His son, Jim Redden, was the publisher of PDXS and is a reporter for the Portland Tribune.James Anthony "Jim" Redden Jr.
(born March 13, 1929) is an American judge and politician from Oregon.
He is currently a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
Before appointment to the bench, he was a trial attorney, and a career Democratic politician, serving as a legislator and in two of the state's constitutional offices, Treasurer and Attorney General.