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D-Ore., continues to rack up the contributions for what eventually could become a U S. Senate campaign. Wyden reports a congressional campaign war cheat of $462,627. Hit opponent. Republican Everett Hall, told the Federal Elec tion Commission he still had not yet raised as much as $5,000 a* of June 30 in a bid for Wydon's House seat this year Kupillas and Cooley are vying for the 2nd District seat being vacated by retiring Republican Rep. Bob Smith. Kupillas has raised n«arly twice ns much money as Cooley, but the two have about the same amount of money in the I Mink Kupillas ho* raised $99,277 and re[K»rted $16,523 cash on hand with a debt of 513.384 a* of June 30. Cooley has raised $48,264 and reported $13,331 cash on hand with a debt of $18,881 as of June 30. For the three-month period April 1 through June 30. Kupillas raised $46,396 and Cooley raised $37,506 For the year, about one third of Kupillas money lias come from political action commit tees, while only $6,800 of Cooley's contributions came from PACs In the 5th District race for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Mike Kopetski. Webber ha* raised three times more money than Bunn Webber collected $88,349 over the last three months to bring her year-to-date total to $237,369, She has $41,232 in her cam paign war chest, compared with Bunn's $2,579. Bunn raised $35,659 the last three months for a total of $68,105, but he had to spend $53,607 the last quarter to win the GOP pri mary His debt totals $31,606 compared with Webber's $20,185. Webber has received $70,400 from PACa this year while Bunn has received $21,200 from PACs. Purse reported $276,367 cash on hand compared to Witt's $11,575 in the 1st District. About one-third of her money has come from PACs. She spent $55,269 over the past three months and reported a debt of $12,941. Witt's debt has reached $79,130. He raised $44,784 in the last quarter, but spent $67,064 during that period to win the GOP pri mary. His money includes $5,085 from PACs. Although he faces only token opposition, Wyden has raised $69,802 in campaign contributions this year. His war chest, approaching $500,000. could lie converted to a Senate race should he decide to run in 1996 w^hen Republican Sen. Mark Hatfield's term expires. Rep. Peter DeFnzio is another Democrat with an eye on a future Senate race. Ho also has only token opposition this year. He has raised $67,847 and reported $124,138 cash on hand. American Party hopes for victories at polls SAI.I.M (AI *) Dissatisfnc lion with the two main presidential candidates in 1992 led to the start of a new politic al parts in Oregon, one that its founders still hope to keep alive When Texas billionaire Koss Perot launched his independent bid (or the White House, he needed to of fit inllv establish a party to qualify for Oregon's presidential bal lot. Max Woods. ( hairman of Perot's petition drive in Yamhill ('.ounty. says he was flood ed w ith petitions " 1'hey just flowed in like water It wasn't like you had to get people excited before they'd sign the petitions." said Woods, a retired school princ ipal Two years ago Wednesday, Woods and hundreds of other Perot bat kers con verged on the state capitol with cartons full of signed petitions that easily qualified Perot for the ballot. The Texan ended up capturing 24 percent of the vote in Oregon, comparable to his per fornimice nationally and enough to shake up the politic al establishment In his wake. Perot left Oregon wilh a fledg ling political party, a chapter of his United We Stand organiz/it ion and legions of voters dissatisfied with the Democratic and Repub lican parties Hut Ralph Copeland, chairman of Ore gon's new American Party, concedes that it has been difficult finding someone who could do for Oregon what Perot did for national politics 'We've I>een out there looking for the per fect undidate, and we haven't found one,'' said Copeland, a Portland insurance under writer Instead, the American Party has nominat ed the owner of a chain of Port land-area muffler shops. Kd Hickam. as its candidate for governor The American Party also has nominated i andidates lor 12 legislative seats, about a dozen lot at government offices, and a < an didate for the 1st Congressional Distrii t now held by Elizabeth Purse Hut it is the Oregon legislature. Copeland said, where the American Party hopes to make its mark this year By winning .1 handful of seats in I lit? House and Senate, the party could leave Democrats and the Republicans shy of a majority That would force them to seek a coalition with the American Party in order to control the chamber. "If wo could do that." Copeland said, "it would be a whole new hallgame." The key to success could he a big-name