Challengers enter primary-election races
Candidates campaign for party nomination
By Scott McFet ridge
Or the Emerald
The primary elections are
more than three months away,
but most candidates expected to
be serious challengers for na
tional offices already have com
mitted themselves to a race.
The race for Bob Packwood's
U.S. Senate position is sure to
be one of the most heated.
Packwood is heavily favored
against his only challenger, Joe
Lutz, but three candidates, state
Rep. Rick Baumann. D
Portland; state Sen. Rod
Monroe, D-Portland; and U.S.
Rep. Jim Weaver, are vying for
the Democratic nomination.
Because Weaver has stronger
name familiarity with Oregon
voters than Baumann and
Monroe, it appears that the
12-year veteran of the House has
the best chance of receiving the
Democratic nomination. But
both Baumann and Monroe
have strong support in the
Portland metropolitan area,
which makes up more than a
third of the state’s population.
All three Democratic can
didates have voiced strong
disapproval of Packwood’s
large campaign fund, estimated
to be about $6 million. Weaver
has recently issued the
strongest attacks on Pack wood,
and has called upon the three
term senator to return $3.5
million of his campaign funds.
Weaver's charges come
despite a House investigation
into his own campaign
finances. After examining
records provided by Weaver,
the House Standards of Official
Conduct Committee concluded
Friday that Weaver had not
acted improperly in borrowing
$a 1,900 from his campaign
fund.
The decision by Weaver not
to seek re-election to his 4th
District House seat opened the
way for a large field of
Democratic challengers. Three
candidates, state Sen. Bill Brad
bury, D-Bandon; Lane County
Commissioner Peter DeFazio;
and state Sen. Margie Hen
driksen, D-Eugene, have
declared their intention to run
for the 4th District position.
Bradbury served two terms in
the House before being elected
to the Senate in 1984. Bradbury,
a 3B-year-old television pro
ducer, was chairman of the
Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee during
the 1985 Legislature.
DeFazio. who worked in
Weaver's office for five years,
won his county position in
1982. DeFazio is 38 years old
and lives in Springfield.
Hendriksen was elected to the
House in 1981 and won her
Senate seat in 1983. Hen
driksen. who has one of the
most liberal records in the state
Legislature, ran against Sen.
Mark Hatfield in 1984, losing by
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more than a 2-1 margin.
State'Rep. Mary Burrows, R
Eugene, Douglas County Com-'
missioner Brut;e Long,' and
retired Goshen businessman
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Genu Arvldson are running in ■■
the Republican primary.- 0 ; . v
° Burrow* wan elacled to the
Mouse in 1VI71 and# it"xon*- ij(’\
sidered to la- prte -of fTn* biost •
liberal Republkans in. the state'.- ! “•
legislature; burrows, .igjhd; ^'V; -V
represents ipost pi -north '.
- Kugene. ‘ served on- tmf ^louse;'
. Revenue Committee In •ttsi;'.' *.
' and helped write the sales-tax- .
measure that voters defeated by
a Sxt1 margin in September*-' '_j; ••
1985.* . * - * ■ .S ; \
A f.l e r re« *: i v- j n g . t*h e> ■
Republican. nomi oaf inti for'the; v v s
•4th Oigrict m-.i*.iM4.■ Long lost. .. .
'.by "a. large margin lit U'eavei jir "
the general election*. .liing! has<.
cited poor 'funding and adack-trf V. •' •’
’ organisation■%% the.'mison.he'
•‘lost the last elect ion, but hi*lays*. •'/••
this year's campaign vvill.la; Iwt.
' ter-coordinated! ‘ .* .. v’ •
A rv id son. who ' hwned- a - ;
Goshen business'.that ' sold -c
hga vy-equipment:<re"nr against,
and lost'tolling .in the- 1.H84 4th
District Republican, .primary.
Arvidson- is" enrolled _at .the
University . ind - ls: .’seeking a
Ph.D. in Mitidtl.lSciencs! • -
The primary elect-iotv»?wiH be
.held May .20.• -* / ;
.Social Security. .
increase lowers
food -stamp; relief
. Oregon itfns receiving .both
food stamp arid Sdcia) SrH.uri.ls
benefits will -lose a» |Jorti'on.o’f
food stamp henefits°ih February’
due to.a- January ■qusO'of-livihg
increase in Sri^iaJ . Security;
Because, income is. a criteria.in
determining the amount of food:
stamps a person .inay-Vocelye-, jn
increase’in Social .Security, in.';
come reducetf.the-eligibility-for
food stamps for. peop'le- receiv
ing both benefits. • '
~The. rodu'cfions"“"»iH~trfftaJ'
monthly food stamp benefits,
starting in February. ^
Each month, the 'food stamp
program- helps approximately.
90,000 Oregon households with
the purchase of food items.'The
3.1 percent cost-of-llving .in- . .
crease from Social Security will
affect about 27,000 households
in Oregon.
Food stamps are a program ol
the United States Department of
Agriculture, administered In
Oregon by the Adult and Family
Services Division (AFS).
AFS estimates that the reduc
tioris in food stamps will be
very small. As an example, peo
ple who receive a $10 Social
Security increase would see
their food stamp benefits
.decrease by -$.F.»> ■ •
Monday February 17. 1980