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Obama ticket frenzy on Craigslist

12:24 PM PDT on Thursday, March 20, 2008

By AP and kgw.com Staff

A teenager who just came of voting age, pleading for the chance to hear a presidential hopeful.

A desperate parent asking for an extra ticket for her child.

A lucky ticket-holder offering to give up his seats in exchange for an X-Box 360.

These are just a few of the posts placed on the Portland Craigslist website in the hours after all tickets to Senator Barack Obama's Portland visit were given away.

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Read Craiglist Obama ticket posts

With the Democratic nomination still up for grabs, presidential hopeful Barack Obama's campaign swing through Oregon has generated a strong response.

Video: Obama a hot ticket

Obama's Portland visit was announced Tuesday evening. By noon Wednesday, all 11,000 online tickets for Obama's Portland visit were snatched up, and the remaining thousand or so tickets were given out at his Portland campaign headquarters shortly after it opened Wednesday afternoon. The Obama campaign said people could still sign up on an e-wait list on the Obama web site.

As the supply of tickets disappeared, desperate posts began to appear on Craigslist. The Senator has several other appearances, including

at McArthur Court in Eugene Friday night and in Medford on Saturday. Obama will also stop in Salem on Friday afternoon for a 1 p.m. event at the Salem Armory.

More: Oregon Schedule & Tickets

Obama collected about $200,000 during a Portland fundraiser and rally in September.

Democratic rival New York Sen. Hillary Clinton hasn't yet been to Oregon during her presidential campaign.

Ballots for the mail-in primary go out in six weeks. The results are tallied on May 20.

It will be Obama’s second visit to Oregon. Tickets to his Portland event sold out before 1 p.m. Wednesday.

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