candidate, such as Perot, but no major figure is on the political horizon. “You need a tremendous amount of moneV and you need a high profile, high quality candidate to lead the party." said Knute Buehlor, the American Party's former vice chairman. "Unless you have somebody to rally around, it's a little bit like a ship without a direction.” The party, however, has rejected inquiries from Republican Norma Paulus. the state schools superintendent, and Harrv Iainsdale. a two-time Democratic Senate candidate, saying established politicians might wield too much influence over the party's shape and direction. Judge says state should sell costly governor s mansion SALEM (A!’) — An Oregon Supreme (loud justice thinks the financ ially pinched state gov ernment should sell the gover nor's mansion to save money and to get rid of a symbol of arisux - racy. Justice Ld Fadeley says Maho nia Hall dints not fit Oregon. He argues it oven violates the spirit of the state constitution, which forbids the state from "granting any title of nobility." The 11,000-square-foot, Tudor style residence sits atop a hill in an old, hut elegant, south Salem neighborhood. The house was built in t924 for Thomas Lives ley. a Salem businessman and mayor. A citizen committee raised $1.5 million in private donations to buy and renovato the residence, adding a fence and other securi ty measures. "Mahonia” is part of the sci entific name of the Oregon grape, the stale's official flower. The mansion was turned over to the state in l‘tH7 Just two gov ernors have lived in it, Neil Gold schmidt and Barbara Roberts. While the square footage is considerable, most of the rooms are not huge. Much of the space is taken up by a third-floor ball room and finished basement Before Oregon had an official residence, chief executives made their own arrangements. ‘If you’re living in a mansion, you’re going to be isolated from people who are not living in a mansion but who are paying your salary.’ — Ed Fadeley, Oregon Supreme Court justice Former governors Vic Atiyeh anil Tom McCall rented a stale owned house near the Capitol, paying the bills from personal expense allowances provided by the state. Former Gov. Bob Straub lived on his west Salem farm. Fadeley, a former state Senate president and uncommonly out spoken judge, said he sees grid lock in state government over its budget plight Although selling the mansion would have only a small fiscal impact, he said, it would be a visible example of what might be done to boost cit izen confidence in government. Citizens are feeling increas ingly isolated from their repre sentatives, he said. "If you're living in a mansion, you're going to lie isolated from people who are not living in a mansion but who are paying your salary." he said. "Getting rid of this unnecessary perk with its special privilege sym bolism will show that govern men! is stepping in the right direction." The state spends about 550,000 a year on utilities and mainte nance at the mansion, according to the Department of Adminis trative Services. It costs the State Police about $190,000 a year for a four-person security detail at the governor's house. That cost would not necessar ily be less, though, if the gover nor lived elsewhere, said police Maj Danny Bisgaard. The two major candidates for governor disagree on whether the state should hold onto Mahonia. Republican Denny Smith said he doesn't really care whether the state keeps the official house. He said as governor he would rather continue living in his Salem home and entertain in the Capitol. Democrat John Kitzhaber said the state should keep the man sion as a location for official func tions ami because protocol is important to some visitors. "1 think you hove to have some official ceremonial place where you can hove those kinds of receptions.” he said. "The queen of England would probably say the same tiling,” Fadeley said. The state could spend one tenth as much and entertain vis itors in hotels in Portland or Salem, he said. But Goldschmidt, the first gov ernor to live at Mahoma, said Fadeley's point ignores the advantages of o home atmos phere. "It's a completely different feel ing. 1 can say as both a mayor and governor, entertaining in a home rather than a hotel,” said the for mer Portland mayor. Goldschmidt said the mansion has been valuable not just for entertaining but also for more for mal work. He noted a committee he appointed met at Mahonia to draft major workers' compensa tion reforms that eventually passed in the legislature. "One job of the governor is try ing to bring people together," he said. "That doesn't get done in a hotel. You invite people to your home. “It's a heck of an asset for the public." Goldschmidt said. "We got a very useful facility paid for by private donations.”
