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Article: County donors back Dancer.(Politics)(The ex-TV anchor draws funds from the local timber industry and Republican supporters in the race for secretary of state)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 24, 2008
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Byline: David Steves The Register-Guard
Republican Rick Dancer is leaning on Lane County donors - which means lots of timber money - for his secretary of state bid.
Dancer has generated $139,508 in contributions so far. That's a fraction of the $806,215 his Democratic rival, Kate Brown, has raised. But Dancer has yet to spend significant sums, leaving him with a balance of $86,005 as of Friday, according to the Oregon Elections Division's campaign finance database. That exceeds Brown's $48,720 balance.
Dancer spent two decades as a TV reporter and anchor in Eugene before entering the secretary of state race in March. He said that's a big reason ...