free throws

[Mark Padgett]

Former NBA player Chris Dudley lost his bid to become governor of Oregon yesterday. Running as a Republican, he lost a close race to former Oregon Democratic governor Dr. John Kitzhaber. Dudley ran a really strong campaign and actually led the race late into the afternoon (Oregon has vote-by-mail and votes start being counted early on election morning) but he fell short as tons of last minute ballots were counted later in the day in Oregon's most populous county which has an almost 4 to 1 Democratic registration edge. Dudley conceded the election around dinner time and was very gracious about it.

Also OT - there's a public memorial service for Maurice Lucas this coming Monday at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland. That's where the Trailblazers played when he was on the team.

[rockyroad]

Heard one of the talking head political analysts types say that Dudley is Oregon's Governor and Kitzhaber is Multnomah County's Governor...pretty much sums up the way the voting went over there, Mark.

[BillyMac]

Linda McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment CEO lost her bid to become the first female U.S. senator from Connecticut.

As many of your would expect, it turned in to a real circus toward the end. Our Secretary of State voiced an opinion late in the election that voters would not be allowed to wear clothing with a WWE logo within 75 feet of the polls. She used the precedent of California not allowing Terminator clothing in the polls a few years ago when Arnold Schwarzenegger was running for governator. Linda's husband, Vince McMahon, sued to get an injunction that ended up allowing such clothing to be worn at the polls.