Bill Sizemore
Bill Sizemore (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Oregon. Sizemore lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Sizemore ran for the Republican nomination in the 2010 Oregon Gubernatorial election. He lost in the primary, coming in fourth with 7.49 percent.
Elections
2022
See also: Oregon gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Oregon on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tina Kotek (D / Working Families Party) | 47.0 | 917,074 |
 | Christine Drazan (R) | 43.5 | 850,347 | |
 | Betsy Johnson (Independent) | 8.6 | 168,431 | |
 | Donice Smith (Constitution Party) | 0.4 | 8,051 | |
 | R. Leon Noble (L)  | 0.4 | 6,867 | |
 | Paul Romero (Constitution Party of Oregon) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,113 | ||
| Total votes: 1,952,883 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nathalie Paravicini (Pacific Green Party / Progressive Party)
- Tom Cox (L)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tina Kotek | 56.0 | 275,301 |
 | Tobias Read | 31.7 | 156,017 | |
 | Patrick Starnes | 2.1 | 10,524 | |
 | George Carrillo | 1.9 | 9,365 | |
 | Michael Trimble | 1.0 | 5,000 | |
 | John Sweeney | 0.9 | 4,193 | |
 | Julian Bell | 0.8 | 3,926 | |
 | Wilson Bright | 0.5 | 2,316 | |
 | Dave Stauffer | 0.5 | 2,302 | |
 | Ifeanyichukwu Diru | 0.4 | 1,780 | |
| Keisha Merchant | 0.4 | 1,755 | ||
| Genevieve Wilson | 0.3 | 1,588 | ||
 | Michael Cross | 0.3 | 1,342 | |
| David Beem | 0.3 | 1,308 | ||
 | Peter Hall | 0.2 | 982 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.8 | 13,746 | ||
| Total votes: 491,445 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Peter Winter (D)
- Casey Kulla (D)
- Nicholas Kristof (D)
- Dave Lavinsky (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Oregon
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Governor of Oregon on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christine Drazan | 22.5 | 85,255 |
 | Bob Tiernan | 17.5 | 66,089 | |
 | Stan Pulliam | 10.9 | 41,123 | |
 | Bridget Barton | 10.8 | 40,886 | |
 | Bud Pierce | 8.7 | 32,965 | |
 | Marc Thielman | 7.9 | 30,076 | |
 | Kerry McQuisten | 7.6 | 28,727 | |
| Bill Sizemore | 3.5 | 13,261 | ||
 | Jessica Gomez | 2.6 | 9,970 | |
 | Tim McCloud | 1.2 | 4,400 | |
 | Nick Hess | 1.1 | 4,287 | |
 | Court Boice | 1.1 | 4,040 | |
 | Brandon Merritt | 1.0 | 3,615 | |
| Reed Christensen | 0.8 | 3,082 | ||
 | Amber Richardson | 0.5 | 1,924 | |
 | Raymond Baldwin | 0.1 | 459 | |
 | David Burch | 0.1 | 406 | |
| John Presco | 0.0 | 174 | ||
 | Stefan Strek | 0.0 | 171 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 7,407 | ||
| Total votes: 378,317 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Darin Harbick (R)
- John Fosdick III (R)
- Jim Huggins (R)
2010
| 2010 Race for Governor - Republican Primary[1] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Percentage | |||
| Alvin Alley (R) | 31.76% | |||
| Clark S. Colvin (R) | 0.38% | |||
| William Ames Curtwright (R) | 3.98% | |||
 Chris Dudley (R)
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39.11% | |||
| Bob Forthan (R) | 0.23% | |||
| Darren Kerr (R) | 0.36% | |||
| John Lim (R) | 15.07% | |||
| William L. Sizemore (R) | 7.49% | |||
| Rex O. Watkins (R) | 0.97% | |||
| (write-in) | 0.64% | |||
| Total votes | 314,087 | |||
1998
Sizemore won the 1998 Republican primary for governor, defeating candidates Jeffrey Brady, Walter Huss, and Bill Spidal. Then-incumbent John Kitzhaber (D) defeated Sizemore and five other candidates in the general election. Kitzhaber (D) won 64% of the vote, while Sizemore won 30%. [2][3]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ballot measures
In 1993, Sizemore founded Oregon Taxpayers United, an organization in Oregon that advocated for lower taxes, and became its Executive Director. Sizemore worked to advance a number of ballot initiatives in Oregon. One of the first measures Sizemore was involved in was a referendum that stopped Portland's 3.4 billion Metropolitan Area Express light rail expansion.
