11 Facts About Kari Chisholm

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Kari Chisholm was born on July 2,1973 and is an American political consultant and sports commentator based in Portland, Oregon.

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Kari Chisholm became known for commentary on the Heisman Trophy, and his-defunct site StiffArmTrophy.

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Kari Chisholm is the co-founder and publisher of BlueOregon, a defunct blog.

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Kari Chisholm was one of the site's three main editors and was described as the "den mother of the political blog" by the Willamette Week.

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Kari Chisholm stated that he and other tech-savvy activists wanted smaller regional political blogs like BlueOregon to play as a prominent a role at the state level as large blogs already did at the national level.

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In 2008, Jake Weigler, a BlueOregon contributor and campaign manager for Senate candidate Steve Novick, published a post on the site alleging that BlueOregon's coverage of the race was biased towards the Merkley campaign and that Kari Chisholm had a clear conflict of interest.

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Between 2006 and 2011, Kari Chisholm was paid nearly $400,000 by state and local Democratic candidates.

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Kari Chisholm last posted on BlueOregon in 2020, and the site has not been updated since.

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In 2023 Kari Chisholm was selected to serve on a committee to draft the district lines which would form the geographic basis of Portland's new form of government.

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Kari Chisholm is known as a leading commentator on the Heisman Trophy, the award given annually to the most outstanding college football player.

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Kari Chisholm's projections have been referenced on ESPN and in Sports Illustrated.