From Eric Dondero:

Marc Delphine, Libertarian Party candidate for US Senate appears to be off to a good start. He's already polling 5% in one of the first polls on the race. He's challenging incumbent Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden. (A Republican is also in the race, but not making many waves.)

Now, his burgeoning campaign appears to have hit a speed bump. From Yahoo Sports News:

Marc Delphine was fond of the logo a volunteer had designed for his campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Oregon: a silver star wrapped in a star-spangled banner that his designer told him evoked the letter 'D' for branding purposes.

It certainly was a memorable symbol. In fact, it was already being used by the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, as Delphine was stunned to discover on Wednesday.

"They were all like, 'What are you doing with their logo?' and I was like, 'I didn't make the logo!' and we pulled it immediately," said Delphine, a Libertarian candidate making history as the first openly homosexual man to run for the U.S. Senate in Oregon. "I'm not interested in any kind of infringement. We don't even need a logo."

Of course, being the property rights advocate that he is, upon discovery, he immediately pulled the logo.

Delphin went on to joke good naturdly that while he's a "huge sports fan," he's not very fond of hockey.

Sidenote; Delphine is one of six Oregon Libertarian Party members who serve in public office. He is a recently elected member of the Mountain View School Committee. And he is "Republican-friendly," having initially planned to seek the GOP nomination, as well.