Sizemore worked to advance Ballot Measure 47, which passed in 1996. The measure rolled back property taxes to 1995 levels and capped future increases at not more than three percent per year. Measure 47 also mandated a double majority for ballot measures increasing taxes. With Sizemore's assistance, the Oregon Legislative Assembly amended some of the provisions of Measure 47 in 1997,[1] and referred the amendments back to the voters as Ballot Measure 50, which also passed.[2]
In 2000, Sizemore drafted and placed on the ballot Measure 7, which required governments to pay compensation to property owners when a government-mandated regulation reduced the fair market value of their property. Oregon voters approved Measure 7, but the Oregon Supreme Court later nullified it. The measure was placed back on the ballot as Measure 37 in 2004, and subsequently passed.
Measure 42 in 2006
In 2006, Sizemore filed Measure 42, a consumer-oriented bill that would have denied insurance companies the ability to take credit scores into account when setting insurance premiums. The measure was defeated.
2008 measures
A total of eight initiatives were placed on the November 4, 2008 ballot in Oregon, and five of them were sponsored by Sizemore.[4]
| Type | Title | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISS | Measure 58 | Education | Requires english immersion for non-english speaking students |
| CISS | Measure 59 | Tax reform | Makes federal income taxes fully deductible on state return |
| CISS | Measure 60 | Education | "Teacher compensation must be based on classroom performance" |
| CISS | Measure 63 | Property Rights | Allows minor improvements To property without building permit |
| CISS | Measure 64 | Campaign Finance Reform | Prohibits using taxpayer-funded resources to collect political funds |
Noteworthy events
Sizemore found not personally liable for racketeering (2006)
In December 2006, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that Sizemore was not personally liable for the payment of a $2.5 million fine related to a 2000 civil racketeering lawsuit filed by the Oregon Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers against two organizations founded by Sizemore: Oregon Taxpayers United and the Oregon Taxpayers United Education Foundation.[5]
In July 2000, the Oregon Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against the Oregon Taxpayers United and the OTU Education Foundation. [6]
In September 2002, a Multnomah County jury found the organizations guilty of engaging in a pattern of criminal activity to put in place two initiatives on the ballot in 2000, and they were fined approximately $2.5 million.[7] In May 2003, a separate judge in that case issued an injunction restricting Sizemore's use of tax-exempt organizations to engage in political activities.[8]
In 2004, a Multnomah County judge ruled that Sizemore himself was personally responsible for payment of the $2.5 million court-ordered fine against OTU and OTUF. [9] In response, Sizemore said, "This is liberal, Multnomah County activist judges doing favors for public employee unions who essentially run the government in this state."[10]
Sizemore appealed the decision, and in December 2006 the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that he was not personally liable for the payment, but upheld the lower court's decision against Sizemore's OTU Education Foundation. Sizemore said he would appeal the decision to the Oregon Supreme Court.[5][11]
In July 2008, the Oregon Supreme Court upheld the decision from the Court of Appeals.[12]
In December 2008, a Multnomah County judge found that Sizemore had violated the 2003 injunction through another tax-exempt organization, the American Tax Research Foundation. Sizemore spent one day in protective custody at Multnomah County Detention Center.[13][14]
Federal tax evasion charges (2011)
On August 4, 2011, Sizemore pleaded guilty to felony tax evasion charges and was sentenced to 30 days in Marion County jail and 36 months of supervised probation.[15]
In November 2009 Oregon Attorney General John Kroger announced that Sizemore and his wife, Cindy, were indicted for tax evasion. The grand jury indictment issued October 27th alleged that the two failed to file state tax returns for the years 2006, 2007 and 2008.[16]
