Article: TURPEN TO SHOW WALTERS AS STATE CAPITOL INSIDER / JONES EASY WINNER

Attorney General Mike Turpen, stung by a second-place finish in Tuesday's primary, says he'll unveil political upstart David Walters as a state Capitol insider between now and their Sept. 16 runoff for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

""The gloves are off. I'm going to fight back, and that's the way I like it,'' a tired, hoarse Turpen said early Wednesday.

The winner of the Turpen-Walters runoff will face Republican Henry Bellmon in the November election. Bellmon, a former governor and U.S. senator who has been out of politics since 1981, got 111,107votes, 70 percent, to defeat four other candidates for the GOP nomination.

Runoff elections are scheduled Sept. 16.

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