Why have we never had a presidential candidate from the Northwest?

[catmandu57]

When it comes to presidential candidate it's as though the Northwest doesn't exist. I'm sure there are some very fine democrats in Oregon and Washington and other points in the region. Why are we fixated in Southern and Eastern Regions?

Maybe someone could breathe some fresh air into this process, it surely couldn't hurt.

[Alexander]

1. Henry Jackson, Frank Church, Wayne Morse...

Did you mean nominees? Because these people have all run for president in the past 40 years or so.

[IDemo]

2. Frank Church ran in '76 and won a few primaries

in Nebraska, Idaho, Oregon and Montana. He eventually withdrew and supported Jimmy Carter, who had considered him as a running mate.

[catmandu57]

8. I forgot those guys

I haven't heard of anyone since then. You'd think there is someone with the bucks in Seattle that could run.

[alfredo]

3. Maybe most are too smart to subject themselves to the process.

[Cleita]

4. Money maybe?

When I lived in the No. Idaho, E. Washington area, the only politicians with enough money to run were Republicans but even they didn't have the numbers to compete with the Washington insiders club of the GOP.

[SteppingRazor]

5. Hell, I can't even think of a Dem. nominee from the Pacific Time Zone, much less those states

:shrug:

On edit: Candidate, yes, but not nominee, to be more specific.

[Beausoleil]

6. Mike Gravel

Alaska is about as northwest as you can get.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Why have we never had a presidential candidate from Maryland?

Oh wait, we had Alan Keyes. And Spiro Agnew was Nixon's Veep. So let me rephrase that:

Why have we never had a GOOD presidential candidate from Maryland?

[catmandu57]

9. Those are reptiles

poisonous reptiles at that.

[FlyingSquirrel]

10. I'm from WA, and most of us are much too smart to run for President

;-)

Seriously though, I can't really think of anyone who seems to have the right combination, in my state at least. Would just about have to be a Governor.. Gregoire only barely eked out a win over Rossi. Neither Senator seems right.. I dunno.

[balantz]

11. I'd like to see Ron Wyden, Senator of Oregon, consider a run.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. President Hoover was from Newberg, Oregon.

:shrug:

[Reader Rabbit]

13. Sadly, no, 'cause a Kitzhaber presidency would have rocked.

Former Oregon governor John Kitzhaber

Right now, his big thing is the Archimedes Movement.

How's that for fresh air? ;-)