I don’t know how competitive he will be, but the gubernatorial bid of former Portland Trail Blazers center Chris Dudley might make Oregon politics a bit more lively this year. He has no experience in elected office, but contends that is a plus: “I believe it is a strength and not a weakness that I haven’t spent the last 30 years in politics. Our state government has grown stale at the hands of insiders.”

Those more familiar with his NBA record suggest a possible slogan of “Free Citizens, Not Free Throws.”

Thanks to NRO’s Fred Schwarz.