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Edited on Sat Jan-31-04 01:51 PM by DinoBoy

Top offices fail to entice Republicans to enter fray

The lack of a "farm team" to challenge the Democrats' dominance of statewide posts poses problems for the party

01/31/04
HARRY ESTEVE

Two years ago, Oregon Republicans were vowing Election Day revenge against Democratic Secretary of State Bill Bradbury, claiming he brazenly gerrymandered the legislative districts to favor his party.

Today, with a bit more than a month to go before the deadline for primary candidates to file, no Republican has stepped forward to take on Bradbury.

Nor has any Republican filed for state treasurer or attorney general, the other two Democrat-controlled statewide offices up for election this year.

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