Both Bill and Cindy were charged with three counts each of personal tax evasion. The charges carried a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $125,000 fine. According to officials, Sizemore admitted under oath in a 2008 civil case that he hadn't filed tax returns. Sizemore did not take advantage of the tax amnesty period, which ended November 19, according to the Oregon Justice Department. The period allows taxpayers to amend their returns without penalty. In response to the charges Sizemore said, "There was no intent to evade taxes. You aren't trying to evade taxes if you pay estimated taxes."[17] In December 2009, Sizemore and his wife pleaded not guilty.[18]
On October 15, 2010 Cindy Sizemore pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion. She was ordered to serve 18 months of probation. Bill Sizemore pleaded not guilty to all counts.[19]
The trial was scheduled for August 9, 2011.[20]
In late July 2011, Judge Claudia Burton in Marion County Circuit Court denied most of Sizemore's pre-trial motions, which according to reports left Sizemore with little legal ground to argue his case. Sizemore originally faced up to five years in prison and fines of $125,000 for each count.[21]
Sizemore pleaded guilty on August 4, 2011, and was sentenced to serve 30 days in Marion County Jail and 36 months of supervised probation. Sizemore was also required to complete 100 hours of community service, repay his court-appointed attorney and file tax returns for 2006, 2007 and 2008 within 120 days.[22]
Sizemore was released on August 22, 2011 after serving 18 days of a 30-day sentence for tax evasion. He was released because of good behavior and holding a job while in custody.[23]
In February 2022, after announcing his candidacy for governor, Sizemore said “[The tax evasion case] was all politics from beginning to end. ... It was Democrats militarizing the Department of Justice and using it to persecute their political enemies.”[24]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "May 18, 2010 Primary Election Abstract of Votes," accessed July 19, 2010
- ↑ Lincoln County official website, Sample Ballot - Primary Election, Lincoln County, Oregon, May 19, 1998,” accessed March 23, 2022
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, “Official Results - November 3, 1998 General Election,” accessed March 23, 2022
- ↑ Oregon Live, "The OEA Shows Its True Colors," October 23, 2008
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Portland Mercury, "The Sizemore Saga," December 14, 2006
- ↑ Willamette Week, "Bill Sizemore Declares Bankruptcy," April 12, 2013
- ↑ nwLaborPress.org, "Jury agrees that Sizemore's OTU groups engaged in racketeering," accessed March 30, 2022
- ↑ nwLaborPress.org, "Judge shuts down Sizemore operation," accessed March 30, 2022
- ↑ Willamette Week "The Signature King," March 8, 2005
- ↑ The Daily News, "Sizemore liable for fraud, racketeering convictions, Oregon judge decides," August 19, 2004
- ↑ Oregon Taxpayers United, "Bill Sizemore Wins Lawsuit on Appeal," archived November 27, 2013
- ↑ Find Law, "Oregon Supreme Court ruling on American Federation of Teachers-Oregon v. Oregon Taxpayers United PAC," July 3, 2008
- ↑ Oregon Live, "Bill Sizemore jailed for contempt of court," December 8, 2008
- ↑ KGW.com, "Activist Bill Sizemore released from jail," archived December 5, 2008
- ↑ Oregon Live, "Bill Sizemore pleads guilty to tax evasion charges, goes directly to jail," August 5, 2011
- ↑ Salem-News.com, "Oregon AG Kroger Charging Sizemores in New Tax Evasion Case," November 30, 2009
- ↑ The Oregonian, "Oregon charges anti-tax activist Sizemore, wife with tax evasion," November 30, 2009
- ↑ Oregon Live, "Bill and Cindy Sizemore plead not guilty to tax evasion charges" December 29, 2009
- ↑ The Statesman Journal, "Sizemore's legal motions denied," July 26, 2011
- ↑ Associated Press, "Judge denies motions in Sizemore case," July 27, 2011
- ↑ Statesman Journal, "Sizemore pleads guilty, signs deal," August 5, 2011
- ↑ The Oregonian, "Bill Sizemore pleads guilty to tax evasion charges, goes directly to jail," August 4, 2011
- ↑ The Oregonian, "Initiative activist Bill Sizemore gets out of jail early despite judgment barring 'early release'," August 23, 2011
- ↑ Oregon Capital Chronicle, "Anti-tax activist Bill Sizemore seeks GOP nod for Oregon governor," February 7, 2022
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