On Monday, October 21st, the Benton County Republican Central Committee met in the La Raza Room #208 in the Memorial Union on the Oregon State University campus. Chair, Jerry Jackson, made announcements about the upcoming Albany Veterans Day Parade (Nov. 11), the ongoing gun raffle ticket sales and the "We the People" Appreciation Dinner with raffle drawing (Nov. 21). Guest speakers Mark Callahan and Jo Rae Perkins, candidates for the U.S. Senate, introduced themselves and explained why they chose to run for this seat. They then took questions from the audience and gave their concluding remarks. So far, four Republicans have filed to run in the Primary for senator. Following the candidates, Kim Rowe conducted valuable Merlin training.
