senate race between jeff merkley and monica webbe which has gotten fairly nasty. the governor's race so far -- first of all, there really haven't been a lot of ads at this point. i think we can expect to see a lot more in the coming month. both of these candidates are very good at talking policy, and both of them have a tendency to do it in a sort of wonky kind of way. so put them together in the same room, and, yeah, you know, both of them will probably try a zinger or two. but they're probably going to stick fairly closely to the issues and have a fairly civil discussion of them. >> host: oregon is unique because it's the one state that has mail-in voting, so explain for the rest of the country how that works and what that means in terms of overall voter turnout. >> guest: you might think of it as permanent absentee balloting in the sense that everybody gets their ballot delivered them, to them through the mail. and so you have about three weeks or so there the time you get your ballot until the time that you have to turn it in. and so you can fill it out in the

marriage was released this week by republican monica webby who is challenging democratic senator jeff merkleyst state. >> dylan. >> california? >> incorrect. >> arizona? >> sorry. >> alex? >> arizona. >> incorrect. >> i'm going to keep my money. >> oregon. oregon. 300 point question. according to court documents unsealed this week, the u.s. government threatened this web giant with a fine of $250,000. betty. >> yahoo! >> correct. >> $250,000 a day. 300 point question. a new reality show from the discovery channel this fall entitled "rival survival" will pit new mexico democratic senator martin hime rick senator against republican jeff flake, who represents this state. alex? >> arizona. >> it is arizona. 300 points for alex witt. 300-point tossup. hillary clinton will speak this week at the think tank founded by john pedestin. name the think tank. this is definitely a 300-point question. it was the center for american progress. that should have been a 500-point question. on monday, first lady michelle obama stumped for democratic senate hopeful michelle nun, who is running in this state. >> ge