Republican representative primary approaches
■John Lindsey and Wendell Robinson are fighting to go up
against incumbent Peter DeFazio in November
By Andrew Adams
Oregon Daily Emerald
Voting in Oregon’s primary elec
tion wraps up May 16, and one
highlighted race decides which of
the two Republican contenders vy
ing for the 4th District U.S. Con
gressional seat will run against the
Democrat incumbent. Rep. Peter
DeFazio, D-Springfield, who is run
ning unopposed.
Linn County Commissioner
John Lindsey is set against the
Winston-Dillard Fire District Cap
tain Wendell Robinson of Douglas
County in the Republican race.
The winner takes on DeFazio,
who is campaigning for his eighth
term of office.
The 4th District is the second
largest in the state and encom
passes Benton, Linn, Lane, Dou
glas, Coos and Curry counties,
with a total population of
679,950. Ballots for all of the local
and statewide races and measures
must be turned in before 8 p.m.,
May 16, to be counted.
Lindsey, 33, said he decided to
run because
the current
congressman
tends to be
more atten
tive to the
needs of a vo
cal minority
that is not
representa
tive of the en
tire district.
D e F a z i o
“would rather represent extrem
ists,” he said, “Eugene is not the
only city in this district — there are
several other cities and they all
have pressing concerns.”
A resident of the Rockhill area
between Lebanon and Brownsville,
Lindsey said he would work to lim
it the involvement of the federal
government in local issues, end
U.S. involvement in U.N. peace
keeping missions and keep federal
lands open for recreation without
charging fees.
“Public land is not there to gar
ner profits,”
he said.
His govern
ment experi
ence and new
ideas are the
two main rea
sons Lindsey
gives as to
why voters
should
choose him
over his op
ponent in the Republican pri
mary. Lindsey also said he wants
the position more than his oppo
nent does.
“I have more fire,” he said. “I
have an itching, burning desire to
do this.”
Robinson, who could not be
reached for a personal comment,
also believes the U.S. military
should only be engaged when
there is a threat to the nation’s vi
tal interests, according to pub
lished campaign statements. He
also stands for a limited federal
government
that doesn’t
overstep its
bounds.
The Ten
mile resident
has said he is
committed to
fight for the
rights of the
unborn and
work to ban
partial birth
abortions. If elected, Robinson, 47,
has pledged to limit firearm regula
tions and put God and prayer back
in schools.
DeFazio was also not available
for comment, but in a written state
ment said he looked “forward to
continuing to be a voice for Orego
nians in the U.S. Congress and ask
for their support in November.”
Elected in 1986, the 52-year-old
DeFazio has worked to support
timber counties with federal in
vestments, ensure better health
care and economic security for
the elderly and bring in federal
funds to improve the district’s
transportation networks. The con
gressman has also been an out
spoken opponent of the World
Trade Organization and defender
of fair labor regulations.
Because DeFazio’s opponent in
the general election has not been
decided on, Melanie Strahon, De
Fazio’s campaign manager, could
not specifically comment on their
expectations for November.
“We are confident, but at this
point we don’t know who will ac
tually come out on top,” she said,
“We treat each campaign like the
last and don’t take any opponent
for granted.”
Ethics
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na. An agreement between the
Times and Staples to split the
profits of the newspaper’s Sunday
magazine, which was devoted to
the opening of the arena, sparked
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300 members of the newspaper’s
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ter receiving the Payne award.
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ton University’s The Western
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naed by the police after receiving
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tion Front vandalizing the psy
chology department at the
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“I now have a clear idea of what
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sense of the importance of
ethics,” Lewis said.
The Payne awards will be given
annually to individual profes
sional and student journalists in
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•publishing. An award will also be
given to a neWs organization that
exhibits high ethical standards,
Gleason said.
“It’s very impressive that [the
journalism school] reaches out so
far from Washington and down to
California,” Boyarsky said. “This
is a great award.”
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