Article: State rules `Run, Jim, Run' a PAC.(Politics)(Ex-mayor Jeff Miller, organizer of the draft-Torrey group, has not registered)

Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard

Let the games begin. The Eugene political games, that is.

Battle lines quickly formed among Eugene's political players Tuesday, a day after the launch of an effort to get Mayor Jim Torrey to run for re-election as a write-in candidate.

Torrey, who said he is undecided, is being wooed by conservatives unhappy with the May election that nominated liberal-leaning Kitty Piercy as mayor. Former Mayor Jeff Miller and others have formed "Run, Jim, Run" to persuade Torrey to enter the race. A Torrey bid for the Nov. 2 general election would present a challenge to Piercy, though write-in campaigns are generally ...

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