Mobley to run for Kopetski’s congressional seat
SAl.LM (Al>) — Al Mobley,
who ran ns an independent In
ihn Iasi gubernatorial election,
announced Thursduy he'll run
as u Kcpuhllcnn for tho soul
held by freshman Democratic
l) S Kop, Mike Kopotskl.
Mobley Is tho only COP can
didate to announce a hid so far
for the 5th District seat.
Mobley drew lit percent of
the vote in the governor's race
last year against Democrat Bar
bara Roberts and Republican
Dave I-rohnmnycr.
Some Republicans believe
Mobley’s conservative candida
cy siphoned enough votes from
Former gubernatorial candidate expects GOP support
l'rohnmayer to put Roberts into
ther slate's top office with loss
than n majority of tho vote.
Despite that, Mobley said
Thursday ho expects substan
tial OOP backing in his bid for
('.ongress.
”1 think tho Republican Party
is going to be solidly behind
me except for a few soreheads
you get in any campaign,” he
said.
Oregon Republican Chairman
Craig IJerkman sail! he thinks
any bitterness caused by Mob
ley's independent run for gov
ernor has largely disappeared.
"1 liiink people have moved
no from last election," Burk
inan said in an Interview
They're not focused on it and
they don't care about it."
Asked whether most Republi
cans could back Mobley’s can
didacy if he wins the GOP
nomination next May. Berkmon
said: "1 think wo most likely
will, especially If he runs u
mainstream campaign, which
he will have to do in order to
win."
Mobley, (>•}, is retired from
::.t: t'S Army Corps of Engi
neers end lives in Monmouth.
His gubernatorial race had
the backing of the Oregon Citi
zens Alliance, a conservative,
anti-abortion group that refused
to support Frohnmayer.
M o b I o y, who r e c o n 11 y
stopped aside ns alliance's vice
( hnirman, siiid Thursday he no
longer has any formal ties with
the group but still backs its phi
losophy. No top alliance o f ft -
rials attended Mobley s news
conference.
liven so, Lon Mahon, chair
man of the organization, said
tin: group expects to help Mob
ley in his hid for Congress.
"Obviously, Al lines up with
our political philosophy,"
Mahon said.
Kopetski, n former state rep
resentative, unseated five-term
Republican Rep. Denny Smith
in the r>th District contest last
year
Mobley called Kopetski a
"liberal, i’ortlnnd-style politi
cian who is out of touch with
the f>lh District.